TY - JOUR
T1 - Functional analysis of late Holocene flaked and pebble stone artefacts from Vanuatu, Southwest Pacific
AU - Kononenko, Nina
AU - Bedford, Stuart
AU - Reepmeyer, Christian
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Functional studies were undertaken on simple, un-retouched flaked and pebble artefacts made from a variety of lithic raw materials, recovered from late Holocene (Lapita) sites in Vanuatu. Use-wear and residue analysis of macroscopic and microscopic evidence identified a wide range of craft, subsistence and social activities. These include cutting, pounding and grinding of non-woody plants; graving, drilling, scraping and sawing of soft wood; drilling shell and cutting and piercing soft elastic material such as skin. This is the first detailed functional analysis on a collection of stone artefacts from Lapita period sites.
AB - Functional studies were undertaken on simple, un-retouched flaked and pebble artefacts made from a variety of lithic raw materials, recovered from late Holocene (Lapita) sites in Vanuatu. Use-wear and residue analysis of macroscopic and microscopic evidence identified a wide range of craft, subsistence and social activities. These include cutting, pounding and grinding of non-woody plants; graving, drilling, scraping and sawing of soft wood; drilling shell and cutting and piercing soft elastic material such as skin. This is the first detailed functional analysis on a collection of stone artefacts from Lapita period sites.
U2 - 10.1002/j.1834-4453.2010.tb00073.x
DO - 10.1002/j.1834-4453.2010.tb00073.x
M3 - Article
SN - 0003-8121
VL - 45
SP - 13
EP - 20
JO - Archaeology in Oceania
JF - Archaeology in Oceania
IS - 1
ER -