Stone artefact production and exchange among the northern Lessen [sic] 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, 1970-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: [Leiden] : Leiden University Press, ©2007.
Series:Archaeological studies Leiden University ; 13.
Subjects:
Stone implements > Antilles, Lesser.
Commerce, Prehistoric > Antilles, Lesser.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Antilles, Lesser.
Outils de pierre > Petites Antilles.
Commerce préhistorique > Petites Antilles.
Fouilles (Archéologie) > Petites Antilles.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology.
Antiquities.
Commerce, Prehistoric.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Stone implements.
Archeologie.
Gereedschappen.
Steen (materiaal)
Antilles, Lesser > Antiquities.
Lesser Antilles.
Caribisch gebied.
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.

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