The Early Exploitation of Southeast Asian Mangroves: Bone Technology from Caves and Open Sites

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dc.contributor.authorRabett, Ryan J.
dc.date.accessioned2010-08-04T19:53:42Z
dc.date.available2010-08-04T19:53:42Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.description.abstractThis 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 terminal Pleistocene to mid Holocene, bone tools may have featured prominently in coastal subsistence. There are indications that this technology may have had a particular association with hunting and gathering in the mangrove forests that proliferated along many coasts during this period. The study of these tools thus represents a rare chance to examine prehistoric extractive technologies, which are generally agreed to have been predominantly made on organic, nonpreserving media. The evidence presented also suggests that prehistoric foragers from this region possessed a good working understanding of the mechanical properties of bone and used bone implements where conditions and needs suited the parameters of this material. KEYWORDS: bone technology, Sundaland, coastal subsistence.
dc.identifier.citationRabett, R. J. 2005. The Early Exploitation of Southeast Asian Mangroves: Bone Technology from Caves and Open Sites. Asian Perspectives 44 (1): 154-79.
dc.identifier.issn1535-8283 (E-ISSN)
dc.identifier.issn0066-8435 (Print)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/17228
dc.publisherUniversity of Hawai'i Press (Honolulu)
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVolume 44
dc.relation.ispartofseriesNumber 1
dc.subjectbone technology
dc.subjectSundaland
dc.subjectcoastal subsistence
dc.subject.lcshPrehistoric peoples--Asia--Periodicals.
dc.subject.lcshPrehistoric peoples--Oceania--Periodicals.
dc.subject.lcshAsia--Antiquities--Periodicals.
dc.subject.lcshOceania--Antiquities--Periodicals.
dc.subject.lcshEast Asia--Antiquities--Periodicals.
dc.titleThe Early Exploitation of Southeast Asian Mangroves: Bone Technology from Caves and Open Sites
dc.typeArticle
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