New perspectives on the sociopolitical landscapes of past tropical forest cultures have emerged the past twenty years in Amazonian archaeology.Evolving relationships between archaeologists and indigenous Amazonian people, as well as integrating archaeological practice with indigenousAmazonian knowledge, has recently led to groundbreaking scientific discoveries in Amazonia. The present article is a discussion on an ongoing participatory mapping project highlighting this emerging tradition of archaeologists engaging with indigenous people. Specifically, thisparticipatory mapping project in the Eastern Guiana Highlands (Suriname, French Guiana, and Brazil), is part of a recent process of sharing the research agendas of both an anthropologist/archaeologist and the indigenous Amazonian people. Throughout this article, the challenging potential of interdisciplinary and multi-scalar research on historically situated sociopolitical processes is foregrounded. Nevertheless, this emergent relationship between indigenous Amazonian people and a growing number of archaeologists is in its initial stages.Keywords: Indigenous archaeologies, historical archaeology, participatory mapping
