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Paper short abstract:

In this presentation, I intend to discuss some results achieved by the project ‘Harbour Archaeology in Sergipe’, developed in the Federal University of Sergipe. We will highlight mainly the remnants and structures identified along the Sergipe/ Cotinguiba Rivers, in the state of Sergipe, Brazil.

Paper long abstract:

I intend to discuss some results achieved by the project 'Harbour Archaeology in Sergipe: inventory and contextualization of structures', developed in the Federal University of Sergipe (UFS). We will highlight the remnants and structures identified along the Sergipe/ Cotinguiba Rivers, mainly in Aracaju area, the Capital of the state, as well as shipwrecks that have been found in Real and in São Francisco Rivers, both bordering the state of Sergipe, Brazil.

The main goal of this project is to stablish the foundations for the development of a systematic program of Harbour Archaeology in the state of Sergipe, comprehending the location, inventory, mapping, and contextualization of portuary goods, be they structures, buildings or equipment, mobile or real state, in use or abandoned.

That project has already yielded a significant amount of information on the port activities in the 19th and 20th centuries in Sergipe and neighboring states, despite having not yet carried out invasive fieldwork (excavation and gathering of material).

An exception to this was the research done in the archaeological site Ruínas do Teatro, in Laranjeiras, city of the Archaeology course in the UFS.

As a consequence, there have been a number of methodologies proposed for the study of the port landscapes in Sergipe, which might contribute soon to the consolidation of the Harbour Archaeology in Brazil.