Quaternary Palaeontology and Archaeology of Sumatra / edited by Paul C. H. Albers, Julien Louys, and Alexandra A. E. van der Geer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Albers, Paulinus Cornelis Hendricus, 1965- editor.

Louys, Julien, editor.

Geer, Alexandra van der, 1963- editor.

Series:

Terra Australis.

Terra Australis Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animals, Fossil.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Paleontology--Quaternary.

Paleontology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (318 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Canberra, ACT : ANU Press, [2024]

Summary:

This book 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.

Contents:

List of figures

Figure 1.1: Tin mine dredging operations on Bangka Island near the probable source of the first fossils recovered from Sumatra.

Figure 1.2: Eugène Dubois (left) and Pieter van Stein Callenfels (right). Dubois undertook the first systematic exploration of caves for fossils in Sumatra during the 1880s. Van Stein Callenfels explored and excavated midden sites in northern Sumatra duri

Figure 2.1: Dubois’ first sketch of the cave entries and layout of a site most likely to be Ngalau Sampit.

Figure 2.2: Drawing from Dubois’ notebook showing the position of the Balei Pandjang cave in relation to the Sinamar River, which situates this cave near the location now called Nagari Bukik Sikumpa.

Figure 2.3: Part of a map from the Verbeek atlas and two excerpts from the Dubois notebooks concerning the surroundings of Ngalau Lida Ajer.

Figure 2.4: Sketches and drawings from Dubois’ notebook and letter and their interpretation.

Figure 2.5: Recent Sus barbatus jawbone (RGM.1333508) at Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, Leiden, originally collected in Borneo by Büttikofer in 1894 but later added to the Dubois collection as a clear example of porcupine gnawing marks.

Figure 2.6: Dubois’ sketch of Ngalau Gundja.

Figure 2.7: Drawing in Dubois’ notebook related to Balei Pandjang.

Figure 2.8: Humerus of Dicerorhinus sumatrensis (DUB9276) from Ngalau Pandjang near Sibalen.

Figure 3.1: Dubois and his wife Anna Lojenga on the SS Amalia bound for Sumatra.

Figure 4.1: Verbeek’s and Dubois’ maps of the same area of the Padang Highlands.

Figure 4.2: Tourist Cave in the Padang Highlands, western Sumatra, in 1939, showing evidence of graffiti.

Figure 4.3: The Mecklenburg-Schwerin tourist group in front of Kamang Cave, western Sumatra, 1910.

Figure 5.1: The nine dated teeth from the Dubois collections from Sibrambang and Djambu, showing sampling positions.

Figure 5.2: Stable isotope analysis of δ13Cdiet (‰ VPDB) and δ18O (‰ VPDB) from faunal enamel of fossil mammals collected by Dubois from Sibrambang and Djambu compared with modern Southeast Asian representatives of their families.

Figure 5.3: 230Th age and U-concentration profiles in sections of dated fossil teeth from Dubois’ collections from Sibrambang and Djambu.

Figure 6.1: Landmarks recorded on the upper third molar, with illustration of the occlusal surface and description of landmark location and type.

Figure 6.2: Length (Dap) and width (Dt) measurements of Padang Highlands Rusa sp., Pleistocene Cervus kendengensis and extant Southeast Asian Cervini.

Figure 6.3: Box plots of deviations from group mean per species, for lower third molar length and surface area.

Figure 6.4: Reconstructed body masses of the Rusa species from the Padang Highlands compared to a sample of recent species, namely Axis axis, Axis porcinus, Rusa unicolor and Rusa timorensis.

Figure 6.5: Principal component analysis and canonical variates analysis on Rusa sp. from the Padang Highlands and several species of the genus Rusa and the fossil Cervus kendengensis from Java.

Figure 6.6: Mesowear signal of Rusa sp. (Padang Highlands fossils) at different individual dental age stages (IDAS).

Figure 7.1: Southeast Asian map showing the limits of the biogeographic Indochinese and Sundaic subregions.

Figure 7.2: Locations of the Southeast Asian sites included in the study.

Figure 7.3: (A) Chronology of Southeast Asian sites included in the study and (B) chart of benthic foraminifera δ18O data during the Marine Isotope Substages for the last 200,000 years.

Figure 7.4: Proportion of archaic taxa (extinct genera or species) versus modern taxa among ungulates and proboscideans in fossil faunas.

Figure 7.5: Distribution of ruminant and non-ruminant taxa from Southeast Asian sites in fossil and recent faunas, by body size category.

Figure 7.6: Proportions of individuals (using minimum numbers of individuals or MNIs) showing the relative abundance of taxa within taxonomic groups recorded in fossil Southeast Asian faunas from Marine Isotope Stages 6 to 3. Generated by AI.

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Print version: Albers, Paul C. H. Quaternary Palaeontology and Archaeology of Sumatra

ISBN:

9781760466329

OCLC:

1424841120