According to Pessis and Martin (2015, p. 23), in the indigenous societies of Brazil, technical innovation was historically misunderstood. Thus, the...

According to Pessis and Martin (2015, p. 23), in the indigenous societies of Brazil, technical innovation was historically misunderstood. Thus, the prejudice of Brazilian society, inherited from European conquest, was established, which considered indigenous society culturally deficient. However, it was their technical discoveries and inventions that allowed them to meet their specific needs, mainly determined by environmental impositions. They were intelligent technical solutions that made possible a quality of life balanced with the environment and the values privileged in each of the communities. Based on the reading of the text and your knowledge about indigenous art, choose the correct alternative.


a. The European prejudice, reproduced by sectors of Brazilian society, is justified by the backwardness and primitivism of Brazilian indigenous peoples.
b. Indigenous peoples underwent a process of acculturation, and their artistic production, today, reproduces European canons.
c. The material culture of indigenous societies is known through artistic manifestations and the production of other artifacts.