Lene Kici Cave Art: Possible Symbolic Evidence Associated with Palaeolithic Human Occupation in Timor-Leste

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dc.contributor.authorGarcia_Diez, Marcos
dc.contributor.authorStandish, Chrisopher D
dc.contributor.authorOliviera, Nuno Vasco
dc.contributor.authorO'Connor, Sue
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-03T20:15:02Z
dc.date.available2024-06-03T20:15:02Z
dc.date.issued2021-05-28
dc.description.abstractHand stencils are the oldest manifestations of Palaeolithic cave art. Recent archaeological field research in the Tutuala region of Timor-Leste has documented new archaeological sites at the Lene Kici caves that include Palaeolithic hand motifs and other nonfigurative motifs including a disk, dots, a triangle, and possible other geometric shapes. This study characterizes the production techniques, shapes, composition, and spatial locations of these motifs. Based on the available information and regional context, a Pleistocene chronology is considered highly probable. The context of the hand stencils suggests they were not occasional motifs; rather, they seem to have dominated the early graphic repertoire of the earliest settler groups in Southeast Asia and the islands of Wallacea.
dc.identifier.issn0066-8435 (Print)
dc.identifier.issn1535-8283 (E-ISSN)
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10125/108217
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVolume 60
dc.relation.ispartofseriesNumber 1
dc.subjectcave art
dc.subjecthand stencils
dc.subjectchronology
dc.subjectUpper Palaeolithic
dc.subjectTimor-Leste
dc.subjectSoutheast Asia
dc.titleLene Kici Cave Art: Possible Symbolic Evidence Associated with Palaeolithic Human Occupation in Timor-Leste
dc.typeArticle
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