Hominin adaptations in the Lesser Sunda Islands
Exploring the vertebrate record to investigate fauna diversity before, during and after the Last Glacial Maximum
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5083005 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sofia C Samper Carro (0000-0002-0743-4026, School of Culture, History and Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, the Australian National University, ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Canberra, Australia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 264-287 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00438243.2023.2172073 |
| OpenAlex | W4319811841 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 62 |
This paper reviews the available vertebrate record from the Lesser Sunda Islands to explore the effect the Last Glacial Maximum had on human subsistence strategies. By focusing on vertebrate assemblages from Laili and Matja Kuru 2 in Timor Leste, Tron Bon Lei in Alor Island, and Here Sorot Entapa in Kisar, this paper investigates biodiversity and resource availability in these nearby islands through the application of standardising indices and statistical testing. Results indicate that vertebrate biodiversity remained fairly stable through and after the Last Glacial Maximum, suggesting that in terms of available mammals, birds and reptiles, this period did not led to severe resource depletion. Hence, potential variations in human subsistence practices or occupation dynamics might not be due to changes in vertebrate diversity. As such, this analysis contributes to investigating anatomically modern humans' subsistence adaptation in the Lesser Sunda Islands pre- and post-Last Glacial Maximum
Agriculture · Archaeology · Biodiversity · Biology · Fauna · Geography · Glacial period · Last Glacial Maximum · Pleistocene · Subsistence agriculture · Vertebrate · Ecology · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Paleontology · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
The prehistoric peopling of Southeast Asia
Pelagic Fishing at 42,000 Years Before the Present and the Maritime Skills of Modern Humans
The Last Glacial Maximum
Environmental processes of the ice age
Timing of the Last Glacial Maximum from observed sea-level minima
The Nonconcept of Species Diversity
Sea Level Change Through the Last Glacial Cycle
Sea level and global ice volumes from the Last Glacial Maximum to the Holocene
Palaeoenvironments of insular Southeast Asia during the Last Glacial Period
Oldest cave art found in Sulawesi
Quaternary Murid Rodents of Timor Part I
Changing Marine Exploitation During Late Pleistocene in Northern Wallacea
Islands Under the Sea
Human maritime subsistence strategies in the Lesser Sunda Islands during the terminal Pleistocene–early Holocene
Molluscs in a world of islands
Burial practices in the early mid-Holocene of the Wallacean Islands
Methodological considerations for icthyoarchaeology from the Tron Bon Lei sequence, Alor, Indonesia
Kisar and the Archaeology of Small Islands in the Wallacean Archipelago
Marginalization of the Margins
Cave Archaeology and Sampling Issues in the Tropics
A 3000 Year Old Dog Burial in Timor-Leste
Shape does matter
Rethinking the Neolithic in Island Southeast Asia, with Particular Reference to the Archaeology of Timor‐Leste and Sulawesi
Human Palaeoecological Interactions and Owl Roosting at Tron Bon Lei, Alor Island, Eastern Indonesia
Island migration and foraging behaviour by anatomically modern humans during the late Pleistocene to Holocene in Wallacea
A Matter of Balance
Least-cost pathway models indicate northern human dispersal from Sunda to Sahul
Are osseous artefacts a window to perishable material culture? Implications of an unusually complex bone tool from the Late Pleistocene of East Timor
Somewhere beyond the sea
Taphonomy of bird (Aves) remains at Laili Cave, Timor-Leste, and implications for human-bird interactions during the Pleistocene
Continuity in Tropical Cave Use
Early Holocene shell fish hooks from Lene Hara Cave, East Timor establish complex fishing technology was in use in Island South East Asia five thousand years before Austronesian settlement
Excavation at Lene Hara Cave establishes occupation in East Timor at least 30,000-35,000 years ago
New evidence from East Timor contributes to our understanding of earliest modern human colonisation east of the Sunda Shelf
Hominin Dispersal and Settlement East of Huxley's Line
The Role of Small Islands in Marine Subsistence Strategies
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |