Camila Guarim Figueiredo Ph.D.

guarim.camilaatgmail.com
437-3710456
http://camilaguarim.weebly.com/
Toronto

ACADEMIC RECORD

2018 Ph.D. in Anthropology (Archaeology), Department of Anthropology, University

of Toronto
Thesis Title: Regional complementarity and place-making in the northern
region of the Tapajós National Forest Reservation, Lower Amazon, Brazil
2010 Certificate in Digital Geography and GIS, Ryerson University
2009 Master of Arts in Anthropology (Archaeology), Department of Anthropology,
University of Toronto
Title: Typology analysis from a sample of Early Natufian occupation at the Wadi
Mataha, Jordan 1999
2004 B.A. in History, School of Philosophy, Literature and Human Sciences, University
of São Paulo, Brazil

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
ArcGIS desktop (ArcMap, ArcCatalog, ArcScene/ extensions: 3D analyst, Network analyst, spatial
analyst, tracking analyst, and extension related to data integration and editing)
QGIS
Data (including geospatial data) capture
Data (including geospatial data) conversion
Data (including geospatial data) management
Georeferencing
Geoprocessing
Inkscape
Data analysis
Map creating
Public presentation
Writing and editing
Microsoft Office Suite applications
Archaeological survey
Archaeological excavation
Teaching
Learning Python
Native Speaker of Portuguese
Intermediate knowledge of Spanish
Rudimentary Comprehension of Hebrew

GIS CURRENT POSITIONS

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  GIS analyst: A Tri-dimensional approach to First Nations’ land use and occupancy in
Northwestern Ontario, winter 2014 to present (Project director: Dr. Frederico Oliveira,
Lakehead University).
I have been assisting Dr. Oliveira with the data management of all the geospatial data for this project
and in the creation of land use maps for the Lac Seul and Slate Falls First Nations communities since
2014. I also teach ArcMap to a member of the project. I have also conducted participatory mapping at
the Slate Falls community in August of 2018. I am creating a series of maps and story maps with the
data that have been collected in the field over the years to be published in the Spring of 2019.

PROFESSIONAL AND TEACHING ASSISTANT EXPERIENCE

Sept. 2012- Project Director: Landscape changes and placemaking in Santarém Region
Nov. 2018  Collected and created geospatial data, GIS analysis, and mapping
 Data management and data analysis of all the project data, including
geospatial data
 Wrote reports and academic publication
 Presented results in conferences
Sept.2012- Teaching Assistant, University of Toronto, (10 hours a week)
Apr.2018  ANT200: Introduction to Archaeology (marked coursework, delivered
tutorials).
April-Jul GIS technician, Amick consulting (5-10 hours a week)
2016  Started building a geospatial dataset for the company
 Teached how to use Trimble Geo GPS
May 2012– Graduate student library assistant, Map and Data Library, University of Toronto
Jun. 2016 (11 hours a week)
 Assisted library users to create maps for their research and with GIS
questions
 Assisted library users with GIS questions, such as how to visualize
Canadian and USA census data in a map, how to calculate watershed,
perform viewshed analysis, calculate least path and find and manipulate
spatial data for several countries.
 Contributed to the development of historical geospatial data for Ontario
 Helped library patrons to located datasets and paper map.
May-Dec. GIS technician, Enghouse/Moore Resource System (20-30 hours a week)
2015  Provided GIS Solutions for client’s pipelines;
 Designed and georeferenced maps;
 Entered, updated and verification of data on PODS Pipeline Data Model.
May-Aug. Teaching Assistant, University of Toronto, Scarborough Campus, summer 2015
2015 (10 hours a week)
 ANT101: Becoming humans: Introduction to Biological Anthropology and
Archaeology (marked coursework, delivered tutorials).
Feb.-Mar. Geospatial analyst, Ontario Tobacco Research Unit, University of Toronto
2015 (Project Director: Dr. P. Kaufman). (10 hours a week)

