O uso das plantas e cultura material e imaterial dos moradores da comunidade ribeirinha Santa Luzia em Manacapuru - AM

Abstract

One of the objectives of archeology is to search through the application of archaeological methods to the ethnographic data studied living societies with the aim of understanding and interpreting these cultural traditions, this specialization of archeology known as ethnoarchaeology aims to observe contemporary populations of pre - industrial, how their material culture is produced and used, how this interferes with the way of life of the community, including, social structure, political organization, adaptation to the environment, housing standards and natural resource management, and thus build sociocultural models of human occupation to compare with archaeological data. The objective of the research was to identify the relationship between the use of plant species and the material and immaterial culture of the residents of the Santa Luzia riverside community, in the city of Manacapuru, Amazonas, using techniques and methodologies of the ethnobotanical discipline to collect data from studied, a research of great relevance once a search contributes with relevant information not only of the beneficial aspects of the plants, but also of the social and the cultural to which they are inserted.