Gaffney, D;
Tanudirjo, DA;
Djami, ENI;
Mas'Ud, Z;
Macap, AR;
Russell, T;
Dailom, M;
... Haberle, S; + view all
(2024)
Human dispersal and plant processing in the Pacific 55 000–50 000 years ago.
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10.15184/aqy.2024.83.
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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.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Human dispersal and plant processing in the Pacific 55 000–50 000 years ago |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.15184/aqy.2024.83 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.83 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Antiquity Publications Ltd. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | Wallacea; Sahul; Pleistocene; colonisation; migration; resin |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology > Institute of Archaeology Gordon Square |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10196876 |
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