[Paper] Abrupt onset of intensive human occupation 44,000 years ago on the threshold of Sahul

New archaeological evidence shows intensive human occupation in Timor 44,000 years ago, suggesting a major migration phase bypassing Timor for ...

12,000-Year-Old Fashion Trend Reveals Ancient Unity Across Indonesian Islands [Paper]

16 August 2023

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via Antiquity, 15 August 2023: A new paper in Antiquity reports that reflective shell beads were a common trend 12,000 ...

[Paper] Terminal Pleistocene emergence of maritime interaction networks across Wallacea

14 February 2023 - Updated on 1 September 2023

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via World Archaeology, 09 February 2023: This paper by O'Connor et al. explores the spread of human occupation in Wallacea ...

Petroglyph from Pati Patinu. Source: O'Connor et al. 2020

[Paper] Faces in the Stone: Further Finds of Anthropomorphic Engravings Suggest a Discrete Artistic Tradition Flourished in Timor-Leste in the Terminal Pleistocene

11 December 2020 - Updated on 1 September 2023

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via Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 29 September 2020: New rock engraving sites discovered in East Timor.

Hand Stencils in East Timor. Source: Cosmos 20200331

[Paper] Hand stencil discoveries at Lene Hara Cave hint at Pleistocene age for the earliest painted art in Timor-Leste

2 April 2020 - Updated on 1 September 2023

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via Archaeological Research in Asia, 18 March 2020: A new paper reports the discovery of hand stencils in East Timor, ...

[Paper] Ideology, Ritual Performance and Its Manifestations in the Rock Art of Timor-Leste and Kisar Island, Island Southeast Asia

19 December 2017 - Updated on 1 September 2023

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New paper on newly-discovered rock art on Kisar Island, Indonesia by O'Connor et al. published in the Cambridge Archaeology Journal. ...

A Dong Son drum in East Timor

16 December 2015 - Updated on 1 September 2023

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A hint into the potential archaeology from East Timor - the discovery of a bronze Dong Son drum in Baucau. ...

Dr Julien Louys holding up the jawbone fossil of a giant rat found in East Timor, with a modern rat for comparison. Source: ANU 20151106

Largest-ever rat fossils discovered in East Timor

17 November 2015 - Updated on 1 September 2023

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Very pleased to see my former colleagues at the ANU featured in this news - the discovery of the largest ...

Stone faces found in Timor cave

15 February 2011 - Updated on 1 September 2023

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Researchers working in the Lene Hara Cave in eastern tip of East Timor have reported a previously-undiscovered set of stone ...

Timor cave may reveal how humans reached Australia

25 December 2006 - Updated on 1 September 2023

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22 December 2006 (The Age, Sydney Morning Herald) - It's rare to hear about archaeological information from East Timor (Timor ...

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