Call for Papers: For the Love of Death
The Archaeological Studies Programme of the University of Philippines is organising a conference on Human Osteoarchaeology in Southeast Asia and ...
Tag: bioarchaeology
News reports and information about Southeast Asian bioarchaeology and bioanthropology dealing with human remains.
See also: bones, burials and burial jars
Neolithic burials found in central Vietnam
Australian and Vietnamese archaeologists working in Central Vietnam have uncovered three burials, presumed to date to the Neolithic. Excavations at ...
Fossils found in Laos strengthen the idea of diversity amongst early humans
A new paper published last week in PLOSOne describes a second mandible found at Tam (Tham) Pa Ling in northeast ...
Feature on Gua Harimau
Jelajah.com carries a feature on the Neolithic site of Gua Harimau in South Sumatra. Even if you can't read Indonesian, ...
Study suggests that humans lived in rainforests longer than previously known
A study published in Science dating teeth found in Sri Lanka suggests that humans had adapted to rainforests for longer ...
Video: The Jar Burials of the Cardamom Mountains
My colleague Nancy Beavan as been working for some time now at the Cardamom Mountains in western Cambodia, investigating a ...
New paper argues against claims of Hobbit Down Syndrome theory
A new paper in PNAS tears down the arguments made last year in the same journal about the Hobbit being ...
First discovery of archaic Homo from Taiwan
A fossil jawbone recovered from the seabed near Taiwan represents the first ancient hominid find from the region; dating is ...
The mummies of the Philippines
A feature on the burial practices of the Ibaloi, who desiccate their dead and deposit the bodies in mountain caves. ...
Jars in the Cardamom reveals a hidden people and history
A couple of recent features on Nancy Beavan's work in the Cardamom Mountains in Western Cambodia (disclosure: Nancy is a ...
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