Interpreting Activities in North Halawa Valley, O'ahu: Adze Recycling and Resharpening
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06/01/07 12:00 AM
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11
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1
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18
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32
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Basalt flaked lithic artifacts are one of the main categories of cultural materials recovered
from pre-Contact Hawaiian sites.l They are found in a variety of contexts,
ranging from habitations to quarry sites, and most often are in the form of relatively
undistinguished flakes. High-quality (fine-grained) basalt, however, was used to
manufacture tools, particularly adzes. These were fashioned by flaking a preform
from a basalt nodule or large basalt flake. Subsequently such preforms were finished
more finely through additional flaking, and, in the final stages of preparation, were
ground to produce polished adzes. The sequential process of adze manufacture has
been amply demonstrated through studies of Hawaiian quarry sites, most notably
Mauna Kea, and through knapping debris from secondary sites away from quarries,
as well as habitation sites (e.g., Bayman and Moniz-Nakamura 2001; Cleghorn
1982, 1986; McCoy 1990; Weisler 1990).
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basalt, adze, Mauna Kea, petrographic analyses, geochemical analyses, quarry, North Halawa
Valley, Moloka'i, North Kohala, Pohakuloa
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