Djief Hunters: 26,000 Years of Rainforest Exploitation on the Bird's Head of Papua, Indonesia

Djief Hunters: 26,000 Years of Rainforest Exploitation on the Bird's Head of Papua, Indonesia

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Two prehistoric cave sites in western New Guinea provide a detailed narrative of 26,000 years of human occupation of this area. During this period, a climate change forced inhabitants to switch their hunting focus to a forest wallaby, known locally as Djief. However, despite prolonged hunting this species did not become extinct. This volume offers a unique perspective on sustainable hunting in prehistory and provides intriguing insights into hunter-gatherer subsistence, tool manufacturing and use. It forms an important contribution to the current debate on the possibilities of human occupation of tropical rainforest before the advent of agriculture.

Djief Hunters: 26,000 Years of Rainforest Exploitation on the Bird's Head of Papua, Indonesia,Juliette Pasveer,Taylor & Francis,9058096637,Anthropology - Cultural,Archaeology,Archaeology / Anthropology,Environmental Conservation & Protection - General,Nature,Nature/Ecology,Australasian & Pacific archaeology,Papua New Guinea,Social Science / Archaeology

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