Pub Date : 2011-07-09DOI: 10.7152/BIPPA.V30I0.10916
I. Gilligan
Recent reviews have highlighted the challenges posed by the Australian archaeological record for the concept of modern human behaviour. The archaeologically-visible components make only a limited, sporadic and generally delayed appearance in Australia, despite the presence of modern humans on the continent from 45,000 years ago. It is suggested here that some key aspects of modern human behaviour relate to the use and manufacture of clothing for thermal reasons, and that by connecting some components to the manufacture and repercussions of clothing, their fluctuating occurrence can be linked to varying environmental conditions throughout the late Pleistocene, and earlier. One region of special interest for the debate is Tasmania, where certain signs of behavioural modernity ( bone tools, resource specialization, novel lithic technology and, briefly, cave art) emerged during the Last Glacial Maximum, only to diminish or disappear during the Holocene. It is argued that a clothing-based model of modern human behaviour is more viable than existing formulations not only in Australia but perhaps globally.
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Pub Date : 2011-07-09DOI: 10.7152/BIPPA.V30I0.10637
R. Blench
No Austroasiatic languages are spoken in island SE Asia today, although we know from the Chamic languages of Vietnam and the SA Huynh culture that contact was extensive between the mainland and the islands. However, the diversity of Neolithic materials in various island sites has led some archaeologists to question the Austronesian ‘Neolithic package’ model, without advancing a positive alternative. This paper suggests that Austroasiatic speakers had reached the islands of SE Asia (Borneo?) prior to the AB expansion and that this can be detected in both the archaeology, the languages and the synchronic material culture. The paper will focus in part on the transfer of taro cultivation as part of this process.
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Pub Date : 2011-06-21DOI: 10.7152/BIPPA.V30I0.9966
Alison K. Carter
Beads made of glass and stone found at Iron Age period sites (500 BC – AD 500) in Southeast Asia are amongst the first signs for sustained trade and sociopolitical contact with South Asia. Because of this, they have become important artifacts for scholars wishing to better understand trade networks and sociopolitical development during this period. Using compositional analysis scholars can identify the recipes used to make these glass beads and in some cases this can be tied back to specific places or time periods. Current research indicates there were multiple glass bead production centers across South and Southeast Asia during this period. However there has not yet been a comprehensive examination of glass beads from Iron Age sites in Cambodia. This paper aims to fill this gap by presenting the results from a compositional analysis of glass beads from six Iron Age sites in Cambodia. Using a virtually non-destructive compositional technique (LA-ICP-MS), I was able to determine the presence of at least two glass bead-trading networks in Cambodia during the Iron Age.
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Pub Date : 2010-12-14DOI: 10.7152/BIPPA.V30I0.9837
Po-yi Chiang
Ge was one of the most widely used weapons during the Bronze and early Iron Age of China. It was common from the later 2nd millennium BCE until the end of the pre-Christian era in northern China, and remained in use until the late Western Han Dynasty in southwestern China. This paper discusses the chronological distribution, functions and possible stylistic origin of ge from the Shizhaishan cultural complex, a Bronze-Iron Age culture distributed over central and northeastern Yunnan. The analysis indicates that this weapon was first adopted from the beginning of the Spring and Autumn period in northeastern Yunnan and then peaked during the late Warring States period and Western Han in the Lake Dian region. The ge of the Shizhaishan cultural complex possibly had more functions than their northern counterparts, and the Shizhaishan people possibly transformed them in size, shape and decoration in order to meet the local tastes. Furthermore, the typological evidence suggests that the stylistic origin of Shizhaishan ge was Sichuan.
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Pub Date : 2010-12-14DOI: 10.7152/BIPPA.V30I0.9838
A. Cremin
The Late Bronze Age burial sites to the Dian lakes of Yunnan, are known for the originality, wealth and variety of their bronze artefacts. This paper examines some published images in an attempt to understand some of the concerns of the Dian artisans and their patrons. It discusses two sorts of images: realistic ones of cattle and schematic images of jungle fauna. It also suggests that there was a transfer of decoration between bronze, textile, and possibly other media.
{"title":"Seeing Dian Through Barbarian Eyes","authors":"A. Cremin","doi":"10.7152/BIPPA.V30I0.9838","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7152/BIPPA.V30I0.9838","url":null,"abstract":"The Late Bronze Age burial sites to the Dian lakes of Yunnan, are known for the originality, wealth and variety of their bronze artefacts. This paper examines some published images in an attempt to understand some of the concerns of the Dian artisans and their patrons. It discusses two sorts of images: realistic ones of cattle and schematic images of jungle fauna. It also suggests that there was a transfer of decoration between bronze, textile, and possibly other media.","PeriodicalId":158063,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125272307","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2010-12-14DOI: 10.7152/BIPPA.V30I0.9969
E. Moore
Bronze artefacts from the Samon valley (circa 19-22o N, 95-97oE) in central Myanmar are strikingly similar to pieces from Lijiashan, 80 km south of Kunming, Yunnan. The affinities to Lijiashan are greater than those to the larger and more renowned cemetery of Shizhaishan. The Samon dates overlap with the earlier Dian cemeteries. Most of the Samon finds are not found outside Myanmar, such as small wire packets, floral ornaments and 'mother-goddess' figures. The Samon and Upper Myanmar may be the areas referred to in Chinese texts as beyond the ‘barbarian’ regions that came under Han control in the early centuries CE. And as seen in Yunnan at this time, the Samon may have experienced political change reflecting Han expansion and fluctuating alliances between Myanmar, Yunnan and South Asia.
