scholarly journals Do Hiccups Echo?: Late Holocene Interaction and Ceramic Production in Southern Papua New Guinea

2016 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabrielius Vilgalys ◽  
Glenn Summerhayes
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Late Holocene ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Ceramic Production

Stratigraphy, age and correlation of two widespread Late Holocene tephras preserved within Lake Kutubu, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 782-794 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larissa Schneider ◽  
Brent V. Alloway ◽  
Russell J. Blong ◽  
Geoff S. Hope ◽  
Stewart J. Fallon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Late Holocene ◽  
New Guinea

Regional Interaction Networks in Southern Papua New Guinea During the Late Holocene: Evidence from the Chemical Characterisation of Chert Artefacts

2015 ◽  
Vol 81 ◽  
pp. 343-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Sutton ◽  
Glenn Summerhayes ◽  
Anne Ford
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Late Holocene ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Southern Oscillation ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Interaction Networks ◽  
South Coast ◽  
The South ◽  
Cultural Changes

Over 40 years of archaeological investigations along the south coast of Papua New Guinea has identified a rapid succession of cultural changes during the late Holocene. The so-called ‘Papuan Hiccup’ (c. 1200–800 cal bp) is a poorly understood period of socio-economic upheaval along the coast, identified mainly from changes in archaeological ceramic styles and settlement patterns. During this period, the region-wide Early Papuan Pottery (EPP) tradition diverges into separate, localised ceramic sequences that have generic associations with local ethnographic wares. A correspondence between the timing of the Papuan Hiccup and a period of peak El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) activity implies a link between cultural and climate change. This paper explores this relationship further by examining changes in interaction networks along the south coast of Papua New Guinea, specifically focusing on chert artefacts. Chemical characterisation (portable X-Ray Fluorescence; pXRF) and technological analysis are used to map changes in lithic technology over time, including access to raw materials and technological organisation, at the site of Taurama, a prehistoric coastal village site that was occupied both prior to and after the Papuan Hiccup. Although the sample sizes are small and the interpretations necessarily circumscribed, it is argued that changes in the number of chert sources being exploited and in the intensity of core reduction at Taurama may be related to climate change in the region.

scholarly journals Alternating seismic uplift and subsidence in the late Holocene at Madang, Papua New Guinea: Evidence from raised reefs

2000 ◽  
Vol 105 (B6) ◽  
pp. 13797-13807 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander W. Tudhope ◽  
Robert W. Buddemeier ◽  
Colin P. Chilcott ◽  
Kelvin R. Berryman ◽  
Daphne G. Fautin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Late Holocene ◽  
New Guinea
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