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44:1 Table of Contents - Asian Perspectives

(University of Hawai'i Press (Honolulu), 2005)
The Archaeology of Foraging and Farming at Niah Cave, Sarawak

Barker, Graeme (University of Hawai'i Press (Honolulu), 2005)

This paper reports on the principal archaeological results of a renewed program of fieldwork in the Niah Caves (Sarawak) by an interdisciplinary team of archaeologists and environmental scientists. The paper focuses on two ...
The Case for Rainforest Foragers: The Starch Record at Niah Cave, Sarawak

Barton, Huw (University of Hawai'i Press (Honolulu), 2005)

A study of preserved starch grains from sedimentary sequences at Niah Cave, Sarawak, Borneo, reveals direct evidence for the use of rainforest plants rich in digestible carbohydrates. Plants identifIed include several ...
Cave Use Variability in Central Maluku, Eastern Indonesia

Latinis, D Kyle; Stark, Ken (University of Hawai'i Press (Honolulu), 2005)

This paper explores variability in cave use in central Maluku from initial settlement in the late Pleistocene to the ethnographic present. Significant variability exists. Historic and ethnographic accounts highlight cave ...
Continuity in Tropical Cave Use: Examples from East Timor and the Aru Islands, Maluku

Veth, Peter; Spriggs, Matthew; O'Connor, Sue (University of Hawai'i Press (Honolulu), 2005)

The Am Islands and East Timor fall within the biogeographic, region known as Wallacea and have lain within the tropics for the known history of human occupation. Recent research has identified archaeological sequences that ...
The Early Exploitation of Southeast Asian Mangroves: Bone Technology from Caves and Open Sites

Rabett, Ryan J (University of Hawai'i Press (Honolulu), 2005)

This paper focuses on the contribution that the study of bone technology is making to the understanding of early tropical subsistence in Southeast Asia. Newly completed research suggests that during the period from the ...
The Human Use of Caves in Peninsular and Island Southeast Asia: Research Themes

Barker, Graeme; Reynolds, Tim; Gilbertson, David (University of Hawai'i Press (Honolulu), 2005)
Micromorphology of Cave Sediments in the Humid Tropics: Niah Cave, Sarawak

Stephens, Mark; Rose, James; Gilbertson, David; Canti, Matthew G (University of Hawai'i Press (Honolulu), 2005)

This is the first detailed study of the micromorphology of archaeologically important cave sediments in the Great Cave of Niah, in the humid tropics of Sarawak, Borneo. Micromorphology is used to describe the sediments and ...
Past Human Activity and Geomorphological Change in a Guano-Rich Tropical Cave Mouth: Initial Interpretations of the Late Quaternary Succession in the Great Cave of Niah, Sarawak

Gilbertson, David; Bird, Michael; Hunt, Christopher; McLaren, Sue; Banda, Richard Mani; Pyatt, Brian; Rose, James; Stephens, Mark (University of Hawai'i Press (Honolulu), 2005)

This paper presents initial interpretations of the processes and events responsible for the late Quaternary sequence in the West Mouth of the Great Cave of Niah, in the hot and humid lowland rainforest and swamp forest of ...
Patterns of Habitation and Burial Activity in the Ban Rai Rock Shelter, Northwestern Thailand

Treerayapiwat, Cherdsak (University of Hawai'i Press (Honolulu), 2005)

The excavation of Ban Rai rock shelter (Pang Mapha district, Mae Hong Son Province, northwestern Thailand) has uncovered evidence relating to changing patterns of prehistoric human activity. Analyses of the excavation data, ...
Prehistoric Hunting Strategies in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea: The Evidence of the Cuscus (Phalanger orientalis) Remains from Buang Merabak Cave

Leavesley, Matthew G (University of Hawai'i Press (Honolulu), 2005)

The cuscus, Phalanger orientalis, was probably the most important food source in New Ireland from its introduction 20,000 years ago until the introduction of the pig, Sus scrofa, 3500 years ago. Terrestrial, or land-based, ...
Reconstructing Human Subsistence in the West Mouth (Niah Cave, Sarawak) Burial Series Using Stable Isotopes of Carbon

Krigbaum, John (University of Hawai'i Press (Honolulu), 2005)

The human burial series from the West Mouth of Niah Cave (Sarawak) offers a unique opportunity to explore prehistoric subsistence patterns in lowland tropical rainforest. Over 200 primary and secondary burials, classified ...
Rock Art, Burials, and Habitations: Caves in East Kalimantan

Chazine, Jean-Michel (University of Hawai'i Press (Honolulu), 2005)

This paper presents a brief summary of a program of study of the archaeology of caves and rock shelters in East Kalimantan, especially the results of recent fieldwork along the Marang River. The caves and rock shelters ...
Rock Shelters, Caves, and Archaeobotany in Island Southeast Asia

Paz, Victor (University of Hawai'i Press (Honolulu), 2005)

This paper presents the state of archaeobotanical research at rock shelters and cave sites in Island Southeast Asia and its potential for enhancing our knowledge of the region's prehistory. It takes stock of what has been ...
Toward a Cultural Topography of Cave Use in East Timor: A Preliminary Study

Pannell, Sandra; O'Connor, Sue (University of Hawai'i Press (Honolulu), 2005)

In his seminal work on the archaeology of East Timor, Ian Glover (1986) notes that there appeared to be little archaeological evidence for change in the nature of cave use as a focus for settlement, despite the subsistence ...
The Use of Caves in Peninsular Thailand in the Late Pleistocene and Early and Middle Holocene

Anderson, Douglas (University of Hawai'i Press (Honolulu), 2005)

Caves in peninsular Thailand have a complex history of human use ranging from brief campsites to long-term occupation and from locations of industrial activity to landscapes inhabited by spirit forces. In late Pleistocene ...