Nautical Graffiti of the Chapel of the Casa da Torre, Bahia, Brazil
Author(s): Paulo F. Bava-de-Camargo; Beatriz B. Bandeira
Year: 2020
Summary
This is a poster submission presented at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.
The aim of this poster is to discuss about the graffiti of boats and ships engraved and drawn in the chapel of the Castle of Garcia D'Ávila, in Praia do Forte, State of Bahia, Brazil.
The Casa da Torre (Tower House), as it is also called the Castle, was built in the XVIth century and served as headquarters for one of the most powerful families in colonial Bahia.
It is believed that the graffiti on the walls of the chapel are either an attempt to watch the nautical traffic or some kind manifestation of religious nature (e.g. ex-voto).
In relation to the techniques of elaboration and thematic of the graffiti, there are two types: the graffiti that represent more robust and older vessels were elaborated by incision (engraved). The possibly most recent graffiti, on the other hand, were drawn with charcoal and correspond to smaller boats and whale hunting scenes.
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Nautical Graffiti of the Chapel of the Casa da Torre, Bahia, Brazil. Paulo F. Bava-de-Camargo, Beatriz B. Bandeira. 2020 ( tDAR id: 457445)
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Keywords
General
Graffiti
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Maritime Archaeology
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Ships
Geographic Keywords
Brazil
Temporal Keywords
XVII - XX centuries
Spatial Coverage
min long: -74.005; min lat: -33.741 ; max long: -34.793; max lat: 5.246 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 942