Basran Burhan helped to date the oldest piece of figurative art discovered so far. Basran Burhan helped to date the oldest piece of figurative art discovered so far.
Establishing reliable chronologies for archaeological and palaeoanthropological sites in Indonesia is important for studies of human evolution and dispersal. However, many such sites are situated in volcanic regions, whose sediments are generally difficult to date using luminescence dating methods. Here, the application of improved procedures using the post-infrared infrared stimulated luminescence (pIRIR) signal targeted to dating volcanic sediments is presented on two case studies of archaeological sites in Indonesia with an extended hominin occupation in the Pleistocene: Liang Bua and Leang Bulu Bettue.
Another collection of stone tools dating back more than 50,000 years has been unearthed on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. Details of the find, at a rock-shelter known as Leang Burung 2, are described in our paper out today in PLOS ONE.
In a cave on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, an international team of researchers has unearthed a jawbone that represents the oldest human remains ever found in Wallacea. The group has published a paper describing their find on the open-access.
Scientists say a jawbone discovered in Sulawesi dated to 25,000 years ago should show how humans spread out in this period. Not much is known about this ancient forbear, but finding a remnant might highlight directions to take from here.