The Asian connection

Preliminary report on Indonesian trepang sites on the Kimberley coast, N.W. Australia

Dados Bibliográficos

ID7192590
AutoresM J Morwood (Department of Archaeology and Paleoanthropology University of New England Armidale NSW 2351), D R Hobbs (Department of Archaeology and Paleoanthropology University of New England Armidale NSW 2351)
Ano1997
Volume32
Fascículo3
Páginas197-206
Data de publicação1997-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoArchaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0728-4896 • E-ISSN: 1834-4453
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/j.1834-4453.1997.tb00388.x
OpenAlexW2051282883
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas15
Referências citadas4

Indonesian trepang sites along the Kimberley coastline provide evidence for recent, regular contact between Asia and Australia. This paper summarises the known history of the Indonesian trepang industry in the Kimberley, then describes a number of sites recorded as part of a larger research project on Asian cultural contact in the region. It concludes that recent Indonesian sites along the Kimberley coast contain a range of information not otherwise documented, while older Indonesian sites could shed light on important aspects of Australian prehistory

Archaeology · Ethnology · Geography · Indonesian · Prehistory · Southeast asia · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies