West New Guinea : Social, Biological, and Material Histories

• Autore: Gaffney Dylan
• Pubblicazione: Canberra : , : ANU Press, , 2025; ©2025
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (428 pages)
• Disciplina: 995.1
• Soggetto geografico: Papua (Indonesia) History
• Altri autori: TollaMarlin
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- List of figures -- Figure 1.1: West New Guinea with key geographic features in the wider Asia-Pacific region. -- Figure 1.2: The formation of New Guinea. -- Figure 1.3: Distribution of four cultural attributes around West New Guinea. -- Figure 1.4: Administrative 'residentie' of Dutch New Guinea (as of 1955), regencies of Irian Jaya (as of 1998), and provinces and regencies of Indonesian Papua (as of 2015 and 2022). -- Figure 1.5: West New Guinea, highlighting study areas described in each chapter of the volume. -- Figure 2.1: Approximate routes of a sample of early European voyages around West New Guinea. -- Figure 2.2: World map of 1613 by Emanuel Godinho de Erédia, a Portuguese-Bugis cartographer, showing New Guinea drawn at the extremity of the Asian and Pacific charts. -- Figure 2.3: Routes of early expeditions to inland and highland ranges of West New Guinea. -- Figure 2.4: Arnold Ap (left) and Sam Kapissa (right) with korwar figure. -- Figure 3.1: The language families of West New Guinea. -- Figure 3.2: The standard view of Malayo-Polynesian higher-level groupings. -- Figure 3.3: A rake-like view of Malayo-Polynesian higher-level groupings. -- Figure 4.1: Spatial distribution of amount of Neanderthal (A) and Denisovan (B) introgression (in megabases, Mb), using the samples and algorithm described in Jacobs et al. (2019). -- Figure 4.2: New Guinea population analysis. -- Figure 5.1: Summary of available modern data. -- Figure 5.2: New Guinea population analysis. -- Figure 5.3: New Guinean genome analysis. -- Figure 5.4: Y-chromosome (orange) and mtDNA (green) haplotype diversity of highland (red) and lowland (black) groups in WNG and ENG. -- Figure 6.1: Allele frequency dynamics under representative selection regimes for principal malaria adaptations in New Guinea. -- Figure 7.1: Misool overview. ; Figure 7.2: Overview of location of Gua Putra Termenung (GPT), currently the only excavated archaeological site in Misool. -- Figure 7.3: Bathymetric data in combination with a range of different values for sea level high and low stands taken from literature (see Table 7.1). -- Figure 7.4: Bathymetric data showing that Misool Island would be almost entirely disconnected from mainland New Guinea when the sea level rose above 50 m bpsl (dashed line) and flooded the Gulf of Carpentaria. -- Figure 7.5: Misool disconnecting from the Bird's Head due to sea level transgression between 53 m and 48 m bpsl. -- Figure 8.1: The Raja Ampat Islands in the circum-New Guinea region, showing major hypothesised dispersal corridors and biogeographic divisions. -- Figure 8.2: Major landforms in the northern Raja Ampat Islands and routes of the reconnaissance survey undertaken in 2018-2019. -- Figure 8.3: A selection of potsherds recovered by Galis and Kamma from Yenbekaki, north Batanta Island. -- Figure 8.4: Secondary burial offerings from the Waigeo area, collected by Bill Solheim in 1975. -- Figure 8.5: Location of recent historical and sacred sites on Waigeo, Gam, and surrounding islands. -- Figure 8.6: Recent sites relating to the migration of Biak speakers to Raja Ampat. -- Figure 8.7: Distribution of secondary burial caves/shelters recorded around Waigeo and Gam. -- Figure 8.8: Newly recorded rock art sites around Waigeo and Pef, showing presence of red and white technical traditions. -- Figure 8.9: Earthenware sites recorded around Waigeo, Gam, and Batanta. -- Figure 8.10: Distribution of cave and rock-shelter sites recorded around Waigeo and Gam, coded by their priority for archaeological excavation. -- Figure 8.11: Cave sites recorded during survey. -- Figure 9.1: The location of Andarewa Cave, Fakfak Regency. -- Figure 9.2: Andarewa Cave. ; Figure 9.3: Stratigraphy of ADR/FF/KT1 and ADR/FF/KT2, incomplete and not yet at bedrock. -- Figure 9.4: Flakes excavated from ADR/FF/KT1, Andarewa Cave. -- Figure 9.5: Flake cores from Andarewa Cave. -- Figure 9.6: Axe preform from Andarewa Cave, ADR/FF/KT1, Spit 13. -- Figure 9.7: Pig tusk artefact from Andarewa, ADR/FF/KT2, Spit 7. -- Figure 9.8: Dog canine tooth artefact from Andarewa, ADR/FF/KT2, Spit 6. -- Figure 9.9: Crocodile tooth artefact from Andarewa, surface of ADR/FF/KT1. -- Figure 9.10: Three links in a fish vertebra chain necklace from Andarewa, ADR/FF/KT/1, Spit 8. -- Figure 9.11: Fish vertebrae artefacts from Andarewa. -- Figure 10.1: Map of sites involved in isotope analysis. -- Figure 10.2: Yomokho 1. -- Figure 10.3: Excavation units at Mamorikotey. -- Figure 10.4: Typical isotope δ13C and δ15N values of key ecological resources compared with results from seven human bone collagen samples analysed in this study. -- Figure 