Terra Preta

A terra

Terreno plano sob floresta tropical densa e sempre verde, a 73 m de altitude; brooks and springs in the folds of the ground; longe de qualquer mar; quente e úmido o ano inteiro.

Cobertura

floresta tropical densa e sempre verde

Altitude

73 m

Relevo

terreno plano

Água doce

brooks and springs in the folds of the ground

O mar

longe de qualquer mar

Clima

quente e úmido o ano inteiro

A parcela

cerca de 1,85 km de norte a sul e 1,85 km de largura; 1.853 m de norte a sul, 1.849 m de leste a oeste, 3,43 km²

Centro

3.9917°S 63.9917°W

O que a terra oferece a quem constrói

Desta terra: madeira, bambu, planta viva, terra, pedra, couro, osso, pano, corda, fogo. A terra permite: no chão, sobre palafitas, nas copas.

Agora

Chuva forte, quente por aqui, 22:23 no horário local, as chuvas, como sempre, noite fechada.

O mundo selvagem

Animais aqui este mês: onça-pintada (se alimentando), puma (na toca), white-tailed deer (parindo), peccary (parindo), brocket deer (parindo), harpy eagle (fazendo ninho).

A disposição da terra

• The inner grove (bosque): a close stand of straight trunks with deep leaf litter below
• The low thicket (moita): a dense tangle of low branches that turns the cold gusts

O que está de pé aqui

THE LONGHOUSE — on the inner grove. House-sized, about 6 m. Timber, bamboo, stone. On the ground.
"A low timber longhouse under a pitched bamboo roof with smoke rising from the ridge"
A roof of bamboo atop the top: pitched low to shed rain and heavy gusts. A hearth of stone inside the centre: set with flat stones to hold the embers through the night. A doorway of timber facing the south: fitted with a heavy latch on the leeward side. A storage rack of timber along the north side, hung with dry provisions, cordage, and spare gear.
Of this land: timber, bamboo, stone.

THE STOREHOUSE — beside the low thicket. Small, about 4 m. Timber, rope. On the ground.
"A tight-walled timber storehouse raised clear of the damp with a rope roof"
A roof of rope atop the top: weighted with flat stones against high winds. A shelves of timber inside the inside: lined with dry bins for winter stores.
Of this land: timber, rope.

A história, como Daphne S. conta

Do lugar

• Broad Bench Hold was laid out by Daphne Sterling, who marked the inner grove first and set the longhouse to face out of the prevailing weather.

Do povo

• They keep a dry stack of fuel beside the longhouse and share the first meal at the hearth with any traveller who crosses the inner grove. (heard when a people lives here)
• Before winter sets in they check the lashings and stones of the storehouse and sing the names of the first four who came. (heard when a people lives here)

O povo

THE PEOPLE OF TERRA PRETA — gardeners, hunters, and gatherers, settled, in long houses.
Names from their own tongue. They hold the forest sacred.
They keep: the feast at the clearing; burial in the fire; moving every seven years; the long house kept warm for guests; winter stories.
They like bamboo, living plant, monkey, and dawn. They dislike frost, wind, and stone. Open to strangers.
Their words: hearth lamtee, river or sea kuyo, winter or the rains wunnaãtã, the dead wuikõe, home teõrunpa, stranger yãwe, feast tiirõ, child õreupi, old one põnã, the place Enihau, the beast lãwã, the sky kuwã.
Founders: four. Lore: 2 lines.

Modos de vida

gardening, hunting, gathering

Assentamento

settled

Parentesco

long houses

Casamento

either

Nomes

given names

Com forasteiros

open

Têm por sagrado

the forest

Guardam

the feast at the clearing; burial in the fire; moving every seven years; the long house kept warm for guests; winter stories

Gostam de

bamboo, living plant, monkey e dawn

Não gostam de

frost, wind e stone

Fundadores

4

Contagem

4 da gente com nome, uma casa de 0, 0 nascidos aqui, 0 mortos aqui

Fundado em

9 de novembro de 2026

As palavras deles

hearth lamtee, river or sea kuyo, winter or the rains wunnaãtã, the dead wuikõe, home teõrunpa, stranger yãwe, feast tiirõ, child õreupi, old one põnã, the place Enihau, the beast lãwã, the sky kuwã.

A tradição deles

• They keep a dry stack of fuel beside the longhouse and share the first meal at the hearth with any traveller who crosses the inner grove.
• Before winter sets in they check the lashings and stones of the storehouse and sing the names of the first four who came.

Gente com nome

A crônica

Cada linha é um registro que a terra escreveu; os nomes entre aspas são palavras do dono. O que a crônica não diz não aconteceu.

Ano 1

Os anais: 2 calving seen; 1 first roof; 1 founders; 1 people founded; 1 tracks; 1 ways changed.

• The rains, as always, the first year of Terra Preta: the first roof went up at Terra Preta: the longhouse. mantido
• The rains, as always, the first year of Terra Preta: young wild boar on the spot, a day old.
• The rains, as always, the first year of Terra Preta: the ways of the people changed: name. mantido
• The rains, as always, the first year of Broad Bench Hold: wild boar tracks across the low thicket.
• The rains, as always, the first year of Broad Bench Hold: wild boar calving on the spot.
• The rains, as always, the first year of Broad Bench Hold: four came to Broad Bench Hold and lit the hearth. The net-mender "Reipãlo", the fire-keeper "Reyãmleo", the keeper of the store "Yakõoni", the keeper of the shrine "Kiarimu". mantido
• The rains, as always, the first year of Broad Bench Hold: Daphne Sterling called a people to Broad Bench Hold: the people of Broad Bench Hold. mantido

Aqui agora

the net-mender "Reipãlo" (gente) · the fire-keeper "Reyãmleo" (gente) · the keeper of the store "Yakõoni" (gente) · the keeper of the shrine "Kiarimu" (gente)