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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Piotto, Elena Luisa (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, UK : BAR Publishing, [2025].
Series:	BAR international series ; 3226.
Subjects:	Mollusks, Fossil > Timor Island. Indo-Australian Region > Antiquities. Archaeology > Indo-Australian Region. Archaeology > Economic aspects. Mollusk remains (Archaeology) > Research.

Table of Contents:

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.