Ecology of a Tool : The Ground Stone Axes of Irian Jaya (Indonesia).

Cover -- Book Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of colour plates -- Acknowledgements -- Translator's note -- Abstract -- Foreword to the English edition -- Introduction -- 1. Ground stone blades as means of social and technical reproduction -- A history of Irian Jaya in the global economy -- Raw material determinism -- Axes and adzes -- Variability of hafting forms -- Stone blades, at the heart of social reproduction -- Stone blades as anthropomorphic symbols of therealm of men -- 2. The Yeleme quarries (Kp. Paniai) et the ground stone blades of Central Irian Jaya -- Rocks from the upper Ye-I River -- The Wang-Kob-Me quarry -- The Brahire quarry in Ye-Ineri -- Blocks from the bed of the Ye-I River -- From roughout to axe in Wano country -- The Axe Trail -- Accessing roughouts: the Yamo Dani perspective -- From roughout to axe among the Yamo Dani -- The expansion of the Western Dani andthe acceleration of exchanges -- The Baliem and the realm of adzes -- Axes and adzes, the prestige of stone blades -- Partners and strangers: the limitation ofexchanges -- 3. Material and social techniques of the Dani: black rocks and greenschists -- The black rocks of Gomburu (Kp. Paniai) -- The black rocks of Tagi (Kp. Jayawijaya) -- Black rock axes and sacred objects -- The quarries of Awigobi and greenschist blades -- Ye-yao, the exchange axes -- 4. Adzes of the Eastern Highlands (Kp. Jayawijaya) -- From rock to adze in Langda -- Exploiting rocks from the river -- A production controlled by specialists -- The learning process -- Grinding and hafting -- Exchanges and diffusion -- Stone blade production in the Phu Valley and thewestward expansion of adzes -- The archaeological sites of Koropun -- Yamyhl, Red Digul and the Seashell Trail -- 5. Ormu-Wari and the Lowlands axes -- The Mumugo Valley and schist axes.

Ormu and marriage axes -- Quarrying context in the Cyclops Mountains -- Knapping and pecking -- Grinding and varnishing -- Technical and social production in Ormu -- Village specialization and exchanges -- 6. The ground stone blades of Irian Jaya, a synthesis -- A shared background: the balance betweennatural environment, modes of subsistence andpopulation density -- Rocks and types of sources -- Quarry access and the social context of quarrying -- Quarrying techniques -- Duration of the quarrying events -- From rock to ground stone blade: segmentationof the chaîne opératoire -- Shaping roughouts: raw material determinism -- Manufacture and specialization -- Grinding and grinding stones -- Axes and adzes -- Degree of grinding -- Length of the stone blades -- Handles for felling tools -- Circulation of the blades -- Stone blades for the living -- 7. Postface -- Metal versus stone -- Ceramic techniques and acculturation processes -- Supernatural beings and cannibalistic cuisine -- Gifting signs -- Afterword to the English edition -- Bibliography -- Films -- Geographic index -- Thematic index -- Index of linguistic groups -- Back cover.

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