Rock engravings and occupation sites in the Mount Bosavi Region, Papua New Guinea: Implications for our understanding of the human presence in the Southern Highlands

IF 1.1 3区 历史学 Q2 ANTHROPOLOGY Archaeology in Oceania Pub Date : 2021-08-13 DOI:10.1002/arco.5247
LARA LAMB, BRYCE BARKER, MATTHEW LEAVESLEY, MAXIME AUBERT, ANDREW FAIRBAIRN, TIINA MANNE
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An extensive body of engraved rock art on the Great Papuan Plateau is documented here for the first time, along with the first dates for occupation. Consisting largely of deeply abraded or pecked barred ovals and cupules, the rock art of this region does not fit comfortably into any regional models for rock art previously described. It does, however, exhibit some similarity to art in regions to the east and the west of the plateau. Subject to further archaeological testing, we present a number of exploratory hypotheses with which to explain the presence of the engravings; as part of the ethnographic and contemporary Kasua's cultural suite; as part of a relatively recent (late Holocene) migration of peoples from the Gulf to the plateau; or as part of an earlier movement of people from the west, possibly as part of the movement of people into the Sahul continent in the Late Pleistocene. We conclude that the Great Papuan Plateau is not a late and marginally occupied ‘backwater’ but rather part of a possible corridor of human movement across northern Sahul and a region that could allow us to better understand modern humans as they reached the Sahul continent.

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巴布亚新几内亚博萨维山地区的岩石雕刻和占领地点:对我们理解人类在南部高地存在的影响
在大巴布亚高原上,大量的岩石雕刻艺术首次被记录下来,同时也记录了占领的第一个日期。该地区的岩石艺术主要由深度磨损或啄痕的条纹椭圆形和凹形组成,不适合先前描述的任何区域岩石艺术模式。然而,它确实与高原东部和西部地区的艺术有一些相似之处。根据进一步的考古测试,我们提出了一些探索性的假设来解释雕刻的存在;作为民族志和当代卡苏阿文化套件的一部分;作为相对较近的(全新世晚期)人类从海湾向高原迁移的一部分;或者作为早期来自西方的人类迁徙的一部分,可能是晚更新世进入萨胡尔大陆的人类迁徙的一部分。我们得出的结论是,大巴布亚高原不是一个晚期的、被边缘化的“死水”,而是人类穿越萨胡尔北部的一个可能的走廊的一部分,这个地区可以让我们更好地了解现代人类到达萨胡尔大陆时的情况。
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期刊介绍: Archaeology in Oceania is published online and in print versions three times a year: April, July, October. It accepts articles and research reports in prehistoric and historical archaeology, modern material culture and human biology of ancient and modern human populations. Its primary geographic focus is Australia, the islands of the Pacific Ocean and lands of the western Pacific rim. All articles and research reports accepted as being within the remit of the journal and of appropriate standard will be reviewed by two scholars; authors will be informed of these comments though not necessarily of the reviewer’s names.
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