CONTENTS -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 From migration and mobility to archaeological movements -- 1.2 A counter-chronological approach with interactive analogies -- 1.3 From the concept of mobility to a century of Trio movements -- 1.4 Brief structure of the thesis -- 2 Introducing the Trio and their environment -- 2.1 Regions inhabited by the present-day Trio -- 2.2 Landforms of the Corentyne River -- 2.3 On hydrology and climate -- 2.4 Forests of the Guiana peneplain -- 2.5 Summary of the Trio groups and their environment -- 3 The immobilia of Amotopo -- 3.1 A positive archaeological image: posts and stakes of Amotopo -- 3.2 Building a house in Amotopo, Part I: the foundation supports -- 3.3 From the post to the posthole and back -- 3.4 Building a house, Part II: the roof -- 3.5 The variety in the founded structures -- 3.6 The supportive structures from core to periphery -- 3.7 Amotopo composition -- 3.8 Concluding the positive archaeological image -- 4 Amotopoan mobilia and the village flux -- 4.1 The sphere of subsistence mobilia -- 4.2 The sphere of exchange mobilia -- 4.3 The sphere of residential mobilia -- 4.4 Conclusion -- 5 A history of Trio movements (1907-2008) -- 5.1 Amotopo: a fissioned Trio village (2007-8) -- 5.2 Alalapadu: the fusion of a Trio village (1963-1964) -- 5.3 'Anapi': A state of deep Trio fission (1907-11) -- 5.4 Discussions -- 6 Discussion and conclusions -- 6.1 Methodological considerations revisited -- 6.2 Spheres of mobilia and the Amotopoan immobilisation process -- 6.3 A century of Trio movements -- 6.4 Concluding remarks and future research -- Appendices -- Appendix A: Amotopoan posts, stakes and features by number and feature code -- Appendix B: Feature Type -- Appendix C: Timbers used in Amotopo -- Appendix D: Photographs of the Amotopoan structures.

Appendix E: The horticultural band in Amotopo -- Appendix F: Posts distances - floor area ratios -- Appendix G: Key codes to the Trio of the Western Trio group exchange sphere -- Appendix H: Observed Exchange in Amotopo during 2008 -- Appendix I: Reported exchange of the accumulated mobilia in Amotopoan structures -- Appendix J: The Western Trio group and their geological signatures -- Appendix K: Amotopoan perceptions on Rivière's data of Alalapadu -- Appendix L: Deceased fellow inhabitants of Alalapadu -- Appendix M: Pepu Ipajari (RUS-01) Speaks on the Movements of the Okomoyana -- Bibliography -- Summary -- Samenvatting -- Curriculum vitae -- List of volumes.