Ref ID:	26809
Ref Type:	Journal Article
Authors:	Stone, Jessica H. Fitzpatrick, Scott M. Napolitano, Matthew F.
Title:	Disproving claims for small-bodied humans in the Palauan archipelago
Date:	2017
Source:	Antiquity
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2017.184
Abstract:	Recent excavation at Ucheliungs Cave in Palau has provided new evidence in the debate concerning the colonisation of the Palauan archipelago. An abundance of faunal material and the presence of transported artefacts contradict a previous interpretation that the site represents an early burial cave containing purported small-bodied humans. New radiocarbon dates suggest long-term use of the cave for both mortuary activity and small-scale marine foraging that may slightly precede the accepted date for the earliest human occupation of Palau. The results of this research here discount earlier claims for insular dwarfism among the earliest inhabitants of these islands.
Date Created:	4/11/2018
Volume:	91
Number:	360
Page Start:	1546
Page End:	1560