Quaternary Palaeontology and Archaeology of Sumatra

"The Indonesian island of Sumatra is part of a chain of islands making up Sunda and the Malay Archipelago. Sumatra is one of the largest islands in the world, housing unique and globally important tropical rainforests, a diverse array of rare plants and magnificent animals, and a population of 60 mi...

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description "The Indonesian island of Sumatra is part of a chain of islands making up Sunda and the Malay Archipelago. Sumatra is one of the largest islands in the world, housing unique and globally important tropical rainforests, a diverse array of rare plants and magnificent animals, and a population of 60 million who speak a range of Austronesian languages. As beautifully exemplified in this volume, Sumatra is a place which preserves a distinct and long-term human history, studies of which began in earnest with Eugene Dubois's explorations in the 1880s to find our ancestral 'missing link’. Archaeological investigation of megaliths and historic empires carry on to this day. A range of topics are explored here, including palaeontological study of fossil mammals and their environments, the routes that Homo erectus took during their wanderings across Indonesia, and the growth and development of societies and empires in more recent periods. This exemplary volume presents a revised view of the history of palaeontological and archaeological research as well as new ground-breaking field research, laying the foundation for future research on the biological and cultural evolution of one of the most majestic islands of the world." ­— Professor Michael Petraglia, Director of the Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution, Griffith University
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1405062024-07-16T06:03:00Z Quaternary Palaeontology and Archaeology of Sumatra Albers, Paul C.H. Louys, Julien van der Geer, Alexandra A.E. Sumatra Sunda Malay Archipelago Eugene Dubois palaeontological research archaeological research Indonesia thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHM Australasian and Pacific history thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general "The Indonesian island of Sumatra is part of a chain of islands making up Sunda and the Malay Archipelago. Sumatra is one of the largest islands in the world, housing unique and globally important tropical rainforests, a diverse array of rare plants and magnificent animals, and a population of 60 million who speak a range of Austronesian languages. As beautifully exemplified in this volume, Sumatra is a place which preserves a distinct and long-term human history, studies of which began in earnest with Eugene Dubois's explorations in the 1880s to find our ancestral 'missing link’. Archaeological investigation of megaliths and historic empires carry on to this day. A range of topics are explored here, including palaeontological study of fossil mammals and their environments, the routes that Homo erectus took during their wanderings across Indonesia, and the growth and development of societies and empires in more recent periods. This exemplary volume presents a revised view of the history of palaeontological and archaeological research as well as new ground-breaking field research, laying the foundation for future research on the biological and cultural evolution of one of the most majestic islands of the world." ­— Professor Michael Petraglia, Director of the Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution, Griffith University 2024-07-16T06:02:58Z 2024-07-16T06:02:58Z 2024-07-15T06:46:36Z 2024 book ONIX_20240715_9781760466329_5 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/92198 9781760466329 9781760466312 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/140506 eng 56 open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/92198/1/book.pdf ANU Press Terra Australis 10.22459/TA56.2024 10.22459/TA56.2024 975ba519-3ce2-4517-95bf-b847729fbcf1 9781760466329 9781760466312 Terra Australis 318 Canberra open access
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Sunda
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archaeological research
Indonesia
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thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHM Australasian and Pacific history
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general
Quaternary Palaeontology and Archaeology of Sumatra
title Quaternary Palaeontology and Archaeology of Sumatra
title_full Quaternary Palaeontology and Archaeology of Sumatra
title_fullStr Quaternary Palaeontology and Archaeology of Sumatra
title_full_unstemmed Quaternary Palaeontology and Archaeology of Sumatra
title_short Quaternary Palaeontology and Archaeology of Sumatra
title_sort quaternary palaeontology and archaeology of sumatra
topic Sumatra
Sunda
Malay Archipelago
Eugene Dubois
palaeontological research
archaeological research
Indonesia
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHM Australasian and Pacific history
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general
topic_facet Sumatra
Sunda
Malay Archipelago
Eugene Dubois
palaeontological research
archaeological research
Indonesia
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHM Australasian and Pacific history
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general
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