This work highlights the discussion of the theoretical sentences of archaeology and their course over time, assuming their playful and symbolic development in the imaginary of society in the context of Brazil, more precisely, the Northeast region of the country. Through the speeches, languages, oratories and speeches contained in the scientific and popular sense, our investigation is about a sociological analysis of the archaeology paved by linguistics acting in the construction of spaces, identities, as well as places of subjective projections. In this sense, our theme encompasses discussions on the post-processalist or contextual approach in archaeology, and the discursive analysis in the human sciences, of the construction of the notion(s) about prehistoric occupation in the scientific production of archaeology in the context of Brazil, and finally, we talk about tradition, the sayings and the knowledges in the archaeological discourse about prehistoric occupation in the scientific production of archaeology in the context of Brazil, and finally, we talk about tradition, the sayings and the knowledges in the archaeological discourse about prehistoric occupation in the context of research in northeastern Brazil.