Matches in SemOpenAlex for { <https://semopenalex.org/work/W3004899177> ?p ?o ?g. }
- W3004899177 endingPage "106200" @default.
- W3004899177 startingPage "106200" @default.
- W3004899177 abstract "Sri 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." @default.
- W3004899177 created "2020-02-14" @default.
- W3004899177 creator A5007808888 @default.
- W3004899177 creator A5009770538 @default.
- W3004899177 creator A5027205545 @default.
- W3004899177 creator A5032739607 @default.
- W3004899177 creator A5037966215 @default.
- W3004899177 creator A5038469059 @default.
- W3004899177 creator A5043074491 @default.
- W3004899177 creator A5053711058 @default.
- W3004899177 creator A5075573689 @default.
- W3004899177 creator A5076801049 @default.
- W3004899177 creator A5078236535 @default.
- W3004899177 date "2020-03-01" @default.
- W3004899177 modified "2023-10-02" @default.
- W3004899177 title "Late Pleistocene to early-Holocene rainforest foraging in Sri Lanka: Multidisciplinary analysis at Kitulgala Beli-lena" @default.
- W3004899177 cites W1120501964 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W1659958671 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W1955935479 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W1965940481 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W1967913530 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W1974181653 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W1977086944 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W1989403041 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W1996667928 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2009811849 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2020825935 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2024491077 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2026896156 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2029027487 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2034953723 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2038086243 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2042905896 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2043840059 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2048446105 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2048457034 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2054212624 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2054251977 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2056021523 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2057701972 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2058035594 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2061189161 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2065882781 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2070533793 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2071252357 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2081225124 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2083936532 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2084553823 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2086899630 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2102699338 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2109067454 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2112773676 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2113170168 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2113952130 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2132987903 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2145348566 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2147269389 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2147988240 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2149306841 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2152875940 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2157812029 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2158359618 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2158982202 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2168032963 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2168507517 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2184365837 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2192446090 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2249968047 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2289863009 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2322299917 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2326332800 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2330853688 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2337457383 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2345800064 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2423053341 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2437887642 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2583478756 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2597731747 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2599136909 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2610460333 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2742580921 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2765472205 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2770819002 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2771287391 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2792333290 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2799701465 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2883145566 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2899818136 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2916145532 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2977651776 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W2980280478 @default.
- W3004899177 cites W4249751050 @default.
- W3004899177 doi "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106200" @default.
- W3004899177 hasPublicationYear "2020" @default.
- W3004899177 type Work @default.
- W3004899177 sameAs 3004899177 @default.
- W3004899177 citedByCount "17" @default.
- W3004899177 countsByYear W30048991772021 @default.