Gênero e suas nuances: abordagem através dos contextos funerários do sítio Justino - SE

Abstract

Gender studies have passed (and continue to pass) through constant reforms, especially in how this type of behavior show in the society. However, it was from the 1980s that a new idea gained strength, which is now known as 'Queer Theories'. This thought seeks to break with the homogeneity of the discourses and demonstrates that, beyond to gender binarism and heterosexuality, human society shows much more diverse. In this way, the objective of this research is to understand the funerary rituals in the Justino site, an important pre-colonial necropolis, highlighting the funerary patterns for male and female individuals and identifying if there are individuals in this entanglement who do not fit these molds. In order to do so, we used skeletal remnants and evaluated the correlation between bioarchaeological data and offerings, so we can observe the relationship between material culture, mortuary treatment and sex, and demonstrate that certain funeral accompaniments diverged from certain models proposed for pre-colonial groups.