Entre as vilas e os sertões: trânsitos indígenas e transculturações nas fronteirasdo Espírito Santo (1798-1840)

Among the villages and backlands: indigenous transits and transculturation in the frontiers of Espirito Santo (1798 - 1840) This paper discusses the moulding of the social life in the zones of contact, electing as a reflection problem the transit of the indigenous population between the backlands of Espirito Santo and the villages and the settlements, in the period of 1798 and 1840. It is divided into two parts. In the former one, I problematize the Espirito Santo history as a contact zone of long duration and the indigenous transit between the frontiers that supposedly separated the villages and the backlands. In the latter one, I make some notes about the hybrid and transcultural character of the social organizations of the contact zones, taking as example the indigenous village of Nova Almeida