Patrimonial education, archeology and decolonial narratives

Abstract

This article is the result of researches developed in the project Educação Patrimonial e Cartografia Arqueológica do Agreste Central de Pernambuco (Patrimonial Education and Archaeological Cartography of Central Harsh Region of Pernambuco), aiming to discuss the possibilities of approaching archeology and postcolonial thought, with an emphasis on bioarchaeology. At first, we discuss the notion of living archeology that underlies our research, presenting its epistemic foundations, based on postcolonial thought. In a second moment, we discuss decolonial contributions of bioarchaeology, as well as its possibility of revealing other ways of life in the original societies. We present Well Living (Vivir bien) as one of these ways, identified in the most varied cultures, in the most distinct historical periods and in different regions of the world. Finally, discussing the possibilities of bioarchaeological contributions to archaeological research in the northest harsh region of Pernambucano, addressing the case of the Sítio Furna do Estrago, a countryside site in the city of Brejo da Madre de Deus.