10.5: Isotope enamel apatite results on human teeth from four sites in this study. -- Figure 11.1: The distribution of caves with rock paintings known in Keerom Regency, Papua. -- Figure 11.2: Images of human feet, Isisuk Cave. -- Figure 11.3: Rock paintings at Erfe Hora Cave. -- Figure 11.4: Rock paintings at Trifi Cave. -- Figure 11.5: The rock paintings in Yakumbru Cave. -- Figure 11.6: Red and black rock paintings at the Yahoto Cave. -- Figure 11.7: Headdresses worn in the Yuruf and Kibay areas using symbols similar to those depicted in local rock art. -- Figure 12.1: Map of Lake Sentani showing locations mentioned in the text. -- Figure 12.2: Western Lake Sentani. -- Figure 12.3: Yomokho 2 archaeological site. -- Figure 12.4: Ceramics from Yomokho 2. -- Figure 12.5: Tutari archaeological site map. -- Figure 12.6: XRD results of (A) Tutari archaeological sherd and (B) Abar ethnographic pottery example. ; Figure 12.7: Bobu Uriyeng site. -- Figure 12.8: Yope site. -- Figure 12.9: Koning U Nibie site. -- Figure 12.10: Ayauge site. -- Figure 13.1: Kayu Batu. -- Figure 13.2: Modern pottery making around Abar, Lake Sentani, involving coil forming method. -- Figure 13.3: Recent pot belonging to the Pui clan, Kayu Batu. -- Figure 13.4: Archaeological pottery from the Kayu Batu cave sites. -- Figure 14.1: The New Guinea campaign. -- Figure 14.2: The Battle of Biak and its aftermath. -- Figure 14.3: The location of survey areas on Biak Island and the Padaido group. -- Figure 14.4: Airfields in south-east Biak. -- Figure 14.5: Above: Allied intelligence map showing the location of the Japanese-occupied West and East cave systems around Mokmer. Below: Manggandisapi Cave, south of the East Cave system. -- Figure 14.6: Artefacts recovered from wartime archaeological sites on Biak including ordinance, scissors, ceramics, toothbrushes, bullet casings, and glass bottles. -- Figure 14.7: Bunkers in the Saba area on Biak Island. -- Figure 14.8: Archaeological remains in the Padaido Islands. -- Figure 15.1: Map of central-southern New Guinea. -- Figure 15.2: Marind in canoes meeting the Dutch naval gunboat HMS Ceram, the mouth of Merauke River, 1902. -- Figure 15.3: Canoe at the mouth of Merauke River, 1902. -- Figure 15.4: Carved and painted bows of Marind canoes. -- Figure 15.5: Consecration of a Marind canoe, near Sepadim village, 1910-1930. -- Figure 16.1: Cabinet of stone tools at the Asmat Museum of Culture and Progress. -- Figure 16.2: An Asmat axe-maker in the villages of Sawa Erma, 2017. -- Figure 16.3: An Asmat carver holds a chisel made from a nail in Koba village, 2015. -- Figure 16.4: A villager from Sawa Erma visits the collection of Asmat woodcarving at the Tropenmuseum, 1999. ; Figure 16.5: An Asmat carver uses a stone axe as a mallet for woodcarving, Sawa Erma, 2017. -- Figure 17.1: Map of West New Guinea Highlands showing key places mentioned in the text. -- Figure 17.2: Weathered Melo shell on the beach of Bayun, south coast of Papua. Probably Melo amphora. -- Figure 17.3: This 'treasure chart' portrays a modern version of intertribal trade. -- Figure 17.4: Melo sp. necklace, Dani people, Baliem Valley, Papua Pegunungan, Indonesia. Collection Irene Glock, before 2011 -- Vb 34841. -- Figure 17.5: Young man with paper mikah at a procession for Indonesian National Day, 17 August 2005 in Wamena. -- Figure 18.1: Meege shells and their use in marriages. -- Figure 19.1: Traditional attire and weaving men string bags. -- Figure 19.2: Men string bags. -- Figure 19.3: Noken bags, a UNESCO-designated example of the world's intangible cultural heritage. -- Figure 20.1: Armlet. -- Figure 20.2: Breastplate. -- Figure 20.3: Beni Aopateyau from Kokonao with a breast plate selected for the auction of the 2002 Kamoro Arts Festival. -- Figure 20.4: Prow ornament. -- Figure 20.5: Mbitoro. -- Figure 21.1: The Mayalibit altar (TM-573-36 to 45) in the exhibition of A Sea of Islands, Leiden, 20 February 2020 - 5 April 2021. -- Figure 21.2: The Mayalibit altar soon after its arrival in Amsterdam in 1930. -- Figure 21.3: View of an altar in north Waigeo showing a mon figure, an ancestral figure, and a triton shell. -- Figure 21.4: Engraving showing an altar at Fofak, on Waigeo, Raja Ampat Islands. -- Figure 21.5: Eef Mamoribo performing a wor during the exhibition blessing. -- List of tables -- Table 1.1: Terminology often used to describe parts of New Guinea. -- Table 6.1: Summary overview of alleles considered to confer relative resistance to malaria among New Guineans. ; Table 6.2: Selected environmental pressures in New Guinea and related phenotypic/genetic variation.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book explores the human past in West New Guinea (otherwise known as Indonesian Papua, West Papua, or Irian Jaya).
• Titolo autorizzato: West New Guinea
• ISBN: 9781760466725; 1760466727
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910987822003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Terra Australis Series