Lithic industries of Central Polynesia : know-how and techno-economic dynamics
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...
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ftunivnantes:oai:HAL:tel-00936331v1 2023-05-15T15:33:57+02:00 Lithic industries of Central Polynesia : know-how and techno-economic dynamics Les industries lithiques pré-européennes de Polynésie centrale : savoir-faire et dynamiques techno-économiques Hermann, Aymeric Sociétés Traditionnelles et Contemporaines en Océanie (EA 4241) (EASTCO) Université de la Polynésie Française (UPF) Université de la Polynésie Française Eric Conte 2013-12-12 https://theses.hal.science/tel-00936331 https://theses.hal.science/tel-00936331/document https://theses.hal.science/tel-00936331/file/ThA_se_-_Aymeric_-_Hermann.pdf fr fre HAL CCSD NNT: 2013POLF0001 tel-00936331 https://theses.hal.science/tel-00936331 https://theses.hal.science/tel-00936331/document https://theses.hal.science/tel-00936331/file/ThA_se_-_Aymeric_-_Hermann.pdf info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess https://theses.hal.science/tel-00936331 Sociologie. Université de la Polynésie Française, 2013. Français. ⟨NNT : 2013POLF0001⟩ Exchange Geochemistry Lithic technology Stone tools Chiefdom Austral Island Polynesia Ethnohistory Archaeology Prehistory Echange Géochimie Technologie lithique Chefferies Iles Australes Polynésie Ethnohistoire Archéologie Préhistoire [SHS.SOCIO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Sociology info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis Theses 2013 ftunivnantes 2023-03-07T23:49:26Z 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 lacks efficiency when it comes to shedding light on the technical and economic choices involved in the production processes.After a discussion of previous knapping experimentations performed in Polynesia, I propose a panel of diagnostic criteria for identifying the use of hard and soft hammerstone in the manufacture of adze blades. Then, I focus on the production of blades from assemblages collected on the North coast of Tubuai Island (Austral Archipelago, French Polynesia). Along with the need to consider the whole manufacturing process and the post-production exchange networks comes the necessity to connect different archaeological assemblages. Geochemical characterisation of the geological sources and artefacts discovered within archaeological contexts were used to settle the favoured framework for understanding the series of production sequences and for identifying the transfer of tools produced within and outside the island. Among the different supply networks identified on the island, I chose to investigate the operational sequences located within two sites: a quarry complex involving several workshops and a coastal dwelling site.Through the investigation of manufacture, maintenance and exchange processes regarding stone adze blades, I propose a new insight on the economic system in the chiefdoms of central Polynesia. The technical tradition documented on Tubuai is related to the production and transformation of flakes used as blanks for adze blades manufacture. This association of flaking and shaping processes originated in Western Polynesia but was also spread over Eastern Polynesia. The size and the form of these adzes were directly linked to one’s capacity for producing standard-sized blanks and for shaping ... Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis Austral Island Université de Nantes: HAL-UNIV-NANTES Austral Austral Island ENVELOPE(110.650,110.650,-66.500,-66.500) |
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Exchange Geochemistry Lithic technology Stone tools Chiefdom Austral Island Polynesia Ethnohistory Archaeology Prehistory Echange Géochimie Technologie lithique Chefferies Iles Australes Polynésie Ethnohistoire Archéologie Préhistoire [SHS.SOCIO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Sociology |
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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 lacks efficiency when it comes to shedding light on the technical and economic choices involved in the production processes.After a discussion of previous knapping experimentations performed in Polynesia, I propose a panel of diagnostic criteria for identifying the use of hard and soft hammerstone in the manufacture of adze blades. Then, I focus on the production of blades from assemblages collected on the North coast of Tubuai Island (Austral Archipelago, French Polynesia). Along with the need to consider the whole manufacturing process and the post-production exchange networks comes the necessity to connect different archaeological assemblages. Geochemical characterisation of the geological sources and artefacts discovered within archaeological contexts were used to settle the favoured framework for understanding the series of production sequences and for identifying the transfer of tools produced within and outside the island. Among the different supply networks identified on the island, I chose to investigate the operational sequences located within two sites: a quarry complex involving several workshops and a coastal dwelling site.Through the investigation of manufacture, maintenance and exchange processes regarding stone adze blades, I propose a new insight on the economic system in the chiefdoms of central Polynesia. The technical tradition documented on Tubuai is related to the production and transformation of flakes used as blanks for adze blades manufacture. This association of flaking and shaping processes originated in Western Polynesia but was also spread over Eastern Polynesia. The size and the form of these adzes were directly linked to one’s capacity for producing standard-sized blanks and for shaping ... |
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Sociétés Traditionnelles et Contemporaines en Océanie (EA 4241) (EASTCO) Université de la Polynésie Française (UPF) Université de la Polynésie Française Eric Conte |
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Lithic industries of Central Polynesia : know-how and techno-economic dynamics |
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Lithic industries of Central Polynesia : know-how and techno-economic dynamics |
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Lithic industries of Central Polynesia : know-how and techno-economic dynamics |
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Lithic industries of Central Polynesia : know-how and techno-economic dynamics |
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