Forty-thousand years of maritime subsistence near a changing shoreline on Alor Island (Indonesia)
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Kealy, Shimona; O'Connor, Sue; Mahirta, Mahirta; Sari, Devi Mustika; Shipton, Ceri; Langley, Michelle; Boulanger, Clara; Kaharudin, Hendri A. F.; Patridina, Esa P.B.G.G.; Algifary, Muhammad Abizar; Irfan, Abdillah; Beaumont, Phillip; Jankowski, Nathan R.; Hawkins, Stuart; Louys, Julien
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We report archaeological findings from a significant new cave site on Alor Island, Indonesia, with an in situ basal date of 40,208-38,454 cal BP. Twenty thousand years older than the earliest Pleistocene site previously known from this island, Makpan retains dense midden deposits of marine shell, fish bone, urchin and crab remains, but few terrestrial species; demonstrating that protein requirements over this time were met almost exclusively from the sea. The dates for initial occupation at...[Show more]
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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Date published: | 2020 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/219949 |
Source: | Quaternary Science Reviews |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106599 |
Access Rights: | Open Access |
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