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Early modern human lithic technology from Jerimalai, East Timor

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Human Evolution, November 2016
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Title
Early modern human lithic technology from Jerimalai, East Timor
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Journal of Human Evolution, November 2016
DOI 10.1016/j.jhevol.2016.09.004
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Authors

Ben Marwick, Chris Clarkson, Sue O'Connor, Sophie Collins

Abstract

Jerimalai is a rock shelter in East Timor with cultural remains dated to 42,000 years ago, making it one of the oldest known sites of modern human activity in island Southeast Asia. It has special global significance for its record of early pelagic fishing and ancient shell fish hooks. It is also of regional significance for its early occupation and comparatively large assemblage of Pleistocene stone artefacts. Three major findings arise from our study of the stone artefacts. First, there is little change in lithic technology over the 42,000 year sequence, with the most noticeable change being the addition of new artefact types and raw materials in the mid-Holocene. Second, the assemblage is dominated by small chert cores and implements rather than pebble tools and choppers, a pattern we argue pattern, we argue, that is common in island SE Asian sites as opposed to mainland SE Asian sites. Third, the Jerimalai assemblage bears a striking resemblance to the assemblage from Liang Bua, argued by the Liang Bua excavation team to be associated with Homo floresiensis. We argue that the near proximity of these two islands along the Indonesian island chain (c.100 km apart), the long antiquity of modern human occupation in the region (as documented at Jerimalai), and the strong resemblance of distinctive flake stone technologies seen at both sites, raises the intriguing possibility that both the Liang Bua and Jerimalai assemblages were created by modern humans.

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Unknown 61 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 13 21%
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 13%
Student > Bachelor 7 11%
Professor 7 11%
Professor > Associate Professor 7 11%
Other 11 18%
Unknown 8 13%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Arts and Humanities 21 34%
Social Sciences 16 26%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 7%
Psychology 2 3%
Environmental Science 1 2%
Other 3 5%
Unknown 14 23%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 18. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 July 2023.
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