Análise bioarqueológica de material proveniente do contexto funerário dos Iny-Karajá: estudo de caso do sítio Capão do Martim, Mato Grosso

Abstract

This Final Undergraduate Research Project II presents the results of analyses conducted on human skeletal remains found in a secondary burial inside a funerary urn at the Capão do Martim archaeological site, located in the municipality of Cocalinho, in the state of Mato Grosso, near the village of Mirindiba. The study outlines a methodology that includes the curation stage and the main activity— bioarchaeological analyses—applying methodological procedures to estimate the biological sex, age, stature, and to identify skeletal and oral pathologies of the buried individual. Ethnohistorical research on the Iny-Karajá people was conducted to understand their primary and secondary funerary practices, as well as other aspects that could be related to the cultural context of the burial, such as the production of ceramic vessels. Focusing primarily on the biological aspects of the individual through bioarchaeology and osteobiography, and incorporating cultural characteristics through archaeothanatology, this work aims to contribute bioarchaeological data to the context of the Iny-Karajá people.