Late Quaternary change in the mountains of New Guinea

Hope, Geoff; Golson, Jack

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“…The Physical Environment, Landscape Evolution and Resource Availability 29 terra australis 38 bottom sediment data from sites in Australian and the circum-Paci c region (McPhail and Hope 1985;Brook eld and Allan 1989;Singh and Luly 1991;McGlone et al 1992;Hope and Golson 1995;Kershaw 1995;Shulmeister and Lees 1995;Nott et al 1999:233;Rodbell et al 1999;McCarthy and Head 2001;Kim et al 2002;Koutavas et al 2002). Geomorphic evidence from cheniers and coastal dune elds (Lees et al 1990(Lees et al , 1992Lees 1992aLees , 1992b indicates that some of the observed changes in these systems are synchronous across north Australia, and may represent coherent, broad-scale climatic signals (Shulmeister 1999:82;Prebble et al 2005:367-9).…”

Section: Climatic Change During the Holocenementioning

confidence: 99%

Life on the Margins : An Archaeological Investigation of Late Holocene Economic Variability, Blue Mud Bay, Northern Australia

Faulkner¹

2013

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terra australis 38Terra Australis reports the results of archaeological and related research within the south and east of Asia, though mainly Australia, New Guinea and island Melanesia -lands that remained terra australis incognita to generations of prehistorians. Its subject is the settlement of the diverse environments in this isolated quarter of the globe by peoples who have maintained their discrete and traditional ways of life into the recent recorded or remembered past and at times into the observable present. (2000) Volume 16 List of volumes in Terra Australis

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Section: Climatic Change During the Holocenementioning

confidence: 99%

Life on the Margins : An Archaeological Investigation of Late Holocene Economic Variability, Blue Mud Bay, Northern Australia

Faulkner¹

2013

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“…A pollen record from Groote Eylandt indicates a marked decline in precipitation between 4,000 and 3,500 BP, with increased rainfall during the last thousand years (Schulmeister and Lees 1992). These general trends toward increased aridity in the mid-Holocene are supported by records of flood deposits in the Kimberley (Gillieson et al 1991) and by other indicators such as δ 18 O records extracted from coral, foraminifera, varve, lake and sea bottom sediments from sites in Australian and the circum-Pacific region (Brookfield and Allan 1989;Hope and Golson 1995;Kershaw 1995;Koutavas et al 2002;McCarthy and Head 2001;McGlone et al 1992;McPhail and Hope 1985;Rodbell et al 1999;Singh and Luly 1991).…”

Section: Climate Changementioning

confidence: 84%

Lithics in the land of the lightning brothers : The Archaeology of Wardaman Country, Northern Territory

Clarkson¹

2007

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terra australis 25Terra Australis reports the results of archaeological and related research within the south and east of Asia, though mainly Australia, New Guinea and island Melanesia -lands that remained terra australis incognita to generations of prehistorians. Its subject is the settlement of the diverse environments in this isolated quarter of the globe by peoples who have maintained their discrete and traditional ways of life into the recent recorded or remembered past and at times into the observable present.Since the beginning of the series, the basic colour on the spine and cover has distinguished the regional distribution of topics as follows: ochre for Australia, green for New Guinea, red for South-East Asia and blue for the Pacific Islands. From 2001, issues with a gold spine will include conference proceedings, edited papers and monographs which in topic or desired format do not fit easily within the original arrangements. All volumes are numbered within the same series. List of volumes in Terra AustralisVolume 1: Burrill Lake and Currarong: Coastal Sites in Southern New South Wales. R.J. Lampert (1971) Volume 2: Ol Tumbuna: Archaeological Excavations in the Eastern Central Highlands, Papua New Guinea. J.P. White (1972) Volume 3 6.7. Cores found at quarries associated with lancet flakes. Note the large amounts of cortex on both cores, the cortical platform on one (A) and the single conchoidal scar on the platform of the other (B). 92 6.8. Conjoined quartzite cores and lancet flakes from A: a quarry near Wynbarr waterhole (Site 17), B and C: a quarry near Garnawala 2. Illustration C shows the actual conjoined core, while A and B show reconstructions of the original nodules and the series of flake removals taken as a slice through the centre of the platform. 93 6.9. Graphs showing the mean and standard deviations for changes in various aspects of scraper morphology as reduction intensity increases, as measured using Kuhn's GIUR or % perimeter retouched. A: mean retouched edge angle, B: % step terminated retouch, C: % perimeter retouched, D: curvature of the retouched edge, and E: % with notches. 96 6.10. Graphic depiction of changes to the frequency and evenness with which retouch is distributed across eight segments as retouch increases. 97 6.11. A reduction model for scrapers from Wardaman Country. A-C: increasing reduction. 98 6.12. Graphs showing the selection of a restricted range of flake shapes for scraper manufacture. A: marginal angle and elongation, and B: marginal angle and cross-section. 100 6.13. Changes in the morphology of points over the reduction sequence. A and B: changes in weight, and C: changes in the % of perimeter retouched. 103 6.14. Changes in point cross-section measured in two ways. A: lateral cross-section (width:thickness ratio), and B: longitudinal cross-section (length:thickness ratio). ForewordAlthough Chris Clarkson journeyed to the remote Victoria River region of the Northern Territory to investigate the prehistoric past, it is not the exotic location of the s...

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“…several wetland sites in the highlands of New Guinea: Denham et al 2003;Powell 1970) and off-site (e.g. Kosipe : Hope 1982;Hope and Golson 1995) applications. The presence and proportion of diagnostic vegetation communities have been identified, including secondary growth, anthropogenic grasslands and weedy species (Haberle 1994), as well as economically significant plants (e.g.…”

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Archaeobotany in Australia and New Guinea: Practice, Potential and Prospects

Denham

Atchison

Austin

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Australian Archaeology

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Archaeobotany is the study of plant remains from archaeological contexts. Despite Australasian research being at the forefront of several methodological innovations over the last three decades, archaeobotany is now a relatively peripheral concern to most archaeological projects in Australia and New Guinea. In this paper, many practicing archaeobotanists working in these regions argue for a more central role for archaeobotany in standard archaeologicalpractice. An overview of archaeobotanical techniques and applications is presented, the potential for archaeobotany to address key historical research questions is indicated, and initiatives designed to promote archaeobotany and improve current practices are outlined.

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Late Quaternary change in the mountains of New Guinea

Cited by 68 publications

References 24 publications

Life on the Margins : An Archaeological Investigation of Late Holocene Economic Variability, Blue Mud Bay, Northern Australia

Life on the Margins : An Archaeological Investigation of Late Holocene Economic Variability, Blue Mud Bay, Northern Australia

Lithics in the land of the lightning brothers : The Archaeology of Wardaman Country, Northern Territory

Archaeobotany in Australia and New Guinea: Practice, Potential and Prospects

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