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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lammers-Keijsers, Yvonne Marie Jacqueline, 1974-

Series:

Archaeological studies Leiden University ; 15.

Archaeological studies Leiden University ; 15

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of the West Indies--Guadeloupe--Antiquities.

Indians of the West Indies.

Kitchen-middens--Guadeloupe.

Kitchen-middens.

Stone implements--Guadeloupe.

Stone implements.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Guadeloupe.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Anse à la Gourde Site (Guadeloupe).

Morel Site (Guadeloupe).

Guadeloupe--Antiquities.

Guadeloupe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (182 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Leiden University Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786611991418

9781281991416

1281991414

9789048505005

9048505003

OCLC:

476250585