DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.07.008
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85023645731
论文题名: Oldest human occupation of Wallacea at Laili Cave, Timor-Leste, shows broad-spectrum foraging responses to late Pleistocene environments
作者: Hawkins S. ; O'Connor S. ; Maloney T.R. ; Litster M. ; Kealy S. ; Fenner J.N. ; Aplin K. ; Boulanger C. ; Brockwell S. ; Willan R. ; Piotto E. ; Louys J.
刊名: Quaternary Science Reviews
ISSN: 2773791
出版年: 2017
卷: 171 起始页码: 58
结束页码: 72
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Climate change
; Palaeoecology
; Pleistocene
; Stable isotope
; Stone tool
; Timor-Leste
Scopus关键词: Animals
; Caves
; Climate change
; Isotopes
; Archaeological studies
; Freshwater environments
; Human settlements
; Isotopic analysis
; Palaeoecology
; Pleistocene
; Stable isotopes
; Timor-Leste
; Behavioral research
; climate change
; colonization
; freshwater environment
; human settlement
; invertebrate
; landscape change
; marine environment
; paleoecology
; Pleistocene
; stable isotope
; vertebrate
; Lesser Sunda Islands
; Sunda Isles
; Timor
; Timor-Leste
; Wallacea
; Gabaza
; Invertebrata
; Pisces
; Vertebrata
英文摘要: The Wallacea Archipelago provides an extraordinary laboratory for the study of human colonisation and adaptation, yet few detailed archaeological studies have been conducted in the region that span the earliest phase of human settlement. Laili Cave, in northern Timor-Leste, preserves the oldest human occupation in this insular region with a cultural sequence spanning 11,200 to 44,600 cal BP. Small-bodied vertebrates and invertebrates were recovered to the lowest excavated levels, associated with highly concentrated stone artefacts. We report on human behavioural adaptations within the context of Pleistocene environments and changing landscapes using zooarchaeological, stone artefact, bathymetric, and experimental isotopic analyses. Results indicate that Pleistocene humans used the abundant local chert liberally and engaged in mobile broad-spectrum exploitation of invertebrates and fishes from marine, estuarine, and freshwater environments within close proximity of Laili Cave. The faunal assemblage indicates heterogeneous but relatively stable environments during the late Pleistocene. Variability in subsistence strategies over time appears to be a response to changing landscapes and concomitant local resources. This record contrasts with marine specialisations evident from other sites in Timor-Leste and within the broader Wallacean region. © 2017 Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/59133
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作者单位: Archaeology and Natural History, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia; Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, GPO Box 4646, Darwin, NT, Australia
Recommended Citation:
Hawkins S.,O'Connor S.,Maloney T.R.,et al. Oldest human occupation of Wallacea at Laili Cave, Timor-Leste, shows broad-spectrum foraging responses to late Pleistocene environments[J]. Quaternary Science Reviews,2017-01-01,171