Persistent tropical foraging in the highlands of terminal Pleistocene/Holocene New Guinea by Roberts, P, Gaffney, D, Lee-Thorp, J, Summerhayes, G

“…In the highlands of New Guinea, climatic and environmental changes across this period have been highlighted as potential drivers of one of the earliest domestication processes in the world. …”

Small game hunting in montane rainforests: specialised capture and broad spectrum foraging in the Late Pleistocene to Holocene New Guinea Highlands by Gaffney, D, Summerhayes, GR, Luu, S, Menzies, J, Douglass, K, Spitzer, M, Bulmer, S

“…In this paper we assess zooarchaeological evidence from Yuku and Kiowa, two sites that span that Pleistocene to Holocene boundary in the New Guinea Highlands. We present new AMS radiocarbon dates and a revision of the stratigraphic sequences for these sites, and examine millennial-scale changes to vertebrate faunal composition based on NISP, MNI, and linear morphometric data to shed light on variability in hunting practices, processes of natural cave deposition, and the local palaeoenvironment at the end of the LGM through to the Late Holocene. …”

Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene sites in the montane forests of New Guinea yield early record of cassowary hunting and egg harvesting by Douglass, K, Gaffney, D, Feo, TJ, Bulathsinhala, P, Mack, AL, Spitzer, M, Summerhayes, GR

“…Cassowaries are exceptional, however, with populations persisting in New Guinea and Australia. Little is known of past human exploitation and what factors contributed to their survival. …”

Human dispersal and plant processing in the Pacific 55,000–50,000 years ago by Gaffney, D, Tanudirjo, D, Djami, ENI, Mas'ud, Z, Macap, AR, Russell, T, Dailom, M, Ray, Y, Higham, T, Bradshaw, F, Petchey, F, Florin, SA, Roberts, P, Lucas, M, Tromp, M, Greig, K, Xhauflair, H, Montenegro, A, Hall, R, Boulanger, C, Ono, R, Oertle, A, Scholz, D, Spitzer, M, Szabo, K, Bertelli, I, Ribechini, E, Heberle, S

“…We present archaeological investigations in the Raja Ampat Islands, northwest of New Guinea, that provide the earliest evidence for humans arriving in the Pacific >55–50,000 years ago. …”

Des civilisations du végétal préhistoriques sous les tropiques? by Xhauflair, H, Lourdeau, A, Gaffney, D, Ford, A, Tanudirjo, D, Jago-on, SC

“…In Southeast Asia and Papua New Guinea, the “simplicity” of lithic industries has been interpreted as the reflection of a technical investment in another material: bamboo. …”

Five centuries of settlement dynamics and mobility in the Northern Raja Ampat Islands of West Papua by Gaffney, D, Tanudirjo, D, Arnold, L, Gaman, W, Russell, T, Djami, E, Macap, A

“…The results demonstrate that far from being a place of stasis caught between the worlds of Maluku and New Guinea, Raja Ampat settlement and mobility were highly dynamic. …”