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Record Nr.

UNINA9910674059603321

Autore

Jacob Jean‑Paul

Titolo

Amérindiens de Sinnamary (Guyane) : Archéologie en forêt équatoriale / / Stéphane Vacher, Sylvie Jérémie, Jérôme Briand

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Paris, : Éditions de la Maison des sciences de l’homme, 2021

Paris : , : Éditions de la Maison des sciences de l'homme., 1998

Marseille : , : OpenEdition, , 2023

ISBN

2-7351-2619-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 pages) : illustrations ; ; digital file (PDF)

Collana

Documents d’archéologie française.

Altri autori (Persone)

LavalléeDanièle

TabaryPierre

VacherStéphane

JérémieSylvie

BriandJérôme

Disciplina

909.0942

Soggetti

Excavations (Archaeology) - French Guiana

Guayana Indians

Excavations (Archaeology) - Methodology

Humanities

Paleolithic period - Study and teaching

Ceramics - Study and teaching

Archaeology

French Guiana

French Guiana Petit Saut Dam

South America Guiana Highlands

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This work introduces the initial results of research at sites occupied by Native Americans in the Sinnamary basin (1660-220 BP), carried ont at the time of the construction of the Petit Saut dam by Electricité de France in French Guyana. A methodological approach pertaining to the tropical sylvan and riparian milieu is followed by a study of the open-



air sites, and a commentary focusing on the phenomenon of terra preta and palaeolithic fires. For the first time a typological framework and a vocabulary are proposed for reference to lithic scenes and polishing-tool sites. This work also includes a study of ceramics using two complementary approaches: determination of place of manufacture based on the Chemical make-up of the pestes employed, and codification of the forms and motifs of the 22,000 objects registered. Following up on the publication devoted to the colonial period in this region (dAf 60), this volume makes a significant contribution to the renewal of historiographical work on the Guyana plateau.