Investigating the world's first maritime network in Pleistocene Wallacea

调查更新世华莱士世界上第一个海上网络

• 批准号: DP240100747
• 负责人: Prof Susan O'Connor
• 金额: $ 39.64万
• 依托单位: The Australian National University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2024-01-01 至 2026-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP240100747
• 关键词: Investigating; world; first; maritime; network

This project will investigate the world’s first maritime exchange network located in the islands to Australia’s north. From ~16,000 years ago, tools made from exotic obsidian (volcanic glass) appear in the archaeological assemblages of three southern Wallacean islands, as do standardised items of personal decoration and fishhooks. Where the obsidian was acquired and how far the network extended are currently unknown. This project hopes to resolve this and determine how the network relates to other aspects of culture and changing sea levels. Through geological sourcing, geo-chemical analysis and multi-island excavations we will reveal the intensity and reach of this remarkable network to understand the origins of trade in our region.

该项目将调查位于澳大利亚北部岛屿的世界上第一个海上交换网络。从大约 16,000 年前开始，由异国情调的黑曜石（火山玻璃）制成的工具就出现在华莱士南部三个岛屿的考古组合中，标准化的个人物品也是如此。该项目希望解决这个问题，并确定该网络与文化和海平面变化的其他方面的关系。通过地质采购、地球化学分析和多岛挖掘，我们将揭示这个非凡网络到我们地区贸易起源的强度和范围。