Earliest known funerary rites in Wallacea after the last glacial maximum.
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Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
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Pays: England
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Date de publication:
02 Jan 2024
02 Jan 2024
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05
2023
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12
2023
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1
2024
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2024
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2024
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Résumé
The insular region of Wallacea has become a focal point for studying Pleistocene human ecological and cultural adaptations in island environments, however, little is understood about early burial traditions during the Pleistocene. Here we investigate maritime interactions and burial practices at Ratu Mali 2, an elevated coastal cave site on the small island of Kisar in the Lesser Sunda Islands of eastern Indonesia dated to 15,500-3700 cal. BP. This multidisciplinary study demonstrates extreme marine dietary adaptations, engagement with an extensive exchange network across open seas, and early mortuary practices. A flexed male and a female, interred in a single grave with abundant shellfish and obsidian at Ratu Mali 2 by 14.7 ka are the oldest known human burials in Wallacea with established funerary rites. These findings highlight the impressive flexibility of our species in marginal environments and provide insight into the earliest known ritualised treatment of the dead in Wallacea.
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doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-50294-y
pii: 10.1038/s41598-023-50294-y
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