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A different paradigm for the initial colonisation of Sahul
Archaeology in Oceania ( IF 1.276 ) Pub Date : 2020-01-17 , DOI: 10.1002/arco.5207
JIM ALLEN 1 , JAMES F. O'CONNELL 2
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The questions of when and how humans reached Sahul, the Pleistocene continent of Australia and New Guinea, has remained a central issue of Australian archaeology since its development as an academic discipline in the mid‐twentieth century. Modelling this event has persistently appealed to minimal assumptions – the simplest watercraft, the shortest routes, the smallest viable colonising groups. This paper argues that Australian archaeology can no longer ignore the way our understanding of this initial colonisation is being reshaped by current genomic research. It reviews this evidence and concludes that a colonising wave of hundreds or perhaps low thousands of people was involved. If correct, it suggests that we need to rethink our models, modify or discard the minimalist assumptions that have so far driven them and consider how this different paradigm affects our understanding of early settlement in Sahul.

中文翻译:

Sahul最初殖民化的另一范式

自20世纪中叶发展成为一门学科以来,人类何时以及如何到达萨胡尔,澳大利亚和新几内亚的更新世大陆一直是澳大利亚考古学的中心问题。对这一事件进行建模一直吸引着最小的假设-最简单的船只,最短的路线,最小的可行殖民群体。本文认为,澳大利亚考古学不能再忽略我们对这种最初定殖的理解被当前的基因组研究所改变的方式。它审查了这一证据,并得出结论,涉及数百人或数千人的殖民浪潮。如果正确,则表明我们需要重新考虑模型,
更新日期:2020-01-17
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