Continuities, ruptures, and transformations in the fishing techniques of aracu (Anostomidae) in the Medium Tapajós/PA

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https://doi.org/10.24885/sab.v36i3.1093

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Ethnocitiology, Fishing techniques, Aracu (Anostomidae), Amazon

Abstract

Aracu fishing (Anostomidae) represents an essential source of food and income for traditional Amazonian families. In this study, we conducted an ethnobiological investigation on fishing techniques of aracu in communities of Middle Tapajós (Pará). We have verified resignifications in fishing patterns in the past, with current investment in an innovative technique, the corral, consisting of a complex structure of mesh nets that provides greater effectiveness to the aracu capture. However, fishermen reported concern about the impact of the corral on the reduction of fishing stock in the medium term. Studies on contemporary fishing artifacts and techniques help in understanding the technological innovations undertaken by traditional societies and the impact over time, collaborating to zooarchaeology research.

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Emilly Monique Leme dos Santos, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará

Graduating in Archeology from the Federal University of Western Pará. I participate as a volunteer in some research projects on chelonians in the lower and middle tapajós region. I am currently a PIBIC scholarship holder and study the relationships between people and chelonians in the várzea region, as well as the uses of chelonian by-products in traditional medicine and other uses.

Myrian Sá Leitão-Barboza, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará

I have a PhD in Anthropology and Latin American Studies from the University of Florida (2014-2019, UF). I was a scholarship holder at the CAPES program for a full doctorate abroad (2014-2018, MCT) and at the University of Florida (2018-2019, Anthropology Program and Center for Latin American Studies). In 2019 I received the best thesis award "2019 Marianne Schmink Outstanding Dissertation Award" from TCD-LATAM at the University of Florida. During my doctorate I was awarded the Ruth McQuown Awards (2016, UF) for students with academic excellence and recognized work with ethnic and social minorities. At the end of my doctorate, I was awarded the Marilyn Little Scholarship Award (2019, UF) for international students in recognition of research and extension activities in the non-academic community. I am currently an adjunct professor and researcher at the Anthropology and Archeology program at the Federal University of Western Pará (2010-currently, UFOPA) and vice-coordinator of the Nucleus for Research and Documentation of Afro-religious Expressions in Western Pará and the Caribbean (NPDAFRO) from UFOPA. From 2020 to 2021 I was coordinator of the archeology course at UFOPA, I coordinated the special selection process for the admission of indigenous students to UFOPA for three years (2011-2013). I worked as an indigenist at the OPAN NGO (2009-2011, Native Amazon Operation), carried out environmental consultancy for studies on the identification and demarcation of indigenous lands (2008, PNUD-FUNAI). I have experience and academic production in the area of ​​Ethnoecology and Historical Ecology of human populations in the humid tropics with an emphasis on studies of the people-plant and people-animal relationship, traditional knowledge in the Amazon, management and conservation of natural resources, territorial and environmental management in communities riverine communities, Afro-descendants and indigenous peoples of the Amazon. I am currently working on gender studies, ethnography, landscape anthropology, native theories, gender-territory relationship and plant symbology in Afro-Brazilian religions.

Gabriela Prestes-Carneiro, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará

I have a PhD in Anthropology and Latin American Studies from the University of Florida (2014-2019, UF). I was a scholarship holder at the CAPES program for a full doctorate abroad (2014-2018, MCT) and at the University of Florida (2018-2019, Anthropology Program and Center for Latin American Studies). In 2019 I received the best thesis award "2019 Marianne Schmink Outstanding Dissertation Award" from TCD-LATAM at the University of Florida. During my doctorate I was awarded the Ruth McQuown Awards (2016, UF) for students with academic excellence and recognized work with ethnic and social minorities. At the end of my doctorate, I was awarded the Marilyn Little Scholarship Award (2019, UF) for international students in recognition of research and extension activities in the non-academic community. I am currently an adjunct professor and researcher at the Anthropology and Archeology program at the Federal University of Western Pará (2010-currently, UFOPA) and vice-coordinator of the Nucleus for Research and Documentation of Afro-religious Expressions in Western Pará and the Caribbean (NPDAFRO) from UFOPA. From 2020 to 2021 I was coordinator of the archeology course at UFOPA, I coordinated the special selection process for the admission of indigenous students to UFOPA for three years (2011-2013). I worked as an indigenist at the OPAN NGO (2009-2011, Native Amazon Operation), carried out environmental consultancy for studies on the identification and demarcation of indigenous lands (2008, PNUD-FUNAI). I have experience and academic production in the area of ​​Ethnoecology and Historical Ecology of human populations in the humid tropics with an emphasis on studies of the people-plant and people-animal relationship, traditional knowledge in the Amazon, management and conservation of natural resources, territorial and environmental management in communities riverine communities, Afro-descendants and indigenous peoples of the Amazon. I am currently working on gender studies, ethnography, landscape anthropology, native theories, gender-territory relationship and plant symbology in Afro-Brazilian religions.

Roberta Sá Leitão Barboza, Universidade Federal do Pará

Roberta Sá Leitão Barboza completed her PhD in Aquatic Ecology and Fisheries at the Federal University of Pará in 2012. She is currently a professor at the Federal University of Pará, working with the undergraduate course Bachelor of Fisheries Engineering and the Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Programs Languages ​​and Knowledge of the Amazon (PPLSA) and Anthropic Studies in the Amazon (PPGEAA). Coordinates the research group ESAC: Coastal Socio-environmental Studies. Coordinates extension projects on the following topics: Scientific and cultural dissemination; Popular Education; Strengthening Social Movements; Genre; Agroecology. Conducts research with artisanal fishermen from the Amazon and indigenous peoples. He has experience in the areas of Fishing Sociology, Maritime and Fishing Socio-anthropology and Human Ecology, working mainly on the following topics: Social Organization of Fishermen; Local Ecological Knowledge, Participatory Management of Natural Resources, Ethnobiology, Conservation and Management of the Amazon Fauna.

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AZULAY, Ronald Araújo Mendes; SANTOS, Emilly Monique Leme dos; LEITÃO-BARBOZA, Myrian Sá; PRESTES-CARNEIRO, Gabriela; BARBOZA, Roberta Sá Leitão. Continuities, ruptures, and transformations in the fishing techniques of aracu (Anostomidae) in the Medium Tapajós/PA. Revista de Arqueologia, [S. l.], v. 36, n. 3, p. 152–178, 2023. DOI: 10.24885/sab.v36i3.1093. Disponível em: https://revista.sabnet.org/ojs/index.php/sab/article/view/1093. Acesso em: 29 may. 2026.

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Vol. 36 No. 3 (2023): Dossiê Zooarqueologia Neotropical

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