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dc.contributor.authorWedage, Oshan
dc.contributor.authorRoberts, Patrick
dc.contributor.authorFaulkner, Patrick
dc.contributor.authorCrowther, Alison
dc.contributor.authorDouka, Katerina
dc.contributor.authorPicin, Andrea
dc.contributor.authorBlinkhorn, James
dc.contributor.authorDeraniyagala, Siran
dc.contributor.authorBoivin, Nicole
dc.contributor.authorPetraglia, Michael
dc.contributor.authorAmano, Noel
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-28T06:52:52Z
dc.date.available2022-02-28T06:52:52Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.issn0277-3791
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106200
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/412743
dc.description.abstractSri Lanka has produced the earliest clear evidence for Homo sapiens fossils in South Asia and research in the region has provided important insights into modern human adaptations and cultural practices during the last ca. 45,000 years. However, in-depth multidisciplinary analyses of Late Pleistocene and Holocene sequences remain limited to just two sites, Fa Hien-lena and Batadomba-lena. Here, we present our findings from the reinvestigation of a third site, Kitulgala Beli-lena. New chronometric dating from the site confirms the presence of humans as early as ca. 45,000 cal. BP. in the island's Wet Zone rainforest region. Our analyses of macrobotanical, molluscan, and vertebrate remains from the rockshelter show that this early human presence is associated with rainforest foraging. The Late Pleistocene deposits yielded evidence of wild breadfruit and kekuna nut extraction while the Holocene layers reveal a heavy reliance on semi-arboreal and arboreal small mammals as well as freshwater snails as a protein source. The lithic and osseous artefacts demonstrate that populations developed a sophisticated tool kit for the exploitation of their immediate landscapes. We place the rich Kitulgala Beli-lena dataset in its wider Sri Lankan context of Late Pleistocene foraging, as well as in wider discussions of our species’ adaptation to ‘extreme’ environments as it moved throughout Asia.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom106200
dc.relation.ispartofjournalQuaternary Science Reviews
dc.relation.ispartofvolume231
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEarth sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHistory, heritage and archaeology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode37
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode43
dc.subject.keywordsScience & Technology
dc.subject.keywordsPhysical Sciences
dc.subject.keywordsGeosciences, Multidisciplinary
dc.subject.keywordsPhysical Geography
dc.titleLate Pleistocene to early-Holocene rainforest foraging in Sri Lanka: Multidisciplinary analysis at Kitulgala Beli-lena
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationWedage, O; Roberts, P; Faulkner, P; Crowther, A; Douka, K; Picin, A; Blinkhorn, J; Deraniyagala, S; Boivin, N; Petraglia, M; Amano, N, Late Pleistocene to early-Holocene rainforest foraging in Sri Lanka: Multidisciplinary analysis at Kitulgala Beli-lena, Quaternary Science Reviews, 2020, 231, pp. 106200
dc.date.updated2022-02-28T06:51:56Z
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gro.griffith.authorPetraglia, Michael


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