TY - JOUR
T1 - New data from an open Neolithic site in Eastern Indonesia
AU - Lape, Peter
AU - Peterson, Emily
AU - Tanudirjo, Daud
AU - Shiung, Chung Ching
AU - Lee, Gyoung Ah
AU - Field, Judith
AU - Coster, Adelle
N1 - Funding Information:
The 2007 fieldwork was conducted with the support of the National Geographic Society, with permission from Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia (LIPI), as well as Maluku provincial and local governments, and was a collaborative effort between the Universitas Gadjah Mada, the University of Washington, and Balai Arkeologi Ambon. The 2009 fieldwork included the same partners and was conducted with support of the Henry Luce Foundation, with permission from Kementarian Riset dan Teknologi (RISTEK). Judith Field would like to thank the University of New South Wales and the University of Sydney for support and all of the authors wish to thank the participants in the fieldwork, as well as the residents and government officials of Pulau Ay and Banda Naira who graciously supported our project.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 by the University of Hawai‘i Press.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Here we report the results of excavation and analyses of an open site on Pulau Ay, a small (ca. 4 km2) limestone island located in the Banda Islands, central Maluku, Indonesia. This report provides results of excavations at PA1 and other Pulau Ay sites conducted in 2007 and 2009. These sites reveal patterns of changes in marine resource exploitation, pottery, and use of domestic animals, particularly between initial occupation of the site at approximately 3500 B.P., and later phases commencing approximately 3000 B.P. Archaeobotanical analyses reported here provide insight into early Neolithic plant use, including early use of Myristica fragans (nutmeg) in a food context. The PA1 site adds to a growing data set about early Neolithic lifeways in Island Southeast Asia and provides a new view of cultural adaptations happening in the region during this critical period.
AB - Here we report the results of excavation and analyses of an open site on Pulau Ay, a small (ca. 4 km2) limestone island located in the Banda Islands, central Maluku, Indonesia. This report provides results of excavations at PA1 and other Pulau Ay sites conducted in 2007 and 2009. These sites reveal patterns of changes in marine resource exploitation, pottery, and use of domestic animals, particularly between initial occupation of the site at approximately 3500 B.P., and later phases commencing approximately 3000 B.P. Archaeobotanical analyses reported here provide insight into early Neolithic plant use, including early use of Myristica fragans (nutmeg) in a food context. The PA1 site adds to a growing data set about early Neolithic lifeways in Island Southeast Asia and provides a new view of cultural adaptations happening in the region during this critical period.
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U2 - 10.1353/asi.2018.0015
DO - 10.1353/asi.2018.0015
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85054003182
VL - 57
SP - 222
EP - 243
JO - Asian Perspectives
JF - Asian Perspectives
SN - 0066-8435
IS - 2
ER -