Fortification as a human response to late holocene climate change in east timor

Peter V.Lape Lape; Chao Chin-Yung

doi:10.1002/j.1834-4453.2008.tb00026.x

Fortification as a human response to late holocene climate change in east timor

Peter V.Lape Lape, Chao Chin-Yung

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Abstract

We present evidence for a significant shift in human landscape use in post 1000 AD East Timor towards fortified and defensively-oriented settlement sites. We propose a model of agents selecting to invest in fortification building that is based on the spatial and temporal variation in the availability of rainfall-dependent resources. These resources may have been significantly impacted by climatic events associated with ENSO variation, and we discuss spatial and temporal correlation with ENSO warm phase frequency and dates of initial fortification building.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	11-21
Number of pages	11
Journal	Archaeology in Oceania
Volume	43
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1834-4453.2008.tb00026.x
Publication status	Published - 2008

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