Tracing traces from present to past : a functional analysis of pre-Columbian shell and stone artefacts from Anse à la Gourde and Morel, Guadeloupe, FWI / Yvonne Marie Jacqueline Lammers-Keijsers
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
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
Notes
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universiteit Leiden, 2007
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-165)
