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DOI | 10.1002/arco.5163 |
Pleistocene settlement of the eastern Hamersley Plateau: A regional study of 22 rock-shelter sites | |
Slack, Michael Jon1,2; Law, Wallace Boone1,2,3; Gliganic, Luke Andrew2,4 | |
通讯作者 | Slack, Michael Jon |
来源期刊 | ARCHAEOLOGY IN OCEANIA
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ISSN | 0728-4896 |
EISSN | 1834-4453 |
出版年 | 2018 |
卷号 | 53期号:3页码:191-204 |
英文摘要 | Between 2013 and 2016, Scarp Archaeology developed and implemented an extensive excavation research program across the eastern Hamersley Plateau, an arid and mountainous physiographic region in the Pilbara biogeographical region of Western Australia. More than 100 rock shelters were excavated during the program, resulting in the documentation of 22 rock-shelter sites with Pleistocene-age Aboriginal archaeological deposits. This paper presents the radiometric determinations for these Pleistocene rock-shelter sites, which collectively suggest that the eastern Plateau was occupied by 45000 years ago. The paper further develops a hypothesis that there was a substantial shift in the incidence and intensity of rock-shelter occupation during the Last Glacial Maximum, c.30000-20000 years ago, where there was a substantial downturn in the use of most rock-shelter sites, and in some instances rock shelters were abandoned. However, after the Last Glacial Maximum, we posit that a widespread reoccupation of the region soon occurred. Our research also offers an examination of artefact discard through time, illustrating changes in raw material discard and technology and the likely correlations with procurement and subsistence strategies. RESUME Entre 2013 et 2016, Scarp Archaeology a developpe et mis en OEuvre un vaste programme de recherche sur les fouilles dans l’est du plateau de Hamersley, region physiographique aride et montagneuse de la region biogeographique de Pilbara, en Australie occidentale. Plus de 100 rocailles ont ete excavees au cours du programme, ce qui a permis de documenter 22 sites d’eboulis avec des depots archeologiques autochtones du Pleistocene. Cet article presente les determinations radiometriques de ces sites d’eboulement au Pleistocene, qui suggerent collectivement que le plateau oriental etait occupe il y a 45000 ans. L’article developpe en outre une hypothese selon laquelle il y avait un changement important dans l’incidence et l’intensite de l’occupation de la roche pendant le dernier maximum glaciaire, ca. Il y a entre 30000 et 20000 ans, il y a eu un ralentissement important de l’utilisation de la plupart des sites d’eboueurs et, dans certains cas, des caches-roches ont ete abandonnees. Cependant, apres le dernier maximum glaciaire, nous postulons qu’une reoccupation generalisee de la region s’est rapidement produite. Notre recherche propose egalement un examen des rejets d’artefacts au fil du temps, illustrant les changements dans les rejets de matieres premieres et de la technologie et les correlations probables avec les strategies d’approvisionnement et de subsistance. |
英文关键词 | Pilbara Hamersley Plateau Pleistocene archaeology rock-shelter excavation Last Glacial Maximum |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Australia ; Austria |
收录类别 | SSCI ; AHCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000446425500005 |
WOS关键词 | LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM ; SEA-LEVEL CHANGE ; WESTERN-AUSTRALIA ; NORTHERN AUSTRALIA ; PILBARA ; DISTRIBUTIONS ; LANDSCAPES ; OCCUPATION ; DESERT ; SINGLE |
WOS类目 | Anthropology ; Archaeology ; Paleontology |
WOS研究方向 | Anthropology ; Archaeology ; Paleontology |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/207792 |
作者单位 | 1.James Cook Univ, Cairns, Qld, Australia; 2.Scarp Archaeol, Terrey Hills, NSW, Australia; 3.Univ Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia; 4.Univ Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Slack, Michael Jon,Law, Wallace Boone,Gliganic, Luke Andrew. Pleistocene settlement of the eastern Hamersley Plateau: A regional study of 22 rock-shelter sites[J],2018,53(3):191-204. |
APA | Slack, Michael Jon,Law, Wallace Boone,&Gliganic, Luke Andrew.(2018).Pleistocene settlement of the eastern Hamersley Plateau: A regional study of 22 rock-shelter sites.ARCHAEOLOGY IN OCEANIA,53(3),191-204. |
MLA | Slack, Michael Jon,et al."Pleistocene settlement of the eastern Hamersley Plateau: A regional study of 22 rock-shelter sites".ARCHAEOLOGY IN OCEANIA 53.3(2018):191-204. |
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