TY  - Type of reference 
TI  - Perceiving cultural differences through woodworking: case study of hunting weapon shafts from southern Patagonia 
AU  - Gisèle Maerky 
AB  - Unlike many archaeological studies that focus on hunting weapons heads, this article is concerned with the shaft, the long handle of prehistoric hunting weapons. This being a wooden element, it is rarely found on archaeological sites. In order to counter the taphonomic bias, this study considers ethnographic shafts (19th- 20th century), belonging to the Yaghan and Kaweskar of southern Patagonia, peoples who continued their lifestyle as maritime hunters until the beginning of the 20th century. This study is based on the comparison of the chaîne opératoire with the aim of demonstrating how the study of woodworking can, along with lithic and bone technology, provide information on the craftsmen who made them. While these two groups from southern Patagonia have a theoretically very similar material culture, their shafts were made in very different ways. Indeed, the two groups differ in their choice of wood type, which has a direct influence on the first steps of the process: the felling and cutting up of the tree. In addition, each group seems to use its own techniques during processing. These results lead us to reflect on the cultural differences and economic strategies that may exist between the two groups. 
DO  -  
JF  - Archaeology, Society and Environment 
KW  - Woodworking, Patagonia, Maritime hunters, Shafts, Ethnographic objects, Travail du bois, Patagonie, Chasseurs maritimes, Hampes, Objets ethnographiques,  
L1  - https://www.openscience.fr/IMG/pdf/iste_ase23v3n1_22.pdf 
LA  - en 
PB  - ISTE OpenScience 
DA  - 2023/11/30 
SN  - 2752-4507 
TT  - Percevoir les différences culturelles à travers le travail du bois : le cas des hampes d’armes de chasse ethnographiques de Patagonie australe 
UR  - https://www.openscience.fr/Perceiving-cultural-differences-through-woodworking-case-study-of-hunting 
IS  - Issue 1 
VL  - 3 
ER  -