O BANCO DO DIABO E AS FORMAS DE REPRESENTAÇÃO DO OUTRO : A CULTURA EM SANTA FÉ DE GOIÁS O IMAGINÁRIO SOBRE O VESTÍGIO INDÍGENA (1975 A 2005).

Abstract

This dissertation discusses the Devil s Bank ; the object are the representantions biult up about the supposed bank. This bank is actually defined by archaeological literature as lajedo de Santa Fé . In a technical language, the site is defined by GOJU- 11 . From scientific viewpoint, the site represents the passage of indigenous tribes in the region of Alto Araguaia. In popular belief, the lajedo leaves to be an archeological site and passes to be defined-named as being the Devil s Bank. In this way, the aim is to understand the reasons to represent an archaeological site as a place of negotiation of the evil one. The issue focuses on the understanding of qualifying the indigenous culture representation makes in stones as Devil s bank. The methodology focuses on the comparison of documents with historiography to interpret what s remained and transformation in the historical process of construction and deconstruction of the other . In our case, the other that is the indigenous culture.