Island life : 40,000 years of shellfish exploitation in the Wallacean archipelago /

This research is based on the coastal economies of three sites in the Wallacean archipelago of Island Southeast Asia: Asitau Kuru (formerly Jerimalai) and Matja Kuru 2 on the island of Timor, and Tron Bon Lei, Alor Island. The site occupation dates all begin within the Pleistocene, with the earliest...

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Main Author: Piotto, Elena Luisa (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, UK : BAR Publishing, [2025].
Series:BAR international series ; 3226.
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505 0 |a Introduction -- Shellfish in the archaeological record -- Biogeographical background of Island Southeast Asia -- Shellfish -- Approach and methodology -- Asitau Kuru shellfish and shell artefact assemblages -- Matja Kuru 2 shellfish and shell artefact assemblages -- Tron Bon Lei shellfish and shell artefact assemblages -- Inter-site comparison and discussion -- Conclusion. 
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