Silva Noelli, Francisco, and Marianne Sallum. 2023. “Archaeologies of Colonialism and the Indigenous Presence in Brazil: The Remarkable Tupí Guaraní Trajectory.” Archaeological Review from Cambridge. doi:10.17863/CAM.104458.
https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.104458
ABSTRACT: The archaeology of colonialism is a relatively recent discipline. It decolo-nises practices with dialogues between different epistemologies. As we arguein this paper, decolonisation must begin from a position where the producers ofknowledge and their counterparts can converse on an equal footing from differentphilosophies. Brazil carries the burden of its Indigenous peoples’ extinguishednarratives, shaped by a colonial-influenced historiography and archaeology. Thispaper presents the case of the Tupiniquim, an Indigenous group from São Paulo,commonly referred to as Tupí or Ancient Tupí, who were mistakenly believedto be extinct. The dialogue between epistemes led to decolonisation of the TupíGuaraní community recognising their persistence, mixed identity, and interest inrecovering traditional language and practices.
