About the Collection
This collection was formed from the exchange of work material between researchers from the Center itself or from exchanges with researchers who have participated in its various activities. The collection of
digitalized codexes and
andean sources includes one hundred and twenty-one Mesoamerican codices and eighty Andean sources, all in digital format, some of which are very difficult to access, even with the existence of the Internet and the growing digitization work that libraries and museums depositing these manuscripts have been promoting in the last few years decades. The collection of historical, anthropological and archeological texts was also formed by this type of collaborative exchange between researchers and through the selection of study and debate material used in the activities carried out by the study groups and seminars of the Center itself. In addition, researchers and students who are members of CEMAA and those who have participated in our colloquia and seminars have donated to the Center their own publications or other works directly related to the studies of indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica, the Central Andes and also the region of Brazil. There are dissertations, theses,
magazine articles,
books and
photocopies that make up a small fund, with about two hundred titles.
To these achieve was added a rich collection of historical sources and studies on the Tupi indigenous population, donated to the center by archaeologist Professor Francisco Noelli and therefore named the Noelli Collection. This collection was put together by the archaeologist during his long and fruitful academic career, in which, among other subjects, he researched the Tupi and Guarani population, especially from the coast and southeast of Brazil, the Chaco region and the Río de la Plata. To a large extent, the more than 300 texts in this collection are difficult to access, even in times of the Internet. The interview with Professor Francisco Noelli deals with the creation of this collection of historical sources and texts on Tupi and Guarani culture, as well as the importance of researching and disseminating indigenous history.
Coordinated by Professor Eduardo Natalino dos Santos and with scholarships granted by the Unified Scholarship Program to Support the Qualification of Undergraduate Students at the University of São Paulo (PUB/USP), CEMAA’ s collection was organized, cataloged and now is available for consultation (see below for consultation rules) with the work of undergraduate scholarship holders. Between 2015 and 2018, the scholarship holders were: Aline Camoles, Amanda Beatriz Raimundo, Andressa Simões Medeiros Pacheco, Felipe Gois Blumen,Francisco Vieira Cangussu Junior, Heitor Martins Mota, Juliana Muscovick, Juliana Vieira Wahl Pereira, Lucas Oliveira M. H. Santos, Maria Beatriz Correa Neves, Rafael Dias Scarelli, Stephanie Maria Strobel. Beteween 2022 and 2023 the participating students were: Bruno Alexandre Pires, Laura Filipini Noveli, Luana da Silva Spósito (master’s student at the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology of USP contributed as project coordinator), Monyque Brandão, Vitória Bezerra Soares e Vitória Lopes.
We believe that this collection can be of great service to the academic community in general,further boosting the strengthening of studies on the Amerindian peoples of Mesoamerica, Amazonia and the Central Andes in our country.
