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ARCHAEOLOGIES-JOURNAL OF THE WORLD ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONGRESS
Volume 6, Issue 1, Pages 5-28Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11759-010-9120-1
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Globalization; Consumerism; Awa; Brazil; Amazon
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In this article we look at the destruction of the Amazon forest through an archaeological lens. We describe the devastation brought about by illegal loggers and ranchers to the last remaining old-growth forests of Maranho (NE Brazil), where the Awa hunter-gatherers live. We argue that archaeology can provide an alternative and more critical look at global consumerism by manifesting the crude materiality and abject violence that lurks behind the goods consumed in the West. We followed the tracks of a group of loggers deep inside the forest and report what we saw.
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