Production des lames d'herminette dans l'île de Tupua'i (Archipel des Australes, Polynésie française): Spécialisation artisanale et évolution des chefferies en Polynésie centrale

• Published in: Journal of lithic studies
• Main Author: Hermann, Aymeric
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of Edinburgh 2017
• Subjects: Archaeology and Prehistory; Humanities and Social Sciences; Social Anthropology and ethnology; Polynésie; technologie lithique; Iles Australes; ethnohistoire; géochimie; système technique

1. IntroductionStone adze blades are so ubiquitous in the Pacific that they have always been central to the work of archaeologists. Polynesian adze heads were often viewed as convenient “cultural fossils” displaying stylistic features that could be used as chronological markers (e.g. Davidson 1984;...