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Stone Artefact Production and Exchange among the Lesser Antilles.

This archaeological study reconstructs Pre-Columbian exchange networks in the Lesser Antilles based on lithic artefact distributions among the different islands.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Knippenberg, Sebastiaan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2007.
Series:Archaeological Studies Leiden University, 13.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction and research Objectives; 2. Raw material sources and rock characterisation; 3. Lithic analysis; 4. Acquisition and lithic reduction at the source: Long Island; 5. Stone acquisition and working at habitation sites; 6. Production, distribution and exchange; 7. Inter-island relationships; Appendix A: Chert and flint sources; Appendix B: Hughes Bay flint scatter, Antigua; Appendix C: Geo-chemical analysis and data; Appendix D: Attribute analysis of lithic artefacts; Appendix E: Mesh siza and sample size bias.
  • Appendix F: Archaeological sites and related lithic sampleReferences; Samenvatting (Dutch Summary); Curriculum Vitae.