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  Assisted with the creation of an analysis plan for future studies in this
research program; and proposed ways to map geospatial data collected
by researchers.
May-Sept. GIS technician, Enghouse/Moore Resource System (20-30 hours a week)
2013 & Jan.-  Provided GIS Solutions for client’s pipelines;
Sept.2012  Designed and georeferenced maps;
 Entered, updated and verification of data on PODS Pipeline Data Model.
Oct.2009- Creator of Geodata from Historical Documents, Homezilla.ca, Oct. 2009 to Jun.
Jun.2010 2010. (20 hours a week)
 Researched historical pictures from houses across Canada; assessment
roll and historical maps of the City of Toronto;
 Geocoded historical pictures;
 Data analysis;
 Developed a database in Access to store the historical information
gathered in the archives and online
Sept.2007- Teaching Assistant, University of Toronto, (10 hours a week)
Dec.2008  ANTA01F: Introduction to Anthropology: Human beginnings (marked
coursework, delivered tutorials, counselled students ), fall 2008;
 ANT101H5S: Introduction to Biological Anthropology and Archaeology
(marked coursework), winter 2008;
 ARH360Y1-1: Prehistory in the Near East (marked coursework), Sept.
2007 to April 2008.
Apr.2006– Fieldwork archaeologist, Archaeoworks Inc. (40 hours a week)
Jun.2007  Participated in stages 2, 3 and 4 fieldworks on Iroquoian and historical
sites in Southern Ontario.

PUBLICATIONS

2018 Stenborg, P.; Schaan, D.; Figueiredo, C. Contours of the Past: LiDAR data adds
new scale to pre-Columbian Amazonian societies. Journal of Field Archaeology,
43, 1, 1-14 PEER REVIEWED.
2018 Levis, C.; Peña-Claros, M.; Clement, C.; Costa, F.; Alves, R.; Ferreira, M.;
Figueiredo, C., Bongers, F. Extensive pre-Columbian soil improvement
maintains human legacies in old-growth Amazonian forests. In: Levis, C.
Domestication of Amazonian forests (p. 165-204). PhD thesis. Instituto National
de Pesquisa da Amazônia and Wageningen University.
2016 Figueiredo, C.. Archaeological potential in the Flona-Tapajós. In P.Stenborg
(ed.) Beyond Waters: archaeology and environmental history of the Amazonia
inland. Gotarc Series A, Gothenburg Archaeology Studies. University of
Gothenburg Press.
2015 Schaan, D.; Figueiredo, C.; Alves, D.; Stenborg, P. Selva Cultivada:
desenvolvimento socio-econômico e mudanças ambientais na Amazônia Pré-
Colombiana – 3o Relatório parcial-outubro de 2013 a dezembro de 2014.
IPHAN.

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2009 Figueiredo, C. Typology analysis from a sample of Early Natufian occupation at
Wadi Mataha, Jordan, 1999 (Master Thesis). Unpublished.

CONFERENCES

2018 Figueiredo, C. Archaeology in the lower Tapajós: collaborative mapping of

archaeological sites in the Flona-Tapajós (Arqueologia do baixo Tapajós:
mapeamento colaborativo dos sítios arqueológicos da Flona-Tapajós). Paper
presented at Historic Ecology in the Lower Tapajós workshop (Seminário;
Ecologia Histórica no Baixo Tapajós), Santarém, BR, May 21.
2018 Figueiredo, C., Rostain, S. Anthropogenic rainforest: landscape management in
the Amazon before the European Conquest. Session chair at the meeting of the
Society of American Archaeology, Washington, DC, USA, April 11-15.
2018 Figueiredo, C. Tapajó group route networks, Santarém and Belterra region,
Lower Amazon, Brazil. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society of
American Archaeology, Washington, DC, USA, April 11-15.
2017 Figueiredo, C. Complementary landscapes in the Tapajó domain: Santarém and
Belterra Region, Lower Amazon, Brazil. Paper presented at the 36th Northeast
Conference on Andean and Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory, Penn
Museum, Philadelphia, PA, USA, October 14-15.
2017 Figueiredo, C. Notes from the Field: Landscape changes and placemaking
project’s first fieldwork (Flona-Tapajós, Lower Amazon, 2014). Paper presented
at the Back of the Field event for prospective Ph.D. student, Anthropology
Department, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON. March 10.
2017 Figueiredo, C. Landscape changes and placemaking in the Flona-Tapajós,
Lower Amazon, Brazil. Paper presented at the Archaeology Center Research
Day, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, February 10.
2016 Figueiredo, C. Different and complementary landscapes: a case of study in the
Upper Flona-Tapajós. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society of
American Archaeology, FL, Orlando, USA, April 6-10.
2016 Figueiredo, C.; Schaan, D. Multidisciplinary approaches to Amazonian
landscapes. Session chair at the meeting of the Society of American
Archaeology, FL, Orlando, USA, April 6-10.
2016 Rebellato, L.; Figueiredo, C. The Geographical distribution of Amazonian Dark
Earths in the Lower Amazon. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society of
American Archaeology, FL, Orlando, USA, April 6-10.
2016 Figueiredo, C. Field diary: an archaeological survey conducted in the Upper
Flona-Tapajós, Lower Amazon, Brazil, in 2014. Paper presented at the Western
Anthropology Graduate Student Conference, London, ON, Canada, March 4-6.
2016 Figueiredo, C. Travelling along the Tapajó regional system. Paper presented at
the Medusa Graduate Student Colloquium, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON,
Canada, March 3-4.

