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The socio -economic functions of Lapita ceramic production and exchange: A case study from site WKO013A, Kone, New Caledonia.

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Title/Author:	The socio -economic functions of Lapita ceramic production and exchange: A case study from site WKO013A, Kone, New Caledonia./
Author:	Chiu, Scarlett.
Description:	440 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 65-02, Section: A, page: 5780.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International65-02A.
Subject:	Anthropology, Archaeology. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3121435
ISBN:	9780496687862

The socio -economic functions of Lapita ceramic production and exchange: A case study from site WKO013A, Kone, New Caledonia.
Chiu, Scarlett.

The socio -economic functions of Lapita ceramic production and exchange: A case study from site WKO013A, Kone, New Caledonia. - 440 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 65-02, Section: A, page: 5780.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 2003.

As the founding culture in Remote Oceania, the significant role of the Lapita Cultural Complex has long been recognized by archaeologists. Yet what social and economic meanings Lapita pottery might have carried in a mobile society remain unknown. This dissertation proposes a working hypothesis developed around the concept of "house societies" to investigate how Lapita pottery, in the process of accumulating mythical/historical values, might have become translated into "signs of history" or "inalienable possessions". How Lapita pottery might have been used to mark a house's social status, to attract exchange partners, to overcome problems encountered during the process of colonization, and to construct social inequalities among houses of an established community are also investigated.

ISBN: 9780496687862Subjects--Topical Terms:

622985
Anthropology, Archaeology.

The socio -economic functions of Lapita ceramic production and exchange: A case study from site WKO013A, Kone, New Caledonia.
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520 $a Each pottery vessel reflects a collective bundle of decisions made about environmental, technical, and cultural choices, and therefore represents a combination of many variables which may be distinguished chemically, and therefore archaeologically. How and why such choices were expressed and reinforced within this community are the focus of this study. Lapita pottery assemblages from Site 13A in New Caledonia were examined from three different aspects: (1) physico-chemical analysis of paste preparation; (2) stylistic analysis of design motif construction rules; and, (3) morphological and technical analyses of ceramic production. The goal is to conduct a study of local Lapita pottery production, in order to investigate the degree of standardization and specialization in pottery-making. It also aims to provide a solid foundation for assessing the validity of a "Southern Lapita Province", part of the process of regionalization in Pacific prehistory.
520 $a Dentate-stamping, incising, and shell-impressing techniques are found to be interchangeable in terms of executing any given motif at Site 13A. The rather loose correlation between temper and motif highlights the importance of making certain motif-bearing pots locally with whatever raw materials and techniques were available. However, there seems to have been a restricted selection of dentate-stamped techniques for reproducing human face motifs. It is concluded that what was regarded as "inalienable" in this house society were the motifs themselves, which were constrained primarily by cultural preferences rather than environmental or technological ones.
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