Ecology of a Tool by Pierre Petrequin, Anne-Marie Petrequin, ... - 9781789253863

Oxbow Books

Ecology of a ToolThe ground stone axes of Irian Jaya (Indonesia)\nAuthor(s): Pierre Petrequin, Anne-Marie Petrequin, Alexandre Pelletier-Michaud\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Oxbow Books, United Kingdom\nImprint: Oxbow Books\nISBN-13: 9781789253863, 978-1789253863\nSynopsis\nNew Guinea, and especially Papua New Guinea, is the last country in the world where ethnologists were able to closely observe, film and photograph the whole manufacturing chanes opratoires of polished stone felling tools, from quarry extraction to finished tool use. Research on the polished blades of PNG has evolved over the years, following changing philosophies and research agendas. While it is clear that an exceptional sum of information has been gathered, it remains centered on that small part of the Highlands where conditions for field research were more pleasant than elsewhere. Our presentation of Irian Jaya axes therefore tackles a topic that remains mostly unexplored. Until now, stone tool research in New.