Revista de Arqueologia: volume 31, number 2, December of 2018 Revista de Arqueologia is the peer-reviewed journal of the Society for Brazilian Archaeology. Submissions should be made online in the journal’s website. The invisibility of children in the interpretation of the archaeological record has been questioned by the feminist critique since late 1980s. Archaeologists traditionally…Read More

Archaeology speaks about the past, but also for those people who now embody it. Indigenous people often approach material culture as part of their heritage, and as a structuring element of their identities. Collaborations with indigenous communities and the public raise archaeology’s relevance by engaging directly with the ways that people embody their history, their…Read More

I am a strong advocate of public outreach and social archaeology projects. I published a chapter in the book Arqueologia do Sul do Brasil (Archaeology of Southern Brazil), where I discussed some examples of social projects I worked on and how archaeologists can maintain a more engaging relationship with the public. As a member of…Read More

The study of lithic (stone) materials are important because they encompass the vast majority of assemblages from most small-scale populations and hunter-gatherer sites across the world. My training in lithic analysis began when I worked in the Center for Archaeological Research (NuPArq) at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) in May, 2005.…Read More