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Marajó (Portuguese pronunciation: [maɾaˈʒɔ]) is a large coastal island in the state of Pará, [1] Brazil. It is the main and largest of the islands in the Marajó Archipelago . Marajó Island is separated from the mainland by Marajó Bay , Pará River , smaller rivers (especially Macacos and Tajapuru), Companhia River, Jacaré Grande River ...
The Marajoara or Marajó culture was an ancient pre-Columbian era culture that flourished on Marajó island at the mouth of the Amazon River in northern Brazil.In a survey, Charles C. Mann suggests the culture appeared to flourish between 800 AD and 1400 AD, based on archeological studies. [1]
The main island of the archipelago also has the name of Marajó, having about 42,000 km² of area, considered, due to its size, as the largest coastal island in Brazil, extending from the mouth of the Amazon River, between the Line of the Equator and the parallel 1.55º south latitude and, in the E/W direction between the meridians 47º and ...
He was the first African American cowboy to win a world championship in professional rodeo in 1982 and was inducted into the National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum’s Hall of Fame in 2003.
The Marajo Island lies near the mouth of the Amazon River and contains evidence of pre-Columbian settlement. [ 7 ] In this work, Roosevelt challenged the theory that the pre-Columbian Amazon was a "counterfeit paradise" unable to sustain increasingly complex human culture. [ 10 ]
Betty Jane Meggers (December 5, 1921 – July 2, 2012) was an American archaeologist best known for her work in South America. She was considered influential at the Smithsonian Institution, where she was long associated in research, [1] and she wrote extensively about environment as a shaper of human cultures.
Netflix's Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders docuseries paints a portrait of the ultimate pink-collar job
Longtime fans of the DCC and of CMT’s “Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team” will recognize Kelli Finglass (as well as a few other names and faces on “America’s Sweethearts").