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Biface Distributions And The Movius Line: A Southeast Asian Perspective, Adam Brumm, Mark W. Moore
Biface Distributions And The Movius Line: A Southeast Asian Perspective, Adam Brumm, Mark W. Moore
Faculty of Science - Papers (Archive)
The ‘Movius Line’ is the putative technological demarcation line mapping the easternmost geographical distribution of Acheulean bifacial tools. It is traditionally argued by proponents of the Movius Line that ‘true’ Acheulean bifaces, especially handaxes, are only found in abundance in Africa and western Eurasia, whereas in eastern Asia, in front of the ‘line’, these implements are rare or absent altogether. Here we argue, however, that the Movius Line relies on classifying undated surface bifaces as Acheulean on typological grounds alone, a long-standing and widely accepted practice in Africa and western Eurasia, but one that is not seen as legitimate in …
Terrestrial Hermit Crabs (Anomura: Coenobitidae) As Taphonomic Agents In Circum-Tropical Coastal Sites, Katherine Szabo
Terrestrial Hermit Crabs (Anomura: Coenobitidae) As Taphonomic Agents In Circum-Tropical Coastal Sites, Katherine Szabo
Faculty of Science - Papers (Archive)
Hermit crabs are ever alert for more suitable shells to inhabit, but what this may mean for coastal shell middens has rarely been considered. Here, the impact of the most landward-based of hermit crab families, the tropical Coenobitidae, upon archaeological shell-bearing deposits is assessed using a case study: the Neolithic Ugaga site from Fiji. At Ugaga, hermit crabs were found to have removed the majority of shells from the midden and had deposited their old, worn shells in return. The behavioural ecology of genus Coenobita suggests a mutualistic interaction whereby humans make available shell and food resources to hermit crabs, …