{"title":"Myanmar Bronzes and the Dian Cultures of Yunnan","authors":"E. Moore","doi":"10.7152/BIPPA.V30I0.9969","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7152/BIPPA.V30I0.9969","url":null,"abstract":"Bronze artefacts from the Samon valley (circa 19-22o N, 95-97oE) in central Myanmar are strikingly similar to pieces from Lijiashan, 80 km south of Kunming, Yunnan. The affinities to Lijiashan are greater than those to the larger and more renowned cemetery of Shizhaishan. The Samon dates overlap with the earlier Dian cemeteries. Most of the Samon finds are not found outside Myanmar, such as small wire packets, floral ornaments and 'mother-goddess' figures. The Samon and Upper Myanmar may be the areas referred to in Chinese texts as beyond the ‘barbarian’ regions that came under Han control in the early centuries CE. And as seen in Yunnan at this time, the Samon may have experienced political change reflecting Han expansion and fluctuating alliances between Myanmar, Yunnan and South Asia.","PeriodicalId":158063,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131161053","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2010-01-28DOI: 10.7152/BIPPA.V29I0.9485
P. Sheppard, P. Bellwood, A. Pawley
Roger Curtis Green 1932 – 2009. BA, BSc (New Mexico), PhD (Harvard), ONZM, FRSNZ, member Nat. Acad. Sci.(USA), Hon. Fellow Soc. Antiquaries (Lon.) and Emeritus Professor of Prehistory at the University of Auckland.
{"title":"ROGER CURTIS GREEN 1932-2009: IPPA PRESIDENT 1988-1992","authors":"P. Sheppard, P. Bellwood, A. Pawley","doi":"10.7152/BIPPA.V29I0.9485","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7152/BIPPA.V29I0.9485","url":null,"abstract":"Roger Curtis Green 1932 – 2009. BA, BSc (New Mexico), \u0000PhD (Harvard), ONZM, FRSNZ, member Nat. \u0000Acad. Sci.(USA), Hon. Fellow Soc. Antiquaries (Lon.) \u0000and Emeritus Professor of Prehistory at the University of \u0000Auckland.","PeriodicalId":158063,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128194900","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2009-08-18DOI: 10.7152/BIPPA.V29I0.9484
G. Summerhayes
This paper provides an overview of the analysis of obsidian use and distribution within Melanesia by firstly, reviewing the source areas including the history of obsidian chemical characterisation, and secondly, by looking at 20,000 years of obsidian use and its distribution.
{"title":"OBSIDIAN NETWORK PATTERNS IN MELANESIA – SOURCES, CHARACTERISATION AND DISTRIBUTION.","authors":"G. Summerhayes","doi":"10.7152/BIPPA.V29I0.9484","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7152/BIPPA.V29I0.9484","url":null,"abstract":"This paper provides an overview of the analysis of obsidian \u0000use and distribution within Melanesia by firstly, \u0000reviewing the source areas including the history of \u0000obsidian chemical characterisation, and secondly, by \u0000looking at 20,000 years of obsidian use and its distribution.","PeriodicalId":158063,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121848955","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2009-08-18DOI: 10.7152/BIPPA.V29I0.9483
Mahirta
Some characteristics of stone technology in the three outer arc islands of Nusa Tenggara during several phases of human occupation are examined. The data derive mainly from the results of my excavations on Rote and Sawu, that are compared with the results of earlier excavations in East Timor by Ian Glover. There is an indication that stone technology in the region changed entering the last glacial maximum, as indicated by the disappearance of large tools with Hoabinhnian-like technologies. But the sample is very minimal for statistical testing. There are also lithic technological changes after the Mid-Holocene.
{"title":"STONE TECHNOLOGY AND THE CHRONOLOGY OF HUMAN OCCUPATION ON ROTE, SAWU AND TIMOR, NUSA TENGGARA TIMUR, INDONESIA","authors":"Mahirta","doi":"10.7152/BIPPA.V29I0.9483","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7152/BIPPA.V29I0.9483","url":null,"abstract":"Some characteristics of stone technology in the three \u0000outer arc islands of Nusa Tenggara during several phases \u0000of human occupation are examined. The data derive \u0000mainly from the results of my excavations on Rote and \u0000Sawu, that are compared with the results of earlier \u0000excavations in East Timor by Ian Glover. There is an \u0000indication that stone technology in the region changed \u0000entering the last glacial maximum, as indicated by the \u0000disappearance of large tools with Hoabinhnian-like \u0000technologies. But the sample is very minimal for statistical \u0000testing. There are also lithic technological changes \u0000after the Mid-Holocene.","PeriodicalId":158063,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121842506","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2009-06-29DOI: 10.7152/BIPPA.V29I0.9475
J. Yuwono
The Gunung Sewu karst in the Southern Mountains of Java Island has specific characteristics from a geoarchaeological viewpoint. Cross disciplinary approaches utilising Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and geographical and geological information, are very useful for examining correlations between site distributions and geophysical processes. The geographical and geological aspects of the region contribute information for understanding prehistoric interactions between coastal and inland communities. GIS technology was applied in an examination of terrain, the karst landscape, and the distributions of cave sites.
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