[Paper] Staple or delicacy: Sea urchin exploitation over the last 40,000 years at Makpan Cave, Alor Island
Study reveals sea urchins were a staple food at Makpan Cave, Alor Island, since ∼43,000 years ago, showcasing early human ...
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Indonesian island in East Nusa Tenggara province.
Archaeological Insights into Ancient Settlements and Climate Change on Alor Island
Makpan Cave on Alor Island provides a deep dive into 43,000 years of human history, showing how early inhabitants adapted ...
12,000-Year-Old Fashion Trend Reveals Ancient Unity Across Indonesian Islands [Paper]
via Antiquity, 15 August 2023: A new paper in Antiquity reports that reflective shell beads were a common trend 12,000 ...
[Paper] Diversity and continuity in the pottery traditions of the Wallacean islands: New evidence from Makpan Cave, Alor island, Indonesia
via Archaeological Research in Asia, March 2023: The Makpan ceramic assemblage from Alor, Indonesia is 3,300 years old and has ...
[Paper] Terminal Pleistocene emergence of maritime interaction networks across Wallacea
via World Archaeology, 09 February 2023: This paper by O'Connor et al. explores the spread of human occupation in Wallacea ...
[Paper] Talking Dead. New burials from Tron Bon Lei (Alor Island, Indonesia) inform on the evolution of mortuary practices from the terminal Pleistocene to the Holocene in Southeast Asia
via PloS One, 24 August 2022: A new paper by Samper Carro et al. outline different mortuary practices found in ...
Fishhooks, Lures, and Sinkers: Intensive Manufacture of Marine Technology from the Terminal Pleistocene at Makpan Cave, Alor Island, Indonesia
via The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology, 06 April 2021: A new paper by Langley et al. on a ...
[Paper] Burial practices in the early mid-Holocene of the Wallacean Islands: A sub-adult burial from Gua Makpan, Alor Island, Indonesia
via Quaternary International, 28 October 2020: Caro et al. present the discovery of a Holocene child burial in Gua Makpan, ...
[Paper] Forty-thousand years of maritime subsistence near a changing shoreline on Alor Island (Indonesia)
via Quarternary Science Reviews, Sep 2020: A new paper by Kealy et al. reveals a new oldest Pleistocene cave site ...
[Paper] Isotopic evidence for initial coastal colonization and subsequent diversification in the human occupation of Wallacea
via Nature Communications, 29 April 2020: Analysis of human and animal tooth enamel indicate that while the earliest known humans ...
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