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The past is never finished.
Neither is the work of reading it.
I am a Brazilian archaeologist based in Freiburg, one of the few Latin American scholars working in the historico-genetic tradition of culture — on Bronze Age hoards, on the digitalization of institutions, and on stories that have not been written yet. This is where those three things meet.
From the blog
Recent writing
Essays and notes on skateboarding and embodied practice, the digitalization of institutions, and the experience of doing research across languages and borders.
Academic record
Selected publications
Monograph, book chapters, and journal articles in German, English, and Portuguese — across archaeological theory, Bronze Age hoards, and the sociology of institutions.
- 2021 Hortfunde der Spätbronze- und Früheisenzeit: Ein prozesslogischer Paradigmawechsel. Leiden: Sidestone Press.
- 2023 Die Kritik an der Subjektlogik und ihre Auswirkung auf die Interpretation von Hortfunden. In: Theorie | Archäologie | Reflexion. Heidelberg: Propylaeum.
- 2023 Hierarquia e sentido: Um ensaio sobre expressões enfáticas em enterramentos. In: Desigualdades passadas e presentes. Belo Horizonte: Fino Traço.
Side project
A game about excavation
Archaeosweeper is a browser game built as a single file — no downloads, no accounts. Dig for artifacts before your budget runs dry. Three difficulty tiers, a field journal, and a sound engine synthesized in the browser.
⛏Install on iPhone: open in Safari → tap Share (□↑) → "Add to Home Screen." On Android Chrome: tap (⋮) → "Add to Home Screen." Launches fullscreen and works offline.