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DOI10.1080/03122417.2018.1458446
An investigation of human responses to climatic fluctuations at Allen’s Cave, South Australia, from ca 40,000 to 5,000BP, by a technological analysis of stone artefacts
Munt, Simon; Roberts, Amy; Gorman, Alice
通讯作者Munt, Simon
来源期刊AUSTRALIAN ARCHAEOLOGY
ISSN0312-2417
EISSN2470-0363
出版年2018
卷号84期号:1页码:67-83
英文摘要

Following its initial occupation ca 40,000 years ago, Aboriginal people using Allen’s Cave in South Australia’s arid zone experienced two major climatic changes. From the onset of the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) at ca 30,000 cal. BP, until its peak at ca 22,000-18,000 cal. BP, aridity in Australia reached its most intense phase during the human occupation of the site. Conversely, conditions around the Allen’s Cave region during the early Holocene, 11,000-8,000cal. BP, were the most favourable for human occupation. In this paper, we present the results of a technological and statistical re-analysis of previously excavated Allen’s Cave stone artefact assemblages, focusing on the period ca 40,000-5,000 cal. BP, to examine whether people made adjustments to stone tool manufacture in response to these climatic fluctuations. Our results and interpretations are consistent with some of the conclusions of previous scholars, primarily that the site was used for infrequent visitation rather than long-term occupation, and that little change occurred in the production of stone artefacts (despite changing environmental conditions). We also concur that lithic evidence exists for trade/exchange and/or a change in foraging range or stone curation practices at the start of the early Holocene. However, we do not support all prior claims for significant cultural and demographic changes at this time and we argue that Allen’s Cave was probably abandoned from ca 30,000 to 26,000 cal. BP. The ca 4,000 year hiatus, combined with probable increased visitation after the LGM, suggests that whilst stone tool technology remained largely consistent during the period of focus, Aboriginal people did alter their occupation patterns in response to environmental changes. On the basis of these new interpretations about the site’s occupation history, we provide updated observations in order to contribute to desert occupation modelling.


英文关键词Allen’s Cave stone artefacts climatic fluctuations Last Glacial Maximum early Holocene technological lithic analysis Australian arid zone desert archaeology
类型Article
语种英语
国家Australia
收录类别SSCI ; AHCI
WOS记录号WOS:000435002000006
WOS关键词LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM ; NULLARBOR PLAIN ; SEA-LEVEL ; ROCK-SHELTER ; PLEISTOCENE ; REGION
WOS类目Anthropology ; Archaeology
WOS研究方向Anthropology ; Archaeology
资源类型期刊论文
条目标识符http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/208008
作者单位Flinders Univ S Australia, Coll Humanities Arts & Social Sci, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
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Munt, Simon,Roberts, Amy,Gorman, Alice. An investigation of human responses to climatic fluctuations at Allen’s Cave, South Australia, from ca 40,000 to 5,000BP, by a technological analysis of stone artefacts[J],2018,84(1):67-83.
APA Munt, Simon,Roberts, Amy,&Gorman, Alice.(2018).An investigation of human responses to climatic fluctuations at Allen’s Cave, South Australia, from ca 40,000 to 5,000BP, by a technological analysis of stone artefacts.AUSTRALIAN ARCHAEOLOGY,84(1),67-83.
MLA Munt, Simon,et al."An investigation of human responses to climatic fluctuations at Allen’s Cave, South Australia, from ca 40,000 to 5,000BP, by a technological analysis of stone artefacts".AUSTRALIAN ARCHAEOLOGY 84.1(2018):67-83.
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