A report on the Stone Adze-Making workshop, Samoa.
In this video, University of New England (Australia) archaeology students and academics talk about their recent trip to Samoa for the ~Rock~Paper~Scissors stone adze-making workshop. Speakers include Professor Mark Moore talking about the manufacture of stone adzes; Georgina Kruger talking about the visit to the basalt quarry Tataga Matau in American Samoa; Mary-Anne Stone talking about cooking in the traditional Samoan rock-oven, or umu; and Zak Strickland talking about the manufacture of coconut sennit rope, called ‘afa.
The workshop was hosted by the Tiapapata Art Centre and the online Museum of Stone Tools, with funding from an ACP-EU Creative Industries Grant and the Australian Research Council (FT200100372), and support from the Faculty of Humanities, Arts Social Sciences and Humanities, University of New England.