Papua and New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago

1944 ◽  
pp. 394-405
Author(s):  
JAMES STEVENS SIMMONS ◽  
TOM F. WHAYNE ◽  
GAYLORD WEST ANDERSON ◽  
HAROLD MACLACHLAN HORACK
Keyword(s):  
New Guinea ◽  
Bismarck Archipelago

scholarly journals Deilagaon, a New Genus of Indo-Malayan and Papuan Fig Wasps (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Agaonidae)

1977 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 291-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.T. Wiebes
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Fig Wasps ◽  
Bismarck Archipelago

Introduction of the new genus Deilagaon with descriptions of new species chrysolepidis (type-species) from the Philippines (type-locality Luzon, ex Ficus chrysolepis Miq.), Celebes, New Guinea (ex F. novoguineensis Corner), Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Isis.; and annulatae from Thailand, Malaya (ex F.depressa Bl.), Sumatra, Borneo (type-locality N. Borneo, ex F. annulata Bl.), Philippines. Included is also Ceratosolen megarhopalus Grandi (1923) from Thailand, Malaya, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Philippines (Balabac Isl.).

Mortars and Pestles Make the Mid-Holocene Occupation of New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago Visible

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela Swadling
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Coastal Areas ◽  
West Papua ◽  
Bismarck Archipelago ◽  
Land Clearance

Stone mortars and pestles are distributed across New Guinea, but few have been found in West Papua. As they are now securely dated to the Mid-Holocene, their distribution can be used as the basis for modelling Mid-Holocene population concentrations. Artefacts with elaborate morphologies also allow the modelling of social interaction. The declining availability of the Castanopsis nut following land clearance would have played a major role in the abandonment of mortars and pestles in the highlands. Decreasing coastal connectivity due to the infilling of the Sepik-Ramu inland sea may have also played a role in this abandonment. The continued availability of canarium and coconuts in coastal areas allowed the making of nut and starch puddings to continue. However, the pottery bought by Austronesian speakers (Lapita) would have allowed tubers to be steam-cooked, and the softer result probably led to stone versions of mortars and pestles being abandoned and replaced with wooden versions.

Themes in the zooarchaeology of Pleistocene Melanesia

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Leavesley
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Introduced Species ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Human Populations ◽  
Hunter Gatherers ◽  
Bismarck Archipelago ◽  
Reduced Mobility ◽  
Initial Focus

The first human populations colonized the Bismarck Archipelago about 40,000 years ago. The zooarchaeological evidence from Buang Merabak (New Ireland) reveals that, at a first stage, hunter-gatherers only focused on the exploitation of local faunal resources, especially cave-dwelling bats and varanids. As for other Pleistocene assemblages, the contribution of fish to the diet is negligible. Introduced species appear since about 23,050 cal bp with the northern common cuscus (endemic of New Guinea), although bats still provided most of the meat consumed at the site. In later times, the cuscus dominates the assemblage, partially replacing cave-dwelling bats, and the wallaby is also introduced from New Guinea. The introduction and increasing consumption of the cuscus had major implications in terms of land use and mobility. The initial focus on cave-dwelling bats implied shorter stays at sites and required constant movements through the landscape; the shift towards cuscus consumption reduced mobility.

scholarly journals Masks from New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago

Nature ◽  
1890 ◽  
Vol 42 (1081) ◽  
pp. 268-269
Author(s):  
A. C. H.
Keyword(s):  
New Guinea ◽  
Bismarck Archipelago

scholarly journals Buang Merabak: Early Evidence For Human Occupation In The Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea

2002 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.G. Leavesley ◽  
M.I. Bird ◽  
L.K. Fifield ◽  
P.A. Hausladen ◽  
G.M. Santos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Human Occupation ◽  
Early Evidence ◽  
Bismarck Archipelago

Early setlement of Island Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific

Antiquity ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 63 (240) ◽  
pp. 547-547 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Spriggs ◽  
Christopher Chippindale
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Western Pacific ◽  
Tropical Islands ◽  
Island Southeast Asia ◽  
Early Settlement ◽  
Bismarck Archipelago ◽  
The Western Pacific

It was a quarter of a century ago that ANTIQUITY first announced the ‘Pleistocene colonization of Australia’, when Mulvaney (1964) reported secure dates before 12,000 b.p. from Kenniff Cave, Queensland. The last three years alone have seen dates from New Guinea of around 40,000 b.p., early dates from the offshore islands of the Bismarck Archipelago, and dates from Australia itself that show a rapid colonization of both the arid central desert and cold, wet Tasmania – environments very different from the tropical islands of Southeast Asia, whence the first Australasian populations must surely have come. It is a record with great implications for early settlement elsewhere, most plainly of the American continents.

The Aphodiinae of New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomon Islands (Coleoptera : Scarabaeoidea)

1998 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 833 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. T. Stebnicka
Keyword(s):  
Solomon Islands ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Bismarck Archipelago

Fifty-five species are discussed, keyed and illustrated, including 17 species described as new: Airapus gazelle, A. hollandiae, A. nondugli, A. popondettae, A. wampuensis, A. wauus, Aphodius pseudoreichei, Ataenius warisensis, Cnematoplatys torricellensis, Rhyparus anneae, R. edieae, R. henryi, R. mokaiensis, R. sepikensis, R. sinewitensis, Saprosites enarotadii, S. komumi. Nine species are synonymised: Ataenius canaliculatus Schmidt and Euparia wonga Stebnicka [= Airapus granulator (Harold)]; Euparia frankenbergeri Balthasar and E. spuria Krikken [= Airapus parvispinus (Schmidt)]; E. papuana Petrovitz [= Airapus spinator (Harold)]; Rhyparus australiae Lea, R. orousseti Paulian and R. risbeci Paulian (= R. helophoroides Fairmaire); Saprosites ullrichi Stebnicka (= S. fodori Endrödi). Eleven of the New Guinean species also occur on mainland Australia; the remainder are mostly endemic to New Guinea and its adjacent islands.

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