History

RETROSPECT

The past dangers of receiving blood

Until early 20th century discoveries, transfusions depended essentially on luck

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Literature

Eighteenth-century manuscript on Brazil’s gold cycle published in a bilingual edition

The poem, written by Basílio da Gama, describes aspects of the economic, political, and cultural life of the colony

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PSYCHOLOGY

Born 100 years ago, Carolina Bori was a prominent voice in Brazilian science

As the first woman to preside over the SBPC, the psychologist helped institutionalize her field in Brazil

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Cultural property

Egypt recovers stolen 3,400-year-old statue

Egypt recovers statue of Pharaoh Ramses II, stolen in the late 1980s or early 1990s

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Retrospect

Glass negatives depict science in the early twentieth century

Botanical Garden of Rio de Janeiro and other institutions preserve rare photographic collections

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PALEONTOLOGY

Another donation to Brazil’s National Museum

Brazilian National Museum receives donation of 1,104 fossils from the Araripe basin in Northeast Brazil

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RETROSPECT

Revolt against the weighing scale

The implementation of the Decimal Metric System in Brazil caused a popular protest that was strongly repressed during the Brazilian Empire, 150 years ago

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History

Mexicans recover Aztec documents

Mexicans recover three Aztec documents from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries

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Retrospect

The first transatlantic telegraph cable in Brazil

Installed 150 years ago, the innovation helped newspapers and encouraged the creation of news agencies around the country

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Obituary

The storyteller economist

In an international career, Mauro Boianovsky investigated the contributions of authors from different eras and genres

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History

Shipwrecks record history of slavery

Archaeologists in the Bahamas identify 14 slave ships that sank between 1767 and 1860

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Computing

Carbonized ancient philosophy

Brazilian team is among the winners of the international Vesuvius Challenge to identify writing on carbonized scrolls

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Digital

Virtual tour of Darwin’s library

British naturalist Charles Darwin’s library is now available online

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Retrospect

In Japan, to see Venus

One hundred and fifty years ago, a Brazilian astronomer traveled halfway around the world to calculate the distance between the Earth and the Sun

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Interview

Barbara Weinstein: A Brazilianist in transformation

Part of the first group of women to graduate from Princeton University, the American historian analyzed the leading role of regional elites and workers in business dynamics in Brazil

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Retrospect

Amazement and horror in nineteenth-century Rio

Paintings by two artists who accompanied Darwin on the Beagle voyage recorded the exuberance of nature and social contrasts

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Acknowledgment

Brazilian wins international history award

Laura de Mello e Souza wins the International History Prize

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Obituary

An interpreter of Africa

Diplomat, historian, and poet, Alberto da Costa e Silva produced influential work on the continent

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Archaeology

The oldest pyramid?

Monument in Indonesia may be older than the pyramids in Egypt

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Ecology

Amazonian fruit was domesticated

Native people of the Amazon domesticated cupuaçu 8,000 years ago

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History

Aztec encyclopedia

US Institute publishes online illustrated encyclopedia about the Aztecs and the conquest of Mexico

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Research itineraries

Fighting against hunger

As well as researching the topic, historian Adriana Salay runs the “Quebrada alimentada” project on the outskirts of São Paulo

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Archaeology

Historical archaeology investigates period from colonization to dictatorship

Excavations help reinterpret historical events by linking material culture, written documents, and oral testimonies

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Archaeology

The dexterous rock carvers of 12,000 years ago

Lithic instruments found in Pará were carefully crafted 12,000 years ago

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Obituary

Collect and organize

Historian Ana Maria de Almeida Camargo helped expand the range of documents cataloged in archives

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Archaeology

Pre-Hispanic sculpture

Ritual table used in ancient Mayan ceremonies restored

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Obituary

Public intellectual

José Murilo de Carvalho reinvigorated the study of the elite and citizenship in Brazil

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History

Website brings together titles of 16,000 documents on Brazilian independence

Website brings together 16,000 documents about Brazil’s independence, including historical people and monuments

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History

Agreement reached with the family of Henrietta Lacks

Henrietta Lacks’s family is compensated for unauthorized use of her cells

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Anthropology

Dreamed lives

Ethnographic studies shed light on how indigenous peoples such as the Yanomami interpret dreams

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