New publications: Quaternary International issue about Southeast Asia Prehistory

The proceedings of the “Southeast Asia: Human Evolution, Dispersals and Adaptation” session held in 2014 in Burgos (IUSPP Conference) have been published in a special issue of Quaternary International.

MAFBO’s team members offered two contributions, concerning respectively lithic and pottery materials:

• Michel Grenet, Josette Sarel, Ruly Fauzy, Adhi Agus Oktaviana, Bambang Sugiyanto, Jean-Michel Chazine, François-Xavier Ricaut,, New insights on the late Pleistocene–Holocene lithic industry in East Kalimantan (Borneo): The contribution of three rock shelter sites in the karstic area of the Mangkalihat peninsula, Quaternary International, Volume 416, Pages 126-150, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2015.11.044.
• Sébastien Plutniak, Astolfo Araujo, Simon Puaud, Jean-Georges Ferrié, Adhi Agus Oktaviana, Bambang Sugiyanto, Jean-Michel Chazine, François-Xavier Ricaut, Borneo as a half empty pot: Pottery assemblage from Liang Abu, East Kalimantan, Quaternary International, Volume 416, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2015.11.080.

Two other papers should be emphasized: the first one concerning genetics evidences, and the second one –offered by our indonesian colleagues– presents their excavations in Java:

• Pradiptajati Kusuma, Murray P. Cox, Nicolas Brucato, Herawati Sudoyo, Thierry Letellier, François-Xavier Ricaut,, Western Eurasian genetic influences in the Indonesian archipelago, Quaternary International, Volume 416, 19 September 2016, Pages 243-248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2015.06.048.

• M. Ruly Fauzi, M.M. Ansyori, D. Prastiