Archaeological investigations in the Niah Caves, Sarawak

1. Verfasser: Barker, Graeme 1946- , [HerausgeberIn]
Farr, Lucy , [HerausgeberIn]
Körperschaft: Sarawak Museum
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Cambridge, UK : McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, [2016].
Umfang/Format: xxx, 562 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.).
Schriftenreihe: McDonald Institute monographs
Archaeology of the Niah Caves, Sarawak v. 2
Schlagworte:
Excavations (Archaeology) > Malaysia > Miri (Sarawak)
Prehistoric peoples > Malaysia > Miri (Sarawak)
Caves > Malaysia > Miri (Sarawak)
Niah Caves (Sarawak, Malaysia) > Antiquities.
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Part I.
  • Introduction.
  • Chapter 1.
  • The Niah Caves Project : the archaeological context in 2000 /
  • Graeme Barker and Tim Reynolds ;
  • Chapter 2.
  • The Niah Caves and their present-day landscape /
  • David Gilbertson and Graeme Barker
  • Part II.
  • Field studies.
  • Chapter 3.
  • The NCP excavations in the West Mouth /
  • Tim Reynolds, Lindsay Lloyd-Smith, Lucy Farr and Graeme Barker ;
  • Chapter 4.
  • The NCP excavations in Lobang Hangus, Lobang Tulang, Gan Kira and Kain Hitam /
  • Philip Piper, Helen Lewis, Tim Reynolds, Sue McLaren, Ryan Rabett, Franca Cole, Katherine Szabó, Lucy Farr and Graeme Barker ;
  • Chapter 5.
  • The sedimentology of the West Mouth lithofacies /
  • Mark Stephens, Chris Hunt, James Rose, David Gilbertson, Sue McLaren, John Grattan, Garry Rushworth and Alan Dykes ;
  • Chapter 6.
  • Soil micromorphological study of cultural sediments in the Niah Caves /
  • Helen Lewis
  • Part III.
  • Environment.
  • Chapter 7.
  • The changing landscape of Sundaland : the geography of coastal northern Borneo from the Last Glacial Maximum to the present /
  • David Gilbertson, Sue McLaren, Mark Stephens, Chris Hunt, James Rose, John Grattan, Michael Bird, Helen Lewis and Richard Mani Banda ;
  • Chapter 8.
  • Palynology, phytoliths, diatoms and wood in the West Mouth : stratigraphic and taphonomic studies of late Quaternary vegetation history /
  • Chris Hunt, Lisa Kealhofer, Rathnasiri Premathilake, Garry Rushworth, David Gilbertson, Samantha Jones and Gill Thompson ;
  • Chapter 9.
  • Stable isotope analysis of shells from the West Mouth : palaeoenvironments, seasonality, and harvesting /
  • Mark Stephens, James Rose, David Matey and David Gilbertson ;
  • Chapter 10.
  • The atmospheric environment of the West Mouth and its human, geomorphic and archaeological implications /
  • Brian Pyatt, Gavin Gillmore, John Grattan, Matthew Ivers, David Gilbertson and Paul Phillips ;
  • Chapter 11.
  • Modern invertebrate populations in the West Mouth /
  • Chris Terrell-Nield and Brian Pyatt
  • Part IV.
  • Dating.
  • Chapter 12.
  • Radiocarbon dating /
  • Tom Higham, Lindsay Lloyd-Smith, Huw Barton, Fiona Brock and Chris Turney ;
  • Chapter 13.
  • Uranium-series dating of the Niah 'deep skull' /
  • Alistair Pike ;
  • Chapter 14.
  • Optical dating of sediments from the West Mouth /
  • Mark Stephens, Richard Roberts and Olav Lian ;
  • Chapter 15.
  • Amino-acid racemization analysis of shells from the West Mouth /
  • Mark Stephens and Colin Murray-Wallace
  • Part V.
  • Material culture.
  • Chapter 16.
  • Lithic technologies : the West Mouth and Lobang Hangus assemblages /
  • Tim Reynolds ;
  • Chapter 17.
  • Functional analysis of stone tools from the West Mouth /
  • Huw Barton ;
  • Chapter 18.
  • Bone and tusk tools from the West Mouth and Lobang Hangus /
  • Ryan Rabett ;
  • Chapter 19.
