Investigating the archaeology of human settlement in the highlands of PNG

大约5万年前，人们越过华莱士线，第一次踏上了Sahul（更新世澳大利亚-新几内亚）。随后在气候恶化期间迅速扩散到整个萨胡尔大陆。随后人类对景观的影响在化石记录中保存完好，特别是植物。该项目旨在实施考古学和古植物学方法，以调查晚第四纪气候变化时期景观使用的时间和空间模式。预计研究结果将更全面地了解长期以来人类应对气候变化的生存战略和动态。

Around 50 000 years ago, people crossed the Wallace Line and set foot on Sahul (Pleistocene Australia-New Guinea) for the first time. Rapid dispersal across the Sahul continent followed during a period of climatic deterioration. Subsequent human impacts on the landscape are well preserved in the fossil record, particularly plants. This project aims to implement an archaeological and palaeobotanical approach to investigate the temporal and spatial patterning of landscape use through a period of climatic change in the Late Quaternary. The results are expected to provide a fuller understanding of the subsistence strategies and dynamics of human responses to climate change over long time periods.