Abstract
Excavations at a cave site on the island of Palawan in the Philippines show occupation from c. 11000 BP. A fine assemblage of tools and faunal remains shows the reliance of hunter-foragers switching from deer to pig. In 9500-9000 BP, a human cremation burial in a container was emplaced, the earliest yet known in the region.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 318-335 |
Number of pages | 18 |
Journal | Antiquity |
Volume | 82 |
Issue number | 316 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jun 2008 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Cremation
- Early to mid-Holocene
- Ille Cave
- Late Palaeolithic
- Occupation
- Palawan
- Philippines
- Radiocarbon dates
- Southeast Asia
- Terminal Pleistocene