| Ref ID: | 25317 |
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| Ref Type: | Book Section in a Series |
| Authors: | Louys, Julien Herrera, Michael Hawkins, Stuart Aplin, Ken Reepmeyer, Christian Hopf, Felicitas Donnellan, Stephen C. O'Connor, Sue Tanudirjo, Daud A. |
| Title: | Neolithic dispersal implications of murids from late Holocene archaeological and modern natural deposits in the Talaud Islands, northern Sulawesi |
| Date: | 2018 |
| Source: | The Archaeology of Sulawesi |
| Place of Publication: | Acton, ACT, Australia |
| Publisher: | Australia National University Press |
| DOI: | 10.22459/TA48.11.2018.14 |
| Abstract: | The Sangihe-Talaud Archipelago represents a group of 77 remote islands located between the Philippines and North Sulawesi, in the northern sector of Wallacea. The Talaud Islands have a rich and significant archaeological record going back to the Pleistocene and are instrumental in understanding Pleistocene colonisation of small islands and later models of Austronesian language dispersal. Here we report on vertebrate material excavated from Leang Mandeet, a late Holocene rockshelter on Karakelang, the main island in the Talaud group. The site represents a periodically occupied shelter used for gardening. Fauna recovered predominately comprises murid elements, with at least four taxa (<i>Rattus rattus, Rattus exulans</i> and two <i>Melomys</i> species) found. The rodents show clear signs of being deposited by raptors rather than humans, unlike the small number of fish remains also recovered. DNA sequences from several <i>Rattus rattus</i> specimens are referrable to <i>Rattus rattus</i> complex lineage IV, a lineage with a southern Indochinese origins and broad modern representation through Indonesia and the Philippines. The lack of any <i>Rattus rattus</i> complex lineage II from Leang Mandeet suggests that the first agricultural inhabitants of this island did not come from Taiwan or northern Indochina, but rather that they either originated from the south or that, once established in the Talauds, opened up significant trade networks to the south and in the process acquired a significant pest. |
| Date Created: | 11/27/2018 |
| Editors: | O'Connor, Sue Bulbeck, David Meyer, Juliet |
| Volume: | 48 |
| Page Start: | 223 |
| Page End: | 242 |
| Series Editor: | O'Connor, Sue |
| Series Title: | Terra Australis |