Abstract
This paper reports on different aspects of the Matitanana archaeological project relating to the chlorite-schist stone vessels found in southeastern Madagascar. Quarry sites discovered near the modern city of Mananjary are described, as are other non-quarry sites with evidence for the working of chlorite-schist material near Manakara and the Matitanana River valley to the south. A preliminary attempt to link the production and consumption sites, through the use of neutron activation analysis, suggests that some of the Matitanana artifacts did come from the Mananjary quarries, that other artifacts came from other as yet unknown quarries, and that both of these groups differ in their trace elements from the stone commonly found near Vohémar. It is hoped that future research will be able to further clarify many of these issues.
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