In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology and Sociology of Development

President of the committee:

• Ms Shaila Seshia Galvin, Associate Professor

Members of the committee:

• Ms Isabelle Schulte-Tenckhoff,Honorary Professor, Thesis Director
• Ms Shaila Seshia Galvin, Associate Professor, Internal Reader
• Mr Eduardo Góes Neves, Professor, Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, University of São Paulo, Brazil