INSETTI DEGRADATORI: VALUTAZIONEARCHEOENTOMOLOGICA DI

UN’URNA FUNERARIA TUPIGUARANI, ALTÔNIA, PR, BRASILE

BrunaPasqualinotoMacari ,JaniceBernardodaSilva ,LúciaMassuttideAlmeida ,IgorChmyz ,Márcio1 2 1 3

PereiradaRocha2

1DepartamentodeZoologia,UniversidadeFederaldoParaná(UFPR),Av.FranciscoH.dosSantos,s/n–Jardimdas

Américas–CentroPolitécnico–81531-980–Curitiba–Paraná–Brasil,bru_macari@yahoo.com.br,

lalmeida51@gmail.com.

2DepartamentodeEngenhariaFlorestal,UniversidadeFederaldoParaná(UFPR),Av.Pref.LothárioMeissner,900-

JardimBotânico-CampusIII–80210-170-Curitiba-Paraná–Brasil,janicebs@gmail.com,mprocha01@gmail.com.

3CentrodeEstudosePesquisasArqueológicas(CEPA),UniversidadeFederaldoParaná(UFPR),RuaGeneral

Carneiro,460,12ºAndar–Centro–Reitoria–80060-150-Curitiba-Paraná–Brasil,igorch852@gmail.com.

ABSTRACT

Entomologycanbeanimportantsupportinarchaeologicalresearch.Thearthropodfaunainarchaeological

contextsisapreciousresourcefordeterminingtypeandlevelsofenvironmentalchangesresultingfrom

humanintervention,aswellasbeingseriousdegradingagentsofhistoricalandarchaeologicalpatrimony in

situ andincollections.Thus,thisstudyaimedtoanalyzetheinsectsinTupiguaraniburialurnsediment,a

Brazilianindigenoustraditionrepresentative,inordertoevaluatetheconservationstatusofthis

archaeologicalheritage.TheIsoptera(Kalotermitidae),Lepidoptera(Tineidae)andPsocoptera

(Liposcelididae – Liposcelis sp.–andanotherunidentifiedfamily)orderswererecognizedascontaminants

acquiredduringthetimespentinmuseum.Theentomologicalanalysisshowstheneedforacurationplan

thatblocksfavorableconditionsfordegradationincreasewithaviewtoprotectthisarchaeologicalheritage.

Key-words: Arthropoda,curation,biologicaldegradingagents,Entomology,SouthAmericannatives.