Inferring Human Activities From the Late Pleistocene to Holocene in Topogaro 2, Central Sulawesi Through Use-Wear Analysis

• Main Authors: Fuentes, Riczar, Ono, Rintaro, Aziz, Nasrullah, Sriwigati, Alamsyah, Nico, Sofian, Harry Octavianus, Miranda, Tatiana, Faiz, Pawlik, Alfred
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2021
• Subjects: use-wear analysis; prehistoric technology; plant processing; anatomically modern humans; Archaeological Anthropology; History; Migration Studies; Place and Environment
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/sa-faculty-pubs/90; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352409X21001176
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Recent excavations in Topogaro 2 Cave, Central Sulawesi produced an archaeological sequence beginning c. 29 ka. The site is located along the eastern coast of Sulawesi, a key location for prehistoric movements from mainland Southeast Asia to Sahul through Wallacea during the Late Pleistocene. In thi...