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- An Archaeology of Waigeo, Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua
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- University of Otago
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This book describes the archaeology of Waigeo Island in the Raja Ampat archipelago of West Papua. This island was first visited by humans over 50,000 years ago, representing the earliest settlement of the Pacific region by boat or raft. We have very little archaeological evidence for what these people did on the island, but we know they were processing plants in complex ways, using tree sap to make resins for use in fires or as adhesives. These early people moved from the coast to the inland ...
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- Gaffney, Dylan / Tanudirjo, Daud / Djami, Erlin / Macap, Abdul / Russell, Tristan
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- https://hdl.handle.net/10523/43112
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- archaeology / West Papua / Pacific archaeology / Waigeo Island
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