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2016 Figueiredo, C. Complementary Landscapes in the Upper National Forest of the
Tapajós, Lower Amazon, Brazil. Paper present at the Midwest Andean and
Amazonian Conference, Detroit, MI, USA, February 20-21.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE AND FIELDWORK

2014- Project Director. Landscape Changes and Placemaking in the Santarém and
Present Belterra Region, Lower Amazon, Brazil.
2014- GIS analyst and mapping consulting. Tri-dimension approach to First Nations’
Present land use and occupancy in Northwestern Ontario project. (Project director Dr.
F. Oliveira, Lakehead University).
Feb.-Mar. Geospatial analyst, Ontario Tobacco Research Unit, University of Toronto
2015 (Project Director: Dr. P. Kaufman). Assisted with the creation of an analysis plan
for future studies in this research program, and explored ways to map geospatial
data collected by researchers.
July 2013 Excavator. Porto Site, a complex society site in the Lower Amazon, Brazil.
(Project Director: Dr. D. Schaan, Federal University of Pará).
Sept.2007- Research Assistant, Wadi Mataha project, University of Toronto (Project
Aug. 2009 directors: Dr. M. Chazan, University of Toronto and Dr. J. Janetski, Bingham
Young University). Built a database in Access for a sample of the Wadi Mataha
stone tool collection. Organized and separated debitages pieces from tools and
cores for the entire lithic collection from the Wadi Mataha, a Natufian site in
Southern Jordan.
Jul.-Aug. Excavator. ‘Uyun Al-Hamman, an Epipaleolithic site in Jordan (Project Directors:
2008 Dr. E.B. Banning, University of Toronto, and Dr. L. Maher, University of
California, Berkeley).
June 2008 Excavator. Kfar Hahoreshe, Pre-Pottery Neolithic site in Israel (Project Director:
N. Goring-Morris, Hebrew University of Jerusalem).
May 2005 – Wadi Ziqlab, UofT (Project Directors: Dr. E.B. Banning and Dr. L. Maher,
Aug. 2007 University of Toronto). Analyzed Neolithic ceramics and Epipaleolithic stone
tools. Washed, labelled and cataloged Neolithic ceramics and Epipaleolithic
stone tools.
July 2004 Excavator. Moraes Site, Sambaqui, Brazil (Project Director: Dr. P. DeBlasis,
University of São Paulo).

Media

2018 Interview given to José Schuster for the Chin Multicultural Toronto Radio on
July 15, 2018. Podcast 29 – Archaeology in Amazon (in Portuguese).
https://jornaldetoronto.ca/2018/07/15/podcast-29-arqueologia-na-amazonia/
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RESEARCH GRANTS, AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

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2017 Doctoral Completion Award, June (CAN$8700)
2017 Anthropology Department Research Award, April (CAN$1000)
2016 Doctoral Completion Award, June (CAN$8700)
2016 SGS Conference Grant, May (CAN$440)
2016 Anthropology Department Conference Award, University of Toronto, April
(CAN$1000)
2012-2016 The University of Toronto Fellowship, September (CAN$ 70212)
2015 SGS Conference Grant (declined), May (CAN$ 630)
2014 Mitacs Globalink Research Award, Aug. (CAN$ 5000)
2014 William John Witemberg Scholarship, May (CAN$ 4125)
2014 University of Toronto Research Expenses, March (CAN$ 840)
2013 University of Toronto Pilot Research Project, March (CAN$ 4000)
2012 The University of Florida Fellowship (declined), September (CAN$ 25000)
2008 Andrea and Charles Bronfman Student Awards in Israeli Studies (declined), April
(CAN$ 5000)
2008 The University of Toronto Fellowship, September (CAN$ 15000)

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