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Ref ID: 28686
Ref Type: Journal Article
Authors: Habgood, Phillip J.
Franklin, Natalie R.
Title: Explanations for patterning in the 'package of traits' of modern human behaviour within Sahul
Date: 2010
Source: Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association
Abstract: Late Pleistocene Sahul has provided a test for the debate surrounding the appearance of the package of modern human behaviour within the archaeological record. A detailed review of the late Pleistocene archaeological record of Sahul (Franklin and Habgood 2007
Habgood and Franklin 2008) found both chronological and geographical patterning for the appearance of the individual traits - four broad Phases and seven ‘Zones of Innovation’. We consider potential causes for this patterning including taphonomy and artefact function, but conclude that it reflects material culture differences and cultural preferences.
Date Created: 9/14/2011
Volume: 30
Page Start: 14
Page End: 27