Commentary: Mid-20th Century Development of Brazilian Archaeology (1964–1985)

Two recent articles in the International Journal ofHistorical Archaeology provide a bit of light on the development of Brazilianarchaeology in the middle 20th century. The first is one by Pedro Paulo de Abreu Funarientitled ‘Class Interests in Brazilian Archaeology’ (Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 209–216, 2002)and the second is a heated response to Funari, along with his rejoinder, by James A.Delle, Igor Chmyz, Ondemar Ferreira Dias, Tania Andrade Lima, Betty J. Meggers, andPedro Paulo de Abreu Funari, entitled ‘On Collaboration, Class Conflict, and Archaeologyin Brazil’ (Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 223–237, 2003)