Foraging-farming transitions at the Niah Caves, Sarawak, Borneo

Graeme Barker; Lindsay Lloyd-Smith; Huw Barton; Franca Cole; Chrishunt; Philip J. Piper; Ryan Rabett; Victor Paz; Katherine Szabó

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Foraging-farming transitions at the Niah Caves, Sarawak, Borneo

Graeme Barker^*, Lindsay Lloyd-Smith, Huw Barton, Franca Cole, Chrishunt, Philip J. Piper, Ryan Rabett, Victor Paz, Katherine Szabó

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The Niah Caves in Sarawak, Borneo, have captured evidence for people and economies of 8000 and 4000 years ago. Although not continuous on this site, these open two windows on to life at the cultural turning point, broadly equivalent to the transition fromMesolithic to Neolithic. They have much in common, inferring that the occupants, perhaps belonging to an older maritime dispersal, had a choosy appetite for the Neolithic package.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	492-509
Number of pages	18
Journal	Antiquity
Volume	85
Issue number	328
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00067909
Publication status	Published - Jun 2011
Externally published	Yes

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