The Tapajós, also called the Santarém culture, were
Indigenous Brazilian people
Indigenous may refer to:
*Indigenous peoples
*Indigenous (ecology), presence in a region as the result of only natural processes, with no human intervention
*Indigenous (band), an American blues-rock band
*Indigenous (horse), a Hong Kong racehorse ...
, now extinct, who in the 17th century lived in the area around where the
Tapajós
The Tapajós ( ) is a river in Brazil. It runs through the Amazon Rainforest and is a major tributary of the Amazon River. When combined with the Juruena River, the Tapajós is approximately long. Prior to a drastic increase in illegal gold mi ...
flowed into the
Amazon River, in the Brazilian state of
Amazonas.
References
Extinct Indigenous peoples in Brazil
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