  • Worked shell from the Niah Caves /
  • Katherine Szabó ;
  • Chapter 20.
  • Earthenware ceramics, chronology and use at Niah c. 2800-500 BP (c. 800 BC-AD 1500) /
  • Franca Cole ;
  • Chapter 21.
  • Archaeological textiles from the Niah Caves /
  • Judith Cameron ;
  • Chapter 22.
  • Archaeological 'dammar' resins from the West Mouth /
  • Fiona Bradshaw, Ben Stern and Gill Thompson
  • Part VI.
  • Bioarchaeology.
  • Chapter 23.
  • Reclassifying the later prehistoric burials in the West Mouth /
  • Lindsay Lloyd-Smith ;
  • Chapter 24.
  • The physical anthropology of the West Mouth human burials /
  • Jessica Manser ;
  • Chapter 25.
  • Vertebrate fauna from the Niah Caves /
  • Philip Piper and Ryan Rabett ;
  • Chapter 26.
  • Bird and bat bones from the West Mouth : taphonomic assessment /
  • Christopher Stimpson ;
  • Chapter 27.
  • Plant food remains from the Niah Caves : macroscopic and microscopic approaches /
  • Huw Barton, Victor Paz and Anna Jane Carlos ;
  • Chapter 28.
  • Molluscan remains from the Niah Caves : methods and approaches /
  • Katherine Szabó
  • Part VII.
  • Retrospect.
  • Chapter 29.
  • The Niah Caves, rainforest histories and world heritage /
  • Graeme Barker, David Gilbertson and Tim Reynolds
  • Appendix.
  • Radiocarbon dates for the Niah Caves and associated palynological sites /
  • Lindsay Lloyd-Smith.
  • Supplementary materials on accompanying CD.
  • Chapter 3.
  • Description of the NCP field seasons /
  • Tim Reynolds, Lindsay Lloyd-Smith and Graeme Barker
  • Chapter 4.
  • Kain Hitam : the painted cave /
  • Barbara Harrisson
  • Chapter 5. 1.
  • Descriptions of exposures in the northern part of the West Mouth /
  • Sue McLaren, Mark Stephens, David Gilbertson, Chris Hunt, Michael Bird and Richard Mani Banda ;
  • Chapter 5. 2.
  • Geotechnical studies of lithofacies 3 /
  • Alan Dykes
  • Chapter 6.
  • Detailed descriptions of the thin sections /
  • Helen Lewis
  • Chapter 8.
  • The pollen, palynofacies, phytolith and wood assemblages from the West Mouth /
  • Chris Hunt, Lisa Kealhofer, Rathnasiri Premathilake, Garry Rushworth, David Gilbertson, Samantha Jones and Gill Thompson
  • Chapter 9.
  • Stable isotope analysis of shells from the West Mouth : laboratory procedures /
  • Mark Stephens, James Rose, David Mattey and David Gilbertson
  • Chapter 14.
  • Optical dating of sediments from the West Mouth : methods /
  • Mark Stephens, Richard Roberts and Olav Lian
  • Chapter 16.
  • The lithic assemblages : the Harrisson West Mouth catalogues, the NCP methodology and the NCP West Mouth and Lobang Hangus catalogues /
  • Tim Reynolds
  • Chapter 18.
  • The classification methodology used for the bone and tusk tools from the West Mouth and Lobang Hangus /
  • Ryan Rabett
  • Chapter 21.
  • Methodologies of textile analysis and Borneo textile ethnobotany /
  • Judith Cameron
  • Chapter 22.
  • Archaeological 'dammar' resins from the West Mouth : methodologies /
  • Fiona Bradshaw, Ben Stern and Gill Thompson
  • Chapter 23.
  • Catalogues of the later prehistoric burials in the West Mouth /
  • Lindsay Lloyd-Smith
  • Chapter 25.
  • Vertebrate fauna : methodologies, butchery marks, and biometric data /
  • Philip Piper and Ryan Rabett
  • Chapter 26.
  • Catalogue of epigean bird bones from the West Mouth and Lobang Hangus /
  • Christopher Stimpson
  • Chapter 27.
  • Plant food remains from the West Mouth : analytical protocols and identification /
  • Huw Barton, Victor Paz and Anna-Jane Carlos.

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