A morada dos Wapixana
Atlas toponímico da região indígena da Serra da Lua - RR
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5770366 |
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| Authors | João Paulo Jeannine Andrade Carneiro (Universidade de São Paulo, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Publication date | 2008-02-08 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | THESIS |
| Publisher | Universidade de São Paulo. Agência de Bibliotecas e Coleções Digitais (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.11606/d.8.2008.tde-08072008-143712 |
| OpenAlex | W1843303550 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 3 |
The homeland of the Wapixana (Arawak) are the fields at the northeast region of the state of Roraima.In its southwest portion we find the indigenous region of Serra da Lua, composed by 17 indigenous hamlets, inhabited by 5000 Wapixana.This research was developed through the toponymic (Dick, 1980, 1999) and etnolinguistical (Potier, 1970) of the hamlets and the regional vegetation landscapes.It's goal is to detail the toponymic reality in its denominational characteristics in the collection of taxonomical and dialetological maps, as through a phytogeographic map with terms in Wapixana language.This way, the objective is to obtain the cosmovision of the denominating group.This paper was made in three parts: the theoretical fundaments; the historical-geographical and etno-linguistic aspects of the fields of Rio Branco and the analysis of the toponymic motivation.The result of these analyses demonstrates that the mentioned fields are fruit of the Wapixana mythical geography and that the preponderant toponymic taxonomy corresponds to the zootoponyms and phytotoponyms.Three dialetological layers were identified at the region: the oldest, of Wapixana origin; the second, also of Amerindian origin, but exogenous from the research area, with nouns of Tupi roots, prevenient of the Amazonian General Language and, at the end, the Portuguese
Archaeology · Cartography · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · Homeland · Indigenous · Linguistics · Portuguese · Toponymy · African Botany and Ecology Studies · Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies · Environmental and biological studies · History · Philosophy · Ecology
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
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| Citation span | 2018 - 2020 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |