Povoamento Guarani no Alto Vale do Rio Uruguai, Marcelino Ramos-RS: modelo de sistema de assentamento e arqueologia

Abstract

This monograph discusses a settlement system model for Guarani occupation in the Valley of the Uruguay River, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The objective is to thereby ascertain the settlement system model used by Guarani Indians who occupied the bank of Uruguay River in Rio Grande do Sul state. Addressing the indigenous history of the northern region of this state, in the municipality of Marcelino Ramos, comprising the interrelationship between the Guarani population and the environment. To investigate the dynamics of mobility by them, thereby contributing to a long-standing history, as regards the indigenous population of southern Brazil. For this purpose it was necessary to review the documentation from the Marilandi Collection Goulart, a result of the Archaeological Rescue Project Alto Uruguay. We conducted a survey of data, in a second step we compared these data with other studies on the same issue in other regions, with the same problem, so looking up the changes and continuities. As a result of this research it was observed that the sites without the presence of the ceramic part of the same system, in which case the study of Guarani occupation area mentioned above. The statement that a settlement system without the presence of pottery is automatically associated with hunter-gatherer groups, not possess proof starting of the data presented in this research. After analyzing some environmental characteristics, there is the existence of an efficient management and control of natural resources, indicating abundance of food resources throughout the year.