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Article: Ateliers of basalt. Basalt industries of Tafuna (AS-31-150) and Pava'ia'i (AS-31-170), Tutuila Island, American Samoa.(Research Reports)
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- Archaeology in Oceania
- Article date:
- April 1, 2007
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Abstract
We examine two basalt industry sites, one at Tafuna and one at Pava'ia'i, located on a Holocene lava and pyroclastic plain, several kilometers from potential adze-quality-basalt quarries. Statistical analyses of flakes from two discrete 'workshops' are used to reconstruct the adze production process at each site. The results show that while the Pava'ia'i site was a production site for adzes, the Tafuna site was both a production and reproduction site for adzes and scrapers. This suggests that the basalt-tool production system was diverse and multi-dimensional.
Keywords: basalt adze, industry, technological sequence, Tutuila Island, American ...
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