Alfred Pawlik
Biographic Data
| ID | 74464 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alfred Pawlik |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alfred |
| FAMILY NAME | Pawlik |
| SIGNATURE | PAWLIK A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Philippines Diliman |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3435-550X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 46 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 379 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 45 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 11 |
The lithic assemblage from the 700,000-year-old butchery site of Kalinga (Luzon Island, Philippines): New insights into technological variability in the Early Paleolithic in Island Southeast Asia
Celebrating 50 Years of Research in Prehistoric Material Culture and Traceology in Tübingen
This article retraces the long tradition of research in material culture and functional studies in the Department of Early Prehistory and Quaternary Ecology in Tübingen. While the first lectures in prehistory in Tübingen date back to the late 19th century and speculation about the function of tools has a long history in Tübingen, more systematic research in these areas began in the early 1980s. Building on the earlier work by Hansjürgen Müller-Be…
Chronology and ecology of early islanders in the Philippines: The Mindoro Archaeology Project
The prehistoric Bilat Cave shell assemblages in Mindoro Island, Central Philippines: A coastal environment and lifeways study
Testing the waters: Plant working and seafaring in Pleistocene Wallacea
Introduction to the Special Issue “Traceology in the 21st Century: Fifty years of the Experimental-Traceological Laboratory of the Institute for the History of Material Culture, Russian Academy of Sci…
The Goa Topogaro complex: Human migration and mortuary practice in Sulawesi during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene
Years of fishing in the Philippines: New ichthyoarchaeological investigations in Occidental Mindoro
Barely scratched the surface: Development and future directions of lithic use-wear analysis in Island Southeast Asia
Early modern human migration into Sulawesi and Island adaptation in Wallacea
Maritime migration and island adaptation by anatomically modern humans (AMH) are among the most significant current issues in Southeast Asian archaeology and directly related to their behavioural and technological advancement. In the center of this research hotspot are the Wallacean islands, situated between the Pleistocene landmasses of Sunda and Sahul. Two major migration routes have been suggested for the initial maritime migration from Sunda …
Technology, adaptation, and mobility in maritime environments in the Philippines from the Late Pleistocene to Early/Mid-Holocene
Inferring human activities from the Late Pleistocene to Holocene in Topogaro 2, Central Sulawesi through use-wear analysis
Development of bone and lithic technologies by anatomically modern humans during the late Pleistocene to Holocene in Sulawesi and Wallacea
Pleistocene Archaeology - Migration, Technology, and Adaptation
This book presents an overview of recent research in the field of Pleistocene Archaeology around the world. The main topics of this book are: (1) human migrations, particularly by Homo sapiens who have migrated into most regions of the world and settled in different environments, (2) the development of human technology from early to archaic hominins and Homo sapiens, and (3) human adaptation to new environments and responses to environmental chan…
Stuck within notches: Direct evidence of plant processing during the last glacial maximum to Holocene in North Sulawesi
Functional studies of prehistoric artefacts and their socio-economic meaning
Plant processing experiments and use-wear analysis of Tabon Cave artefacts question the intentional character of denticulates in prehistoric Southeast Asia
The presence of notches on European Palaeolithic flaked stone tools termed ‘denticulates’ has been variously ascribed to cultural, functional and taphonomic factors. In Southeast Asia prehistoric stone tool assemblages are dominated by unretouched flakes, so the rare retouched lithics, including denticulates, can be considered unique testimonies of the intention of the tool makers to control the shape and properties of tool edges. Here we report …
Island migration and foraging behaviour by anatomically modern humans during the late Pleistocene to Holocene in Wallacea: New evidence from Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
The Philippines from c. 14,000 to 4,000 cal. bp in Regional Context
In this paper, we review the current Philippine archaeological record between c. 14,000 and 4000 cal. bp in the context of our developing understanding of human adaptation to post-glacial environments at the end of the Pleistocene, and the cultural and technological changes that were occurring across Southeast Asia during this period. Due to their location at the northwestern fringes of Wallacea, close proximity to Borneo and Taiwan, and the long…
Coastal Subsistence Strategies and Mangrove Swamp Evolution at Bubog I Rockshelter (Ilin Island, Mindoro, Philippines) from the Late Pleistocene to the mid-Holocene
