A Inconfidência Mineira e Tiradentes vistos pela imprensa: a vitalização dos mitos (1930-1960)

Este artigo analisa as apropriações, pela imprensa, das representações da Inconfidência Mineira e especialmente de Tiradentes, entre as décadas de 30 e 60 do século XX, quando foi muito intensa a preocupação com a memória do movimento e de seu mais ilustre personagem. A análise da produção jornalística sobre o herói nacional procura identificar os principais elementos constituidores desses textos indicando, por um lado, a vitalidade dos mitos e, por outro, o poder persuasivo das associações estabelecidas entre o sacrifício heróico de Tiradentes e as condutas dos que se colocam como seus herdeiros, buscando no passado a legitimação para as ações do presente.<br>This article shows how Brazilian press appropriates the representations of the Inconfidência Mineira and specially of Tiradentes between the decades of 1930 and 1960. It intends to identify the main elements of these elaborations, such as the vitality of the national hero myth and the persuasive power of the associations between Tiradentes's sacrifice and his modern heirs. The legitimation of present actions is based on past events

Characterisation of microbial attack on archaeological bone

As part of an EU funded project to investigate the factors influencing bone preservation in the archaeological record, more than 250 bones from 41 archaeological sites in five countries spanning four climatic regions were studied for diagenetic alteration. Sites were selected to cover a range of environmental conditions and archaeological contexts. Microscopic and physical (mercury intrusion porosimetry) analyses of these bones revealed that the majority (68%) had suffered microbial attack. Furthermore, significant differences were found between animal and human bone in both the state of preservation and the type of microbial attack present. These differences in preservation might result from differences in early taphonomy of the bones. © 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved