An online article by Roberta Jansen in Rio de Janeiro for the BBC Brasil reports on the archaeologist who battles to preserve the traces of the first humans of the Americas - a arqueologa que batalha para preservar os vestigios dos primeiros homens das Americas.

A campaign waged for the preservation of relics from prehistory in Brazil may finally be heading for a happy ending thanks to the efforts of an 83 year-old archaeologist.

The owner of a story that is intertwined with the Serra da Capivara National Park in Piaui, Niede Guidon has battled for almost 40 years to maintain the most important records of the first humans to set foot in the region more than 20,000 years ago.

In late February, the federal judge Pablo Baldivieso provisionally determined that the Ibama & Iphan Union, the institute responsible for heritage, designate R $ 4.49 million for the maintenance and upkeep of the Serra da Capivara National Park and stipulate a period of one year for the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio) to draw up a management and preservation plan. 

For the full story:

http://www.bbc.com/portuguese/noticias/2016/03/160312_perfil_niede_guidon_rj_ab

The rock art of the Serra da Capivara National Park in the north east of Brazil, with research led by archaeologist Niede Guidon, helped establish it as a World Heritage Site in 1991. Read more:

http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/south_america/serra_da_capivara/pedra_furada/index.php