| Title: |
Human dispersal and plant processing in the Pacific 55 000-50 000 years ago |
| Authors: |
Gaffney, Dylan; Tanudirjo, Daud A.; Djami, Erlin Novita Idje; Mas'Ud, Zubair; Macap, Abdul Razak; Russell, Tristan; Dailom, Moses; Ray, Yulio; Higham, Thomas; Bradshaw, Fiona; Petchey, Fiona; Florin, S. Anna; Roberts, Patrick; Lucas, Mary; Tromp, Monica; Greig, Karen; Xhauflair, Hermine; Montenegro, Alvaro; Hall, Robert; Boulanger, Clara; Ono, Rintaro; Oertle, Annette; Scholz, Denis; Spitzer, Megan; Szabo, Katherine; Bertelli, Irene; Ribechini, Erika; Haberle, Simon |
| Source: |
Antiquity |
| Publication Year: |
2024 |
| Collection: |
Australian National University: ANU Digital Collections |
| Subject Terms: |
Colonisation; Migration; Pleistocene; Resin; Sahul; Wallacea |
| Description: |
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. ; Fieldwork: National Geographic Explorer Grant (HJ-058ER-17), Evans Fund Fellowship, University of Cambridge School of the Humanities and Social Sciences Research Grant, Magdalene College Anthropology and Archaeology Fund, Leakey Foundation Research Grant. Radiocarbon dating: Royal Anthropological Institute Horniman and Sutasoma Awards, the Evans Fund, NRCF (NERC) Radiocarbon Fund. Py-GC/MS analysis: Quater nary Research Association Award. Isotope analysis: Max Planck Society. U-series dating: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (INST 247/889-1 FUGG). ; Peer-reviewed |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
application/pdf |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
WOS:001289013400001; https://hdl.handle.net/1885/733795513; 85201642196 |
| DOI: |
10.15184/aqy.2024.83 |
| Availability: |
https://hdl.handle.net/1885/733795513; https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.83; https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstreams/bc9d3cd4-2d45-4fe3-acd2-d958c1e821c4/download; https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstreams/a4568ec5-8eb5-4b8c-a689-aaf0c1dcec61/download |
| Rights: |
©2024 The Author(s). |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.1BD59D80 |
| Database: |
BASE |