Subsistence adaptations to coastal environments and the capacity to take advantage of mangrove swamps has likely played an important role in the success of the maritime colonization of Southeast Asian and Wallacean islands by modern humans. Yet, ichthyoarchaeological studies remain rare in this part of the world. Bubog I rockshelter (Ilin Island, southwestern Mindoro, the Philippines) has yielded a stratigraphic filling extending from 30 ka to 4 …
Technological and behavioural complexity in expedient industries: The importance of use-wear analysis for understanding flake assemblages
Expedient lithic technology has been described as unchanging and without or very limited presence of formal tool types. However, this premise seems to limit the discussion on technological and behavioural complexity when studying amorphous flake industries. To address this issue, we employed multi-stage use-wear analysis to identify features that are not detectable through macroscopic approach. Our analysis of chert tools from Leang Sarru, North …
Archaeological evidence of woody vines at Bubog 2, Ilin Island, Mindoro, Philippines
Burial traditions in early Mid-Holocene Island Southeast Asia: New evidence from Bubog-1, Ilin Island, Mindoro Occidental
New contributions to the functional analysis of prehistoric tools
What plants might potentially have been used in the forests of prehistoric Southeast Asia? An insight from the resources used nowadays by local communities in the forested highlands of Palawan Island
Hafted armatures and multi-component tool design at the Micoquian site of Inden-Altdorf, Germany
Bladelet cores as weapon tips? Hafting residue identification and micro-wear analysis of three carinated burins from the late Aurignacian of Les Vachons, France
Adaptation and foraging from the Terminal Pleistocene to the Early Holocene: Excavation at Bubog on Ilin Island, Philippines
The recently discovered human remains from Callao Cave, northern Luzon, Philippines securely date the migration of hominins into the Philippines to ca. 70 kya (thousands of years ago). The direct route to reach Luzon from the Asian mainland is via Borneo, Palawan, through Mindoro and into Luzon. Our research focuses on Mindoro Island as a potential stepping stone to the main Philippine Archipelago. While Palawan and Luzon have produced evidence f…
Technological and behavioural complexity in expedient industries: The importance of use-wear analysis for understanding flake assemblages
Expedient lithic technology has been described as unchanging and without or very limited presence of formal tool types. However, this premise seems to limit the discussion on technological and behavioural complexity when studying amorphous flake industries. To address this issue, we employed multi-stage use-wear analysis to identify features that are not detectable through macroscopic approach. Our analysis of chert tools from Leang Sarru, North …
Island migration and foraging behaviour by anatomically modern humans during the late Pleistocene to Holocene in Wallacea: New evidence from Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
The Palaeolithic in the Philippines
This report presents an overview of the state of Palaeolithic archaeology in the Philippines, a type of study that began about 80 years ago. A number of Palaeolithic sites have been investigated, mainly on the islands of Palawan and Luzon. Indications for the presence of early human occupation can be found in the Middle Pleistocene, while the oldest human fossils associated with Palaeolithic stone tools are about 50,000 years old. Morphological, …
The earliest settlement of Germany: Is there anything out there
Mobility of early islanders in the Philippines during the Terminal Pleistocene/Early Holocene boundary: PXRF-analysis of obsidian artefacts
Use-related or contamination? Residue and use-wear mapping on stone tools used for experimental processing of plants from Southeast Asia
Is the Functional Approach Helpful to Overcome the Typology Dilemma of Lithic Archaeology in Southeast Asia
This article is based on the presentation “Typology, technology and function: a use-wear analyst’s perspective” in Session 1C, “Missing types: overcoming the typology dilemma of lithic archaeology in Southeast Asia”, at the Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association in Manila in March 2006. A large interest in Palaeolithic archaeology and lithic analysis could be noted during the last IPPA congress in Manila in March 2006. However, is it…
Plant processing experiments and use-wear analysis of Tabon Cave artefacts question the intentional character of denticulates in prehistoric Southeast Asia
The presence of notches on European Palaeolithic flaked stone tools termed ‘denticulates’ has been variously ascribed to cultural, functional and taphonomic factors. In Southeast Asia prehistoric stone tool assemblages are dominated by unretouched flakes, so the rare retouched lithics, including denticulates, can be considered unique testimonies of the intention of the tool makers to control the shape and properties of tool edges. Here we report …
Archaeological evidence of woody vines at Bubog 2, Ilin Island, Mindoro, Philippines
Have We Overlooked Something? Hafting Traces and Indications of Modern Traits in the Philippine Palaeolithic
Behavioural modernity has been a widely neglected topic for Southeast Asia’s Prehistory. Evidence of modern packages or even traits is basically absent in the Palaeolithic assemblages. This absence has considerably influenced the discussion of hominid behaviour and their cultural and cognitive abilities. In a case study on terminal Pleistocene artefacts from Ille Cave on Palawan Island, indications of the presence of several items of the modern t…
