Pelas trilhas dos filhos do sol e da lua: memórias das pinturas rupestres de Monte Alegre, Pará, Amazônia, Brasil

Abstract

The present work aims to reflect on the set of narratives about the cave paintings of the mountain ranges region of Monte Alegre, Pará, in the seek to understand the meanings that the archaeological heritage takes within contemporary social relations, in particular, those built according to the logic of traditional populations. The study begins with a historical dialogue through the first narratives on these images recorded by travelers and naturalists since the nineteenth century, afterwards it brings for discussion the works and knowledge produced by archaeological science in recent decades, and finally, it also adds the voices of residents of the Village of Ererê and surroundings about these iconographies. The dissertation was constructed from the interstitium between Anthropology, Archaeology and History, because the information that supported the research were obtained from reports of travelers, works of archaeological research, interviews, observation and the living together with residents of the village. The result is a tangle of distinct voices which weave, intersect and echo in the formation of a kaleidoscope of narratives composed by fragments of worlds, guided in the experiences, in the relationship with the social life and the lived present. The paths taken indicate reflections about the heritage policy in the Amazon, and more widely reflections of the search according to a decolonial praxis of science.