Tracing Traces from Present to Past: A Functional Analysis of Pre-Columbian Shell and Stone Artefacts from Anse � la Gourde and Morel, Guadeloupe, ... 15 (Archaeological Studies Leiden University) - Softcover

Lammers-Keijsers, Yvonne

9789087280284: Tracing Traces from Present to Past: A Functional Analysis of Pre-Columbian Shell and Stone Artefacts from Anse � la Gourde and Morel, Guadeloupe, ... 15 (Archaeological Studies Leiden University)

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ISBN 10: 9087280289 ISBN 13: 9789087280284

Publisher: Leiden University Press, 2007

The author of this meticulously researched work surveys the possibilities of functional analysis of shell implements. Her study of shell tools, as well as flint and stone tools, from the pre-Columbian sites of Anse a la Gourde and Morel, Guadeloupe draws on archaeological, ethnographical, ethnohistorical and experimental data. The results of the functional analysis of all artifact categories are presented, as well as a reconstruction of the technological system in the pre-Columbian period. She demonstrates the value of this integral approach in shedding light on the choices made in the past on tool use and the utilisation of different raw materials.

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This thesis presents the study of the possibilities of functional analysis on shell implements. Shell tools from the pre-Columbian sites of Anse a la Gourde and Morel, Guadeloupe were studied and interpreted based on archaeological, ethnographical, ethnohistorical and experimental data. In addition, flint and stone tools of both sites were analysed. In this thesis functional analysis is approached from an integral point of view in order to be able to reconstruct the past technological system. The results of the functional analysis of all artefact categories are presented as well as a reconstruction of the technological system in the pre-Columbian period. It is demonstrated how this integral approach provides the possibilities to shed light on the choices made in the past on tool use and the utilisation of different raw materials.

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Verhelderend archeologisch onderzoek naar werktuigen van schelp uit de pre-Colombiaanse tijd, maakt het mogelijk keuze voor bepaalde materialen en werktuigen uit het verleden te begrijpen

'Tracing Traces from present to past' is een onderzoek naar werktuigen gemaakt van schelp. Gebruiksvoorwerpen gevonden bij de pre-Columbiaanse opgravingen op Guadeloupe, zijn bestudeerd en omschreven op basis van archeologische, etnografische en experimentele date. Aanvullend werden ook werktuigen van vuursteen onderzocht. Dit onderzoek zet alle resultaten van dit functionele onderzoek op een rij en reconstrueert het technologische systeem van de pre-Columbiaanse periode. Deze integrale benadering maakt het mogelijk de keuze voor bepaalde materialen en werktuigen te begrijpen.

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