A contribuição de Leonardo Adamowicz nas pesquisas arqueológicas na província de Nampula relatos sobre o trabalho realizado

Abstract

This work is a tribute to the late Leonardo Adamowicz, as a person, archaeologist and cultural heritage manager, who lost his life in 2020, to whom I am infinitely grateful, for having dedicated many years of work at the service of Mozambique and especially in the province of Nampula. Studies on the First Communities of Farmers and Shepherds in Mozambique, more specifically in the province of Nampula, are integrated into the region of Southern and Eastern Africa, in a process of complementarity. In this context, the paper discusses Leonardo Adamowicz's contribution to the development of archaeological research in Nampula province, in the general context of northern Mozambique. The results presented here are based on bibliographical and documentary research, combined with interviews with archaeologists from the DAA and the University of Uppasala, who had links with Leonardo Adamowicz in order to better interpret the subject of his contribution to our knowledge of the First Communities of Nampula Province. However, the interviews also provide a range of knowledge about the archaeology of Mozambique, where Leonardo Adamowicz made his valuable contribution until the last days of his life. Thus, this paper provides some recommendations for future archaeological research in Nampula Province, in order to continue Leonardo Adamowicz's legacy regarding the First Communities of Farmers and Shepherds during the 1st millennium AD.