A different paradigm for the initial colonisation of Sahul
A different paradigm for the initial colonisation of Sahul
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DOI：
10.1002/arco.5207
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发表时间：
2020-01-17
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0.9
通讯作者：
O'Connell, James F.
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作者：
Allen, Jim;O'Connell, James F.
人类何时以及如何到达澳大利亚和新几内亚的更新世大陆Sahul的问题，自世纪中期作为一门学科发展以来，一直是澳大利亚考古学的中心问题。模拟这一事件一直呼吁最小的假设-最简单的船只，最短的路线，最小的可行的殖民群体。本文认为，澳大利亚考古学不能再忽视我们对这种最初殖民化的理解正在被目前的基因组研究重塑。它回顾了这些证据，并得出结论，数百人或数千人的殖民浪潮参与其中。如果是正确的，这表明我们需要重新思考我们的模型，修改或放弃迄今为止驱动它们的最低限度假设，并考虑这种不同的范式如何影响我们对萨胡尔早期定居点的理解。
The questions of when and how humans reached Sahul, the Pleistocene continent of Australia and New Guinea, has remained a central issue of Australian archaeology since its development as an academic discipline in the mid-twentieth century. Modelling this event has persistently appealed to minimal assumptions - the simplest watercraft, the shortest routes, the smallest viable colonising groups. This paper argues that Australian archaeology can no longer ignore the way our understanding of this initial colonisation is being reshaped by current genomic research. It reviews this evidence and concludes that a colonising wave of hundreds or perhaps low thousands of people was involved. If correct, it suggests that we need to rethink our models, modify or discard the minimalist assumptions that have so far driven them and consider how this different paradigm affects our understanding of early settlement in Sahul.