India and Java: Contrasting records, intimate connections

作者：Mishra, Sheila; Gaillard, Claire; Hertler, Christine; Moigne, Anne-Marie; Simanjuntak, Truman

来源：Quaternary International, 2010, 223: 265-270.

DOI：10.1016/j.quaint.2009.11.040

• MAGNETIC POLARITY STRATIGRAPHY
• EARLY MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE
• SOUTH-EAST ASIA
• NORTHERN PAKISTAN
• PENINSULAR INDIA
• RIVER-SYSTEMS
• SIWALIK GROUP
• FAUNAS
• EVOLUTION
• FOSSIL

The archaeological, paleontological and hominin records of India and Java are compared. It is argued that during the Lower and Middle Pleistocene, the palaeolithic technology in both the regions was Large Flake Acheulian (LFA) which is attested to by numerous sites in Peninsular India, some finds from Pinjor exposures in NW India and the site of Ngebung in the Sangiran dome area of Java. We argue that the non-Acheulian assemblages attributed to this period actually come from later contexts. During the Lower and Middle Pleistocene, fauna in Java associated with Homo erectus was related to the Indian Pinjor fauna. Although hominin fossils have not been found in India for this time period, it is likely that Homo erectus was the maker of the LFA tools in India, given the presence of LFA in Java in strata with a Pinjor related fauna and Homo erectus. Sometime during the Late Pleistocene the fauna in Java underwent a very significant change from the earlier Pinjor related fauna (Stegodon- Homo-erectus fauna) to the Punung fauna (Elephas-Homo sapiens). This change is related to an ecological shift from a more savannah like to a more rainforest like environment. It is during this time, rather than earlier, that the "Movius line" has an archaeological, paleontological and ecological validity.

• 出版日期2010-9-1