1st Edition
The Djief Hunters, 26,000 Years of Rainforest Exploitation on the Bird's Head of Papua, Indonesia Modern Quaternary Research in Southeast Asia, volume 17
By Juliette M. Pasveer
Copyright 2004
456 Pages
by
CRC Press
456 Pages
by
CRC Press
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Two prehistoric cave sites on the Bird's Head of western New Guinea provide a detailed narrative of 26,000 years of human occupation of this area. During Late Pleistocene times, lower temperatures allowed a suite of montane animal species to descend onto the lowland Ayamaru Plateau. When the montane fauna receded during the subsequent climatic amelioration, people switched their hunting focus to a... Read more
1. Introduction 2. The Research Area, Fieldwork Design and Methods of Stratigraphic Analysis 3. Occupation History of Kria Cave 4. Occupation History of Toé Cave 5. Stone Artefacts 6. Bone Artefacts 7. Prehistoric Exploitation of Food Resources 8. Prehistoric Exploitaion of the Brown Dorcopsis 9. Vertebrae Faunal Succession and Environmental Change in Lowland 10. Discussion and Conclusion Summary Abstrak References Appendices
Biography
Pasveer, Juliette M.
