Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Functional Analysis - Methods and Techniques -- 3. The processing of raw materials: ethnohistorical, ethnographical, archaeological and experimental data -- 4. Anse a la Gourde -- 5. Morel -- 6. Towards an integral approach in the Lesser Antilles -- References -- Appendix 1: Code list use wear traces -- Appendix 2: Shell artefact description, variables and possible entries -- Samenvattin (Dutch summary) -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of appendices.