Neither better, nor worse, just a different excavation

Abstract

The recent critics of the methodology of excavation, have emphasized its hierarchical nature and the persistence of objective methods of data collection. Although the current excavation techniques produce invaluable information and material on the site, they say nothing about the past itself. In this sense we need a more reflective, creative and intimist fieldwork and not just a passive record of evidence. In this context was excavated the rockshelter Cambaiúvas at Unai city in the Minas Gerais Estate, by a team of IGPA/PUCGO under the coordination of Dr. José Roberto Pellini.