Homo sapiens lithic technology and microlithization in the South Asian rainforest at Kitulgala Beli-lena (c. 45 – 8,000 years ago)

Recent archaeological investigations in Sri Lanka have reported evidence for the exploitation and settlement of tropical rainforests by Homo sapiens since c . 48,000 BP. Information on technological approaches used by human populations in rainforest habitats is restricted to two cave sites, Batadomb...

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Published in:PloS one 2022-10, Vol.17 (10), p.e0273450
Main Authors: Picin, Andrea, Wedage, Oshan, Blinkhorn, James, Amano, Noel, Deraniyagala, Siran, Boivin, Nicole, Roberts, Patrick, Petraglia, Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Archaeology
Biology and Life Sciences
Earth Sciences
Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Ecosystems
Ethnography
Exploitation
Food
Foraging behavior
Foraging habitats
Holocene
Homo sapiens
Human populations
Human remains
Hunter-gatherers
Hunting
Hypotheses
Lithic
Physical Sciences
Pleistocene
Projectiles
Rain forests
Rainforests
Social Sciences
Stability analysis
Technology
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