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PRESENTATION
Seminar: Céline KERFANT
24 OCTOBER 17
Speaker: Céline KERFANT (PhD student, Quaternary and Prehistory, University Rovira I Virgili, Tarragonna, Spain)

Title: A Comparative Study of Craft Traditions in the Batanes Islands, Philippines and Lanyu Island, Taiwan

Date : Tuesday,  october 24 2017, 2:00 p.m.
Venue: Room 702, Research Building, IHP, Academia Sinica, Taipei City

Abstract:
This ethnobotanical study aims at providing a better knowledge of basketry traditions and plant-based raw materials that were used for this craft in Southeast Asia. Batanes and Lanyu Islands are both isolated contexts and host numerous vegetal taxa, most of which are endemic and can be used as markers of contact. Handicraft is mostly made out of vegetal fibres of specific properties, such as limited length, flexibility, imputrescibility, among others. These fibres are usually prepared through the use of different techniques and are made into containers, nets, ropes, garments, and others, with every kind of production representing a unique knowledge. Creating a reference collection of Ivatan (Batanes Islands) and Yami-Tao (Lanyu Island) present-day handicraft will be useful in identifying and comparing plants and the techniques used for manufacturing ancient handicrafts. Moreover this type of analysis can be applied to archaeological artefacts where botanical microremains—such as anatomical parts, starch grains and phytoliths—may have been preserved.

Organizers:
- EFEO Taipei Center
- Research Center on Archaeology of Taiwan and Southeast Asia, IHP, Academia Sinica

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