Early modern human migration into Sulawesi and Island adaptation in Wallacea
Maritime migration and island adaptation by anatomically modern humans (AMH) are among the most significant current issues in Southeast Asian archaeology and directly related to their behavioural and technological advancement. In the center of this research hotspot are the Wallacean islands, situated between the Pleistocene landmasses of Sunda and Sahul. Two major migration routes have been suggested for the initial maritime migration from Sunda …
Shell tool technology in Island Southeast Asia: An early Middle HoloceneTridacnaadze from Ilin Island, Mindoro, Philippines
Coastal Subsistence Strategies and Mangrove Swamp Evolution at Bubog I Rockshelter (Ilin Island, Mindoro, Philippines) from the Late Pleistocene to the mid-Holocene
Subsistence adaptations to coastal environments and the capacity to take advantage of mangrove swamps has likely played an important role in the success of the maritime colonization of Southeast Asian and Wallacean islands by modern humans. Yet, ichthyoarchaeological studies remain rare in this part of the world. Bubog I rockshelter (Ilin Island, southwestern Mindoro, the Philippines) has yielded a stratigraphic filling extending from 30 ka to 4 …
Development of bone and lithic technologies by anatomically modern humans during the late Pleistocene to Holocene in Sulawesi and Wallacea
Traceological analysis of “unusual” wear traces on lithic artefacts from the Middle Palaeolithic site Inden-Altdorf and the functional context of the site
North of the Southern Arc – The Mindoro Archaeological Research Program: A summary of the 2010 and 2011 fieldwork activities
This paper presents some preliminary results from a research project designed to identify, for the first time, prehistoric occupation sites in Mindoro Occidental, Philippines. The aim of the project was to identify cave and rockshelter sites with potential to contain undisturbed Pleistocene deposits and thus the prospect to enhance knowledge about the earliest settlement history of modern humans in Southeast Asia. Over the course of the project a…
Barely scratched the surface: Development and future directions of lithic use-wear analysis in Island Southeast Asia
Burial traditions in early Mid-Holocene Island Southeast Asia: New evidence from Bubog-1, Ilin Island, Mindoro Occidental
Testing the waters: Plant working and seafaring in Pleistocene Wallacea
Inferring human activities from the Late Pleistocene to Holocene in Topogaro 2, Central Sulawesi through use-wear analysis
Radiocarbon-dating adhesive and wooden residues from stone tools by Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS): Challenges and insights encountered in a case study
Stuck within notches: Direct evidence of plant processing during the last glacial maximum to Holocene in North Sulawesi
The Palaeolithic in the Philippines
This report presents an overview of the state of Palaeolithic archaeology in the Philippines, a type of study that began about 80 years ago. A number of Palaeolithic sites have been investigated, mainly on the islands of Palawan and Luzon. Indications for the presence of early human occupation can be found in the Middle Pleistocene, while the oldest human fossils associated with Palaeolithic stone tools are about 50,000 years old. Morphological, …
[Archaeology in Island Southeast Asia and Oceania] the Palaeolithic Site of Arubo 1 in Central Luzon, Philippines
Missing Types: Overcoming the Typology Dilemma of Lithic Archaeology in Southeast Asia
In Europe as well as in the Americas, typology of at least some key forms was and still is the basis of relative chronology. For Southeast Asian prehistory, attempts to classify lithic assemblages morphologically and technologically in order to fit them into established stone tool typologies from other parts of the world have not proved to be very useful. Up to now, the formation of a specific regional typology system has failed. Session 1C of th…
Is the Functional Approach Helpful to Overcome the Typology Dilemma of Lithic Archaeology in Southeast Asia
This article is based on the presentation “Typology, technology and function: a use-wear analyst’s perspective” in Session 1C, “Missing types: overcoming the typology dilemma of lithic archaeology in Southeast Asia”, at the Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association in Manila in March 2006. A large interest in Palaeolithic archaeology and lithic analysis could be noted during the last IPPA congress in Manila in March 2006. However, is it…
Bladelet cores as weapon tips? Hafting residue identification and micro-wear analysis of three carinated burins from the late Aurignacian of Les Vachons, France
The lower Palaeolithic record in the Philippines
The earliest settlement of Germany: Is there anything out there
Pleistocene Modernity: An Exclusively Afro-European Issue? An Introduction to Session A1
Have We Overlooked Something? Hafting Traces and Indications of Modern Traits in the Philippine Palaeolithic
