Material inheritance of a war: the Contestado cemeteries, South Brazil

Authors

  • Jaisson Teixeira Lino Professor da Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul - UFFS - campus de Chapecó/SC.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7976.2012v19n28p13

Abstract

The paper aims to expose some aspects of the formation of cemeteries in the Contestado region, located in the southern plateau of Brazil, where there was a large conflict known as the Contestado War, between 1912 and 1916, culminating with the death of thousands people. Proposed here, an outline of the basic types of fields saints of the region, from the bibliography, contributing to possible archaeological and heritage research of the conflict.

Author Biography

Jaisson Teixeira Lino, Professor da Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul - UFFS - campus de Chapecó/SC.

Professor dos cursos de História e Ciências Sociais da Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul (UFFS), campus de Chapecó/SC e doutor em Quaternário: Materiais e Culturas pela Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), de Portugal.

Published

2012-12-05

How to Cite

Lino, J. T. (2012). Material inheritance of a war: the Contestado cemeteries, South Brazil. Esboços: Histories in Global Contexts, 19(28), 13–30. https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7976.2012v19n28p13