TY - JOUR
T1 - Archaeozoological records for the highlands of New Guinea
T2 - A review of current evidence
AU - Sutton, Alice
AU - Mountain, Mary Jane
AU - Aplin, Ken
AU - Bulmer, Susan
AU - Denham, Tim
PY - 2009/12
Y1 - 2009/12
N2 - Archaeozoological records for seven occupation sites in the highlands of New Guinea are presented and reviewed. The sites were originally excavated between 1959 and 1981. More recent excavations have not documented comparable archaeozoological records. This paper aims to summarise unpublished research, together with some previously published results, for a broader audience, and elicit general trends within the data. Of significance are methodological insights, observations on Pleistocene and Holocene extinctions and the introduction of exotic fauna, and implications for understanding land-use and socio-economic histories during the late Holocene.
AB - Archaeozoological records for seven occupation sites in the highlands of New Guinea are presented and reviewed. The sites were originally excavated between 1959 and 1981. More recent excavations have not documented comparable archaeozoological records. This paper aims to summarise unpublished research, together with some previously published results, for a broader audience, and elicit general trends within the data. Of significance are methodological insights, observations on Pleistocene and Holocene extinctions and the introduction of exotic fauna, and implications for understanding land-use and socio-economic histories during the late Holocene.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77249114802&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/03122417.2009.11681900
DO - 10.1080/03122417.2009.11681900
M3 - Review article
SN - 0312-2417
VL - 69
SP - 41
EP - 58
JO - Australian Archaeology
JF - Australian Archaeology
ER -