Behavioural modernity has been a widely neglected topic for Southeast Asia’s Prehistory. Evidence of modern packages or even traits is basically absent in the Palaeolithic assemblages. This absence has considerably influenced the discussion of hominid behaviour and their cultural and cognitive abilities. In a case study on terminal Pleistocene artefacts from Ille Cave on Palawan Island, indications of the presence of several items of the modern t…
Hafted armatures and multi-component tool design at the Micoquian site of Inden-Altdorf, Germany
Behavioural Complexity and Modern Traits in the Philippine Upper Palaeolithic
Behavioral modernity has been a widely neglected topic for Southeast Asia’s prehistory. Evidence of modern packages or even traits is basically absent in the Palaeolithic assemblages. This absence has considerably influenced the discussion of hominid behavior and their cultural and cognitive abilities. In a case study on terminal Pleistocene artifacts from Ille Cave on Palawan Island, indications of the presence of several items of the modern tra…
North of the Southern Arc – The Mindoro Archaeological Research Program: A summary of the 2010 and 2011 fieldwork activities
This paper presents some preliminary results from a research project designed to identify, for the first time, prehistoric occupation sites in Mindoro Occidental, Philippines. The aim of the project was to identify cave and rockshelter sites with potential to contain undisturbed Pleistocene deposits and thus the prospect to enhance knowledge about the earliest settlement history of modern humans in Southeast Asia. Over the course of the project a…
Modern Humans in the Philippines: Colonization, Subsistence and New Insights into Behavioural Complexity
Adaptation and foraging from the Terminal Pleistocene to the Early Holocene: Excavation at Bubog on Ilin Island, Philippines
The recently discovered human remains from Callao Cave, northern Luzon, Philippines securely date the migration of hominins into the Philippines to ca. 70 kya (thousands of years ago). The direct route to reach Luzon from the Asian mainland is via Borneo, Palawan, through Mindoro and into Luzon. Our research focuses on Mindoro Island as a potential stepping stone to the main Philippine Archipelago. While Palawan and Luzon have produced evidence f…
Radiocarbon-dating adhesive and wooden residues from stone tools by Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS): Challenges and insights encountered in a case study
Mobility of early islanders in the Philippines during the Terminal Pleistocene/Early Holocene boundary: PXRF-analysis of obsidian artefacts
Shell tool technology in Island Southeast Asia: An early Middle HoloceneTridacnaadze from Ilin Island, Mindoro, Philippines
Characterisation of the use-wear resulting from bamboo working and its importance to address the hypothesis of the existence of a bamboo industry in prehistoric Southeast Asia
Use-related or contamination? Residue and use-wear mapping on stone tools used for experimental processing of plants from Southeast Asia
Traceological analysis of “unusual” wear traces on lithic artefacts from the Middle Palaeolithic site Inden-Altdorf and the functional context of the site
New contributions to the functional analysis of prehistoric tools
What plants might potentially have been used in the forests of prehistoric Southeast Asia? An insight from the resources used nowadays by local communities in the forested highlands of Palawan Island
Biometric Differentiation of Wild Philippine Pigs from Introduced Sus scrofa in Modern and Archaeological Assemblages
In many parts of Eurasia, the Middle East and Southeast Asia where native wild suids occur, it is notoriously difficult to differentiate these from introduced domestic pigs in the prehistoric archaeological record. Yet, correct identification of the initial appearance or introduction of domestic pigs (Sus scrofa) is essential for determining the timing for the transition from purely hunting to the adoption of managed animal populations within dif…
The Philippines from c. 14,000 to 4,000 cal. bp in Regional Context
In this paper, we review the current Philippine archaeological record between c. 14,000 and 4000 cal. bp in the context of our developing understanding of human adaptation to post-glacial environments at the end of the Pleistocene, and the cultural and technological changes that were occurring across Southeast Asia during this period. Due to their location at the northwestern fringes of Wallacea, close proximity to Borneo and Taiwan, and the long…
Coastal Subsistence Strategies and Mangrove Swamp Evolution at Bubog I Rockshelter (Ilin Island, Mindoro, Philippines) from the Late Pleistocene to the mid-Holocene
Subsistence adaptations to coastal environments and the capacity to take advantage of mangrove swamps has likely played an important role in the success of the maritime colonization of Southeast Asian and Wallacean islands by modern humans. Yet, ichthyoarchaeological studies remain rare in this part of the world. Bubog I rockshelter (Ilin Island, southwestern Mindoro, the Philippines) has yielded a stratigraphic filling extending from 30 ka to 4 …
Archaeology (41 works) · Geography (37 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (32 works) · Geology (29 works) · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (28 works) · History (22 works) · Pleistocene (20 works) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (19 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (17 works) · Paleontology (16 works)