Lithic industries of Central Polynesia : know-how and techno-economic dynamics

• Main Author: Hermann, Aymeric
• Other Authors: Polynésie française, Conte, Eric
• Format: Thesis
• Language: French
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Préhistoire; Archéologie; Ethnohistoire; Polynésie; Iles Australes; Chefferies; Technologie lithique; Géochimie; Echange; Prehistory; Archaeology; Ethnohistory; Polynesia; Austral Island; Chiefdom; Stone tools; Lithic technology; Geochemistry; Exchange; archeo; museo; Austral
• Online Access: http://www.theses.fr/2013POLF0001/document

The ubiquity of stone adze blades in archaeological sites and museum collections resulted in their use as “cultural fossils” to draw cultural evolutionary changes in the Polynesian islands. The typological approach proves useful for understanding the archaeological diversity in Oceania. Yet, it lack...