Piauí-first: Cave Paintings of Capivara Mountains

This extension initiative promotes the archaeological, historical, and symbolic importance of the rock paintings of Serra da Capivara, in Piauí, one of the most significant archaeological landscapes in the Americas. It takes as its starting point the critical force of the expression “Piauí-first”: the possibility of shifting debates on the peopling of the Americas beyond the Clovis-first hypothesis, traditionally centered on North America.

Through photographic exhibitions, lectures, and workshops, the initiative introduces school and university audiences to the contribution of Niède Guidon and the teams that worked in Serra da Capivara to the renewal of debates on the antiquity of human presence in the Americas. Coordinated in partnership with Marcelo Santos Rodrigues, from the Federal University of Tocantins, it is part of the activities of the CNPq Research Group History, Memory, and Latin American Narratives, linking archaeology, education, heritage, and civic formation.