An Archaeological Review of Western New Guinea

Wright, Duncan; Denham, Tim; Shine, Denis; Donohue, Mark

doi:10.1007/s10963-013-9063-8

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“…There were certainly contacts across the Batanes Strait between southern Taiwan and northern Luzon at least 4000 years ago (Hung et al 2007, Piper et al 2009, with subsequent colonization of the Mariana Islands from the Philippines by c. 3500 years ago (e.g., Hung et al 2011). From c. 2500-1500 years ago, nephrite artifacts shed light on social connectivities around the South China Sea, embracing regions as distant as Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam, and Thailand (Hung et al 2007), with evidence for the spread of Dongson bronze artifacts from Vietnam as far as western New Guinea also likely to date to this time period (Wright et al 2013). As yet, there is no definitive archaeological evidence for direct connections between mainland Southeast Asia and the Philippines before c. 2500 years ago (though see Bulbeck 2008 for possibilities), but there is some linguistic evidence in the form of banana terminologies for a connection ).…”

Section: The History Of M Balbisiana In Isea and New Guineamentioning

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The Original Banana Split: Multi-disciplinary implications of the generation of African and Pacific Plantains in Island Southeast Asia

Langhe

Perrier²,

Donohue

et al. 2015

Ethnobot. Res. App.

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Traditional starchy banana cultivation in the humid tropics is dominated by two widespread, but geographically discrete, groups of AAB cultivars: plantains in Africa and maoli-popo`ulu in the Pacific. Both AAB subgroups exhibit exceptionally high cultivar diversity due to multiple somatic mutations, and yet both subgroups have relatively similar genetic origins. Although both cultivar groups originated within a region defined by the Philippines, Eastern Indonesia, and New Guinea, the precise area of origin for each AAB group within this region is different. Significantly, the distribution of each sub-group is mutually exclusive: traditional cultivation of maoli-popo`ulu cultivars is not attested to the West of the region and of plantain cultivars to the East. On the basis of botanical data, we argue that the original plantain hybrids were probably formed in the Philippines, while basic maoli-popo`ulu were formed in the Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomon Islands. The generation of these two AAB subgroups shed light on human interactions within Island Southeast Asia before 3000 cal BP, for which there is currently only limited archaeological evidence. The Banana "Split" and Its Historical ImplicationsTraditional starchy banana cultivation in the humid tropics is dominated by two very diverse subgroups of cultivars, especially in Africa and Oceania: 'AAB plantain' ( Figure 1A) and 'AAB maoli-popo`ulu' (Figure 1B). Both cultivar subgroups are triploid hybrids of Musa acuminata Colla (A) and Musa balbisiana Colla (B). We adopt here the acronyms "P" for the AAB plantain-subgroup and "MP" for the AAB maoli-popo`ulu subgroup. Other traditional AAB exist in Oceania, especially in New Guinea, but these are

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The Original Banana Split: Multi-disciplinary implications of the generation of African and Pacific Plantains in Island Southeast Asia

Langhe

Perrier²,

Donohue

et al. 2015

Ethnobot. Res. App.

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“…Subsequent colluvial activity and uplift gradually isolated the site from the sea ( Fig 2 ). Of particular note within the lenticle is a multi-proxy record including sediments and a diatom assemblage remarkably similar to those of the 1998 PNG tsunami [ 32 , 40 , 53 ], a geochemical signature indicative of downward leaching of saltwater elements (S, Sr) into the underlying sediments [ 54 ], and a record of deep benthic foraminifera ( Fig 2 ). This unique combination of shallow- and deep-water sediments and intact microfossils points to a tsunami as opposed to a storm origin [ 5 ].…”

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“…It has proven to be of remarkable palaeontological and archaeological interest. Indeed, it is rather striking that the Aitape Skull continues to be one of only two examples (the Watinglo mandible from near Vanimo is dated to c .10,000 years BP [ 30 ]) of human remains recovered from any site earlier than the later Holocene despite more than a century of work in PNG [ 28 , 31 , 32 ] ( S1 and S2 Tables).…”

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Reassessing the environmental context of the Aitape Skull – The oldest tsunami victim in the world?

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There is increasing recognition of the long-lasting effects of tsunamis on human populations. This is particularly notable along tectonically active coastlines with repeated inundations occurring over thousands of years. Given the often high death tolls reported from historical events though it is remarkable that so few human skeletal remains have been found in the numerous palaeotsunami deposits studied to date. The 1929 discovery of the Aitape Skull in northern Papua New Guinea and its inferred late Pleistocene age played an important role in discussions about the origins of humans in Australasia for over 25 years until it was more reliably radiocarbon dated to around 6000 years old. However, no similar attention has been given to reassessing the deposit in which it was found—a coastal mangrove swamp inundated by water from a shallow sea. With the benefit of knowledge gained from studies of the 1998 tsunami in the same area, we conclude that the skull was laid down in a tsunami deposit and as such may represent the oldest known tsunami victim in the world. These findings raise the question of whether other coastal archaeological sites with human skeletal remains would benefit from a re-assessment of their geological context.

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“…Researchers agree (cp. O'Connel and Allen, 2004; 2015 the respective authors in Mellars, 2006;Rabett, 2012;Mellars et al 2013, Wright et al 2013Dennell and Porr, 2014) that the first groups of modern Homo sapiens, having left Africa perhaps around 100,000 BP, arrived, 40.000 -50,000 BP, possibly earlier (Oppenheimer, 2014), at the shore of the New Guinean mainland. Until that time this large island, the other islands of Melanesia, Polynesia and Micronesia were uninhabited by Homo sapiens.…”

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A WINDOW INTO PAPUA’S PAST: ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL STATUS QUO IN THE STAR MOUNTAINS [Melihat Masa Lalu Papua : Penelitian Arkeologi dan Antropologi di Pegunungan Bintang]

Schiefenhövel¹,

Vanhaeren

2018

Papua

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In this paper, which is based on anthropological fieldwork in the Province of Papua, and literature research in archaeology and anthropology, we attempt to give an overview over the present status of research in Tanah Papua, with special focus on the prehistory and anthropology of groups in the interior, especially on the little known “Ok-Mek Minisphere” as well as on the potential routes of prehistoric migration to New Guinea and into the Star Mountains. ABSTRAKTulisan didasarkan pada penelitian lapangan antropologi di Papua, dan penelitian kepustakaan arkeologi dan antropologi. Dalam penelitian ini mencoba untuk memberikan gambaran mengenai perkembangan penelitian saat ini di Papua, dengan fokus pada prasejarah dan antropologi di pedalaman, terutama di wilayah “Ok- Mek” yang sangat potensial sebagai jalur migrasi prasejarah ke New Guinea dan masuk ke Pegunungan Bintang.

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An Archaeological Review of Western New Guinea

Cited by 19 publications

References 61 publications

The Original Banana Split: Multi-disciplinary implications of the generation of African and Pacific Plantains in Island Southeast Asia

The Original Banana Split: Multi-disciplinary implications of the generation of African and Pacific Plantains in Island Southeast Asia

Reassessing the environmental context of the Aitape Skull – The oldest tsunami victim in the world?

A WINDOW INTO PAPUA’S PAST: ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL STATUS QUO IN THE STAR MOUNTAINS [Melihat Masa Lalu Papua : Penelitian Arkeologi dan Antropologi di Pegunungan Bintang]

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