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Bulletin of Experimental Archaeology

No. 16 (2023)
Articles

An experimental approach to the making of coconut fiber ropes in the CHamoru Prehistory (Mariana Islands, Oceania)

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  • Luis Berrocal-Maya
Luis Berrocal-Maya
UAM
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15366/baexuam2023.16.002
Published October 30, 2023

Keywords:

Rope, CHamoru, Experimental Archaeology, Oceania
How to Cite
Berrocal-Maya, L. (2023). An experimental approach to the making of coconut fiber ropes in the CHamoru Prehistory (Mariana Islands, Oceania). Bulletin of Experimental Archaeology, (16). https://doi.org/10.15366/baexuam2023.16.002

Abstract

This paper has carried out an experimental approach about rope making in the CHamoru culture. Due the materials to which this ancient society had access, coconut fibers could have been one of the main resources in the production of ropes. Practical analysis has shown how it could be possible to generate these elements from one of the most abundant raw materials on the islands, coconuts, which is also easy to process and manufacture.

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