Shell adzes, although one of the more common artefacts in the Pacific, have not received nearly the same attention by archaeologists as have stone adzes in the region. Large collections of the latter have been studied in detail for over a century, and researchers have developed consistent methodological approaches, terminology and classification for their analysis. This has not been the case for shell adzes. This paper provides a critical review of this issue and puts forward a multifaceted approach, including a revised set of classificatory criteria, that is applied to the descriptive analysis of two museum collections of shell adzes and other cutting implements from Solomon Islands. The analysis demonstrates that incorporating technological, functional and ecological factors in the description and classification of shell adzes can generate a more insightful understanding of the various ways these cutting implements were made and used in the past.

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修改大洋洲的贝壳锹分析：研究所罗门群岛藏品的多方面方法

贝壳锛虽然是太平洋地区较为常见的人工制品之一，但在考古学家中并没有像该地区的石锛那样受到几乎相同的关注。一个多世纪以来，对后者的大量收藏进行了详细研究，研究人员已经开发出一致的方法论、术语和分类来进行分析。贝壳 adzes 的情况并非如此。本文对该问题进行了批判性回顾，并提出了一种多方面的方法，包括一套修订后的分类标准，该方法适用于对来自所罗门群岛的贝壳锛和其他切割工具的两个博物馆藏品的描述性分析。分析表明，结合技术、