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Last Glacial Maximum to Late Holocene occupation on the Bomberai Peninsula: preliminary results of archaeological research at Andarewa Cave, Fakfak Regency, West Papua Province

Abstract:: This chapter reports preliminary excavation and artefactual evidence from Andarewa Cave, located in Fakfak Regency, on the Bomberai Peninsula. This area would have been a key thoroughfare between the Bird’s Head of New Guinea and the rest of Sahul during the Pleistocene period. From 2018 to 2021, two 2 × 2 m units were excavated on the north side of the cave mouth. Excavated material at Andarewa included pottery, shells, stone tools, bone points and jewellery, red and yellow ochre, charcoa...
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Mene, B., Setiawan, A. D., & Gaffney, D. (2025). Last Glacial Maximum to Late Holocene occupation on the Bomberai Peninsula: preliminary results of archaeological research at Andarewa Cave, Fakfak Regency, West Papua Province. In D. Gaffney & M. Tolla (Eds.), West New Guinea: Social, Biological, and Material Histories (1st ed., pp. 203–216 ). ANU Press.

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Mene, B., et al. “Last Glacial Maximum to Late Holocene Occupation on the Bomberai Peninsula: Preliminary Results of Archaeological Research at Andarewa Cave, Fakfak Regency, West Papua Province.” West New Guinea: Social, Biological, and Material Histories, edited by D Gaffney and M Tolla, 1st ed., ANU Press, 2025, pp. 203–16 .

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Mene, B, AD Setiawan, and D Gaffney. 2025. “Last Glacial Maximum to Late Holocene Occupation on the Bomberai Peninsula: Preliminary Results of Archaeological Research at Andarewa Cave, Fakfak Regency, West Papua Province.” In West New Guinea: Social, Biological, and Material Histories, edited by D Gaffney and M Tolla, 1st ed., 203–16 . Terra Australis. ANU Press.
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Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: SSD
Department:: School of Archaeology
Oxford college:: Hertford College
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ORCID:: 0000-0003-4869-9730

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Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: SSD
Department:: School of Archaeology
Oxford college:: Hertford College
Role:: Editor
ORCID:: 0000-0003-4869-9730

Role:: Editor

Publisher:: ANU Press
Host title:: West New Guinea: Social, Biological, and Material Histories
Pages:: 203-216
Chapter number:: 9
Series:: Terra Australis
Series number:: 58
Place of publication:: Canberra, Australia
Publication date:: 2025-02-20
Edition:: 1
EISSN:: 0725-9018
EISBN:: 9781760466725
ISBN:: 9781760466718

Language:: English
Subtype:: Chapter
Pubs id:: 2130022
Local pid:: pubs:2130022
Deposit date:: 2025-06-14

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Copyright date:: 2025
Rights statement:: © 2025 ANU Press. This title is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence.

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