DISCLOSURE OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL COLLECTION MINING IN THE COLONIAL PERIOD IN OURO PRETO AND MARIANA
The cities of Ouro Preto and Mariana were the center of intense gold mining activities in the colonial period (Eighteenth century); this has left remnants and traces up to the present time. After the end of the mining activities and their related cities, this setting was preserved until the 1970s, w...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2014 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" (UNESP) |
| Repositorio: | Revista Ciência em Extensão |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs-new.unesp.br:article/697 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://ojs.unesp.br/index.php/revista_proex/article/view/697 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Mining Eighteenth Century. Archaeological Collection. Ouro Preto. Mariana. Minería Siglo XVIII. Acervo Arqueológico. Ouro Preto. Mariana. Mineração Século XVIII. Acervo Arqueológico. Ouro Preto. Mariana |
| Sumario: | The cities of Ouro Preto and Mariana were the center of intense gold mining activities in the colonial period (Eighteenth century); this has left remnants and traces up to the present time. After the end of the mining activities and their related cities, this setting was preserved until the 1970s, when the occupation of these urban areas began to take place. At this time, there was much degradation of the former mines due to the unawareness of the importance of these buildings. In the 1990s, some studies were conducted in order to preserve the heritage of these areas, by registering and mapping mine ruins, structures and underground galleries. Today there is a good knowledge of the existing archaeological collection. In this context, there is great demand to announce the existence, the importance and the studies made with this collection to the local communities. Thus, the present extension project was designed to fill in this gap and encourage greater participation of the population in the preservation of this archaeological heritage, seeking to create a link between the existing academic knowledge and the communities located where there was gold extraction in the eighteenth century. The project focused on five communities; however, in two of them, external factors prevented the continuity of the work. The main activities were the inventory and collection of data and information about the places, meetings and workshops with the communities addressing the heritage and the history of the gold mining in the eighteenth century, as well as tours in the archaeological areas and discussions on the subject. The project also focused on mapping and evaluating of the stability of some underground mines that are currently explored for tourism by residents of one of the communities. |
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