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Terminal Pleistocene to mid-Holocene occupation and an early cremation burial at Ille Cave, Palawan, Philippines

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Helen Lewis ,
Victor Paz ,
Myra Lara ,
Huw Barton ,
Philip Piper ,
Janine Ochoa ,
Timothy Vitales ,
A. Jane Carlos ,
Tom Higham  and
Leee Neri
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Helen Lewis
Affiliation:
School of Archaeology, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
Victor Paz
Affiliation:
Archaeological Studies Program, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Manila, Philippines
Myra Lara
Affiliation:
Archaeological Studies Program, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Manila, Philippines
Huw Barton
Affiliation:
School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
Philip Piper
Affiliation:
Archaeological Studies Program, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Manila, Philippines
Janine Ochoa
Affiliation:
Archaeological Studies Program, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Manila, Philippines
Timothy Vitales
Affiliation:
Archaeological Studies Program, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Manila, Philippines
A. Jane Carlos
Affiliation:
Archaeological Studies Program, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Manila, Philippines
Tom Higham
Affiliation:
Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, RLAHA, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Leee Neri
Affiliation:
Archaeological Studies Program, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Manila, Philippines
Vito Hernandez
Affiliation:
Archaeological Studies Program, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Manila, Philippines
Janelle Stevenson
Affiliation:
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Emil Charles Robles
Affiliation:
Archaeological Studies Program, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Manila, Philippines
Andrea Ragragio
Affiliation:
Archaeological Studies Program, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Manila, Philippines
Rojo Padilla
Affiliation:
Archaeological Studies Program, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Manila, Philippines
Wilhelm Solheim II
Affiliation:
Archaeological Studies Program, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Manila, Philippines
Wilfredo Ronquillo
Affiliation:
Archaeology Division, National Museum of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines
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Excavations at a cave site on the island of Palawan in the Philippines show occupation from c. 11000 BP. A fine assemblage of tools and faunal remains shows the reliance of hunter-foragers switching from deer to pig. In 9500-9000 BP, a human cremation burial in a container was emplaced, the earliest yet known in the region.

Keywords

Southeast AsiaPhilippinesPalawanIlle CaveLate Palaeolithicterminal Pleistoceneearly to mid-Holocenecremationoccupationradiocarbon dates
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Antiquity , Volume 82 , Issue 316 , June 2008 , pp. 318 - 335
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 2008

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