Gabriel Santos De Oliveira

Education

M.A., Anthropology, University of Virginia, 2026
B.A., History, University of São Paulo, 2023

Specialties

Amazonian Archaeology; Place-Making; Long-Term History; Memory and Belonging; Digital Humanities in Archaeology; Digital Archaeology; LiDAR

Bio

I am a PhD student in Anthropology and hold a BA in History from the University of São Paulo. My research focuses on Amazonian archaeology, examining long-term relationships between Indigenous peoples and sacred forest landscapes in the Department of Pando, Bolivia.

I draw from Historical Ecology and Relational Archaeology approaches to investigate geometric earthwork sites to better understand the deep history and cultural landscapes of Southwestern Amazonia, with particular attention to processes of place-making, the construction of belonging, and memory.

As a first-generation scholar of Indigenous and Afro-descendant heritage from Brazil, I am committed to academic practices that center Indigenous perspectives and emphasize historical continuity.