TY - JOUR
T1 - Climate, people and faunal succession on Java, Indonesia
T2 - evidence from Song Gupuh
AU - Morwood, M. J.
AU - Sutikna, T.
AU - Saptomo, E. W.
AU - Westaway, K. E.
AU - Jatmiko,
AU - Awe Due, R.
AU - Moore, M. W.
AU - Yuniawati, Dwi Yani
AU - Hadi, P.
AU - Zhao, J. x.
AU - Turney, C. S M
AU - Fifield, K.
AU - Allen, H.
AU - Soejono, R. P.
PY - 2008/7
Y1 - 2008/7
N2 - Song Gupuh, a partially collapsed cave in the Gunung Sewu Limestones of East Java, Indonesia, contains over 16 m of deposits with a faunal sequence spanning some 70 ka. Major changes in the range of animals represented show the impact of climate change and humans. The Terminal Pleistocene and Early Holocene was a period of maximum biodiversity. Human use of Song Gupuh and other cave sites in the region also intensified significantly from ca. 12 ka, together with a new focus on exploitation of small-bodied species (macaque monkeys and molluscs), the first evidence for import of resources from the coast, and use of bone and shell tools. Human activity, especially after the onset of the Neolithic around 2.6 ka, subsequently contributed to a progressive loss of many species from the area, including tapir, elephant, Malayan bear, rhino and tiger, and this extinction process is continuing. We conclude by discussing the biogeographical significance of Song Gupuh in the context of other sites in Java (e.g. Punung, Wajak) and further afield (e.g. Liang Bua).
AB - Song Gupuh, a partially collapsed cave in the Gunung Sewu Limestones of East Java, Indonesia, contains over 16 m of deposits with a faunal sequence spanning some 70 ka. Major changes in the range of animals represented show the impact of climate change and humans. The Terminal Pleistocene and Early Holocene was a period of maximum biodiversity. Human use of Song Gupuh and other cave sites in the region also intensified significantly from ca. 12 ka, together with a new focus on exploitation of small-bodied species (macaque monkeys and molluscs), the first evidence for import of resources from the coast, and use of bone and shell tools. Human activity, especially after the onset of the Neolithic around 2.6 ka, subsequently contributed to a progressive loss of many species from the area, including tapir, elephant, Malayan bear, rhino and tiger, and this extinction process is continuing. We conclude by discussing the biogeographical significance of Song Gupuh in the context of other sites in Java (e.g. Punung, Wajak) and further afield (e.g. Liang Bua).
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jas.2007.11.025
DO - 10.1016/j.jas.2007.11.025
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:43149099901
SN - 0305-4403
VL - 35
SP - 1776
EP - 1789
JO - Journal of Archaeological Science
JF - Journal of Archaeological Science
IS - 7
ER -