A Holocene sequence from Walufeni Cave, Southern Highlands Province, and its implications for the settlement of the Great Papuan Plateau, Papua New Guinea

IF 1.1 3区历史学 Q2 ANTHROPOLOGY

Australian Archaeology Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI:10.1080/03122417.2023.2175960

B. Barker, L. Lamb, M. Leavesley, T. Manne, Andrew S. Fairbairn, Andrew Coe, Kelsey M. Lowe, Teppsy Beni, Betty Neanda, M. Aubert

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Abstract This paper presents preliminary results from the 2019 excavations at Walufeni Cave, at the eastern end of the Great Papuan Plateau (GPP) in western Papua New Guinea. Preliminary dating and analysis of the unfinished excavations at Walufeni Cave span the Holocene and probably continue into the Late Pleistocene, confirming the presence of people on the Plateau from at least the Early Holocene and potentially much earlier. The data presented here offer a site-specific model of early intensive site use from at least 10,000 years ago, then ephemeral use, followed by a sustained Late Holocene occupation. Although there are significant changes in the quantity of material discard over time, there is little evidence for significant change in the subsistence base or technology, reflecting a degree of relative homogeneity until the Late Holocene, when we see the introduction of pig, a change of focus in the plant economy and the presence of marine shell from the southern coast.

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来自南部高地省瓦鲁芬尼洞穴的全新世序列及其对巴布亚新几内亚大巴布亚高原定居的影响

摘要本文介绍了2019年在巴布亚新几内亚西部大巴布亚高原东端的瓦鲁芬尼洞穴的初步挖掘结果。对瓦鲁芬尼洞穴未完成挖掘的初步年代测定和分析跨越了全新世，可能一直持续到更新世晚期，证实了高原上至少从全新世早期就有人存在，甚至可能更早。这里提供的数据提供了至少10000个早期密集场地使用的特定场地模型几年前，然后是短暂的使用，随后是持续的全新世晚期占领。尽管随着时间的推移，丢弃的材料数量发生了重大变化，但几乎没有证据表明生存基础或技术发生了重大改变，这反映了一定程度的相对同质性，直到全新世晚期，我们才看到猪的引入、植物经济的重点变化以及南部海岸海贝的出现。

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Australian Archaeology Multiple-

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