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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782338303321

Autore

Lammers-Keijsers Yvonne Marie Jacqueline <1974->

Titolo

Tracing traces from present to past [[electronic resource] ] : a functional analysis of pre-Columbian shell and stone artefacts from Anse à la Gourde and Morel, Guadeloupe, FWI / / Yvonne Marie Jacqueline Lammers-Keijsers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, : Leiden University Press, c2008

ISBN

1-281-99141-4

9786611991418

90-485-0500-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (182 p.)

Collana

Archaeological studies Leiden University ; ; 15

Disciplina

306

972.976

Soggetti

Indians of the West Indies - Guadeloupe - Antiquities

Kitchen-middens - Guadeloupe

Stone implements - Guadeloupe

Excavations (Archaeology) - Guadeloupe

Anse à la Gourde Site (Guadeloupe)

Morel Site (Guadeloupe)

Guadeloupe Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

contents; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Functional Analysis - Methods and Techniques; 3. The processing of raw materials: ethnohistorical, ethnographical, archaeological and experimental data; 4. Anse a la Gourde; 5. Morel; 6. Towards an integral approach in the Lesser Antilles; References; Appendix 1: Code list use wear traces; Appendix 2: Shell artefact description, variables and possible entries; Samenvattin (Dutch summary); List of figures; List of tables; List of appendices

Sommario/riassunto

Unique study of the possibilities of functional analysis on shell implements, sheds light on the choices made in the past on tool use and the utilisation of different raw materials