View of Taperinha plantation. This property in Santarem, Brazil was a sugar plantation and iron forge belonging to the Baron of Santarem in the late 19th century. An earlier plantation building is mentioned in original deed papers held by the current owners. From the early 20th century until today it is owned by the Hagman family of researchers and business people. A Frenchman designed the handsome building made of hardpacked mud and shell. Outbuildings and parts of the plantation machines remain dispersed on the plantation. The Taperinha shellmound excavatd by Roosevelt and colleagues (Roosevelt et al. 1992) lies on the edge of the unflooded land overlooking what is now a wooded swamp.  19th century geologists found early projectile points, the shellmound, and late prehistoric pottery on the property.