Book
Ol Tumbuna: archaeological excavations in the Eastern Central Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Dept. of Prehistory, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University • Canberra • Published In 1972 • Pages: xx, 176
By: White, J. Peter (John Peter).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
White discusses the excavation procedures, the analytical methods used, and presents the results from his excavations at four rock shelters in the Eastern Central Highlands of Papua New Guinea (Batari, Aibura, Kafiavana, and Niobe). He re-examines S. and R. Bulmer's suggested phases for Highlands prehistory and points out some of the problems with it. White summarizes the general sequence of Highland prehistory based on the then available evidence pointing out the impression of sameness and continuity for stone and bone implements and presumably of the lithic and bone technology. "This continuity in the Highlands suggests…that it may be legitimate to apply some ethnographic, especially technological, information to the analysis of the achaeological materials."
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Laboratory analysis of materials other than dating methods in archaeology
- Fauna
- Cultural participation
- Bone, horn, and shell technology
- Lithic industries
- General tools
- Cultural stratigraphy
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- New Guinea Neolithic
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Melanesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 1999
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1964-1965
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 10,000 BP - 100 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Eastern Central Highlands; Papua New Guinea
- NotesAdditional notes
- by J. Peter White
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 170-176)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 73166031
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Papua New Guinea Antiquities