Archaeobotany of Aboriginal plant foods during the Holocene at Riwi, south central Kimberley, Western Australia

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dc.contributor.authorDilkes-Hall, India Ella
dc.contributor.authorBalme, Jane
dc.contributor.authorO'Connor, Sue
dc.contributor.authorDotte-Sarout, Emilie
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-26T01:11:04Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.date.updated2022-02-27T07:18:12Z
dc.description.abstractRiwi, a limestone cave located in the south central Kimberley, northwest Western Australia, has one of the most accurately dated archaeological sequences in Australia, with human occupation beginning between 46,400 and 44,600 cal bp. Macrobotanical remains are well preserved at the site, particularly in upper stratigraphic units 1 and 2 dated to the late and mid-Holocene, respectively. Macrobotanical materials (excluding wood charcoal) are uncommon in Pleistocene contexts, and direct dating of some of the macrobotanical remains recovered from Pleistocene hearths suggest that they derive from the directly superposed Holocene layers. Analysis of the macrobotanical remains from the Holocene layers reveals a pattern where Aboriginal groups occupying Riwi intermittently between 7,000 years ago and the present principally exploited monsoon rainforest ecosystems for food plants, especially Vitex cf. glabrata. Fruiting times of dominant monsoon rainforest taxa indicate that the site was occupied seasonally, corresponding with periods of rainfall when people were able to move away from rivers and other permanent water sources. Results demonstrate a strong cultural preference for fruits associated with monsoon rainforest—a vegetation type restricted in distribution—highlighting the importance of moisture retaining limestone outcrops in foragers’ subsistence organisation in the south central Kimberley.
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was funded by the Australian Research Council Linkage Grant LP100200415 ‘Lifeways of the First Australians’ with contributions from the Kimberley Foundation Australia and the Department of Sustainability, Water, Populations, and Communities, awarded to O’Connor and Balme. Flora were collected in Windjana Gorge National Park with appropriate Regulation 4 Authority-8 and Scientifc or Other Prescribed Purposes Licenses.en_AU
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dc.identifier.issn0939-6314en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/204612
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
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dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relationhttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP100200415
dc.rights© Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2019
dc.sourceVegetation History and Archaeobotany
dc.titleArchaeobotany of Aboriginal plant foods during the Holocene at Riwi, south central Kimberley, Western Australia
dc.typeJournal article
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
local.bibliographicCitation.issue3
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage17en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage1en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationDilkes-Hall, India Ella, University of Western Australiaen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationBalme, Jane, University of Western Australiaen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationO'Connor, Susan, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationDotte, Emilie, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.authoremailu9413939@anu.edu.auen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidO'Connor, Susan, u9413939en_AU
local.contributor.authoruidDotte, Emilie, u4259762en_AU
local.description.notesImported from ARIESen_AU
local.identifier.absfor210101 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Archaeologyen_AU
local.identifier.absseo970121 - Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeologyen_AU
local.identifier.ariespublicationu1079920xPUB11en_AU
local.identifier.citationvolumeOnline
local.identifier.doi10.1007/s00334-019-00744-3en_AU
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-85074458842
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu1079920en_AU
local.publisher.urlhttps://link.springer.comen_AU
local.type.statusAccepted Versionen_AU

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