Human dispersal and plant processing in the Pacific 55 000-50 000 years ago

Gaffney, Dylan and Tanudirjo, Daud A. and Djami, Erlin Novita Idje and Mas'Ud, Zubair and Macap, Abdul Razak and Russell, Tristan and Dailom, Moses and Ray, Yulio and Higham, Thomas and Bradshaw, Fiona and Petchey, Fiona and Florin, S. Anna and Roberts, Patrick and Lucas, Mary and Tromp, Monica and Greig, Karen and Xhauflair, Hermine and Montenegro, Alvaro and Hall, Robert and Boulanger, Clara and Ono, Rintaro and Oertle, Annette and Scholz, Denis and Spitzer, Megan and Szabo, Katherine and Bertelli, Irene and Ribechini, Erika and Haberle, Simon (2024) Human dispersal and plant processing in the Pacific 55 000-50 000 years ago. Antiquity, 98 (400). 885 -904. ISSN 0003598X

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Abstract

The dynamics of our species' dispersal into the Pacific remains intensely debated. The authors present archaeological investigations in the Raja Ampat Islands, north-west of New Guinea, that provide the earliest known evidence for humans arriving in the Pacific more than 55 000-50 000 years ago. Seafaring simulations demonstrate that a northern equatorial route into New Guinea via the Raja Ampat Islands was a viable dispersal corridor to Sahul at this time. Analysis of faunal remains and a resin artefact further indicates that exploitation of both rainforest and marine resources, rather than a purely maritime specialisation, was important for the adaptive success of Pacific peoples. © The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Antiquity Publications Ltd.

Item Type: Article
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Uncontrolled Keywords: Wallacea, Sahul, Pleistocene, colonisation, migration, resin
Subjects: C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CC Archaeology
Depositing User: Yulistiarini Kumaraningrum KUMARANINGRUM
Date Deposited: 30 Oct 2024 07:08
Last Modified: 30 Oct 2024 07:08
URI: https://ir.lib.ugm.ac.id/id/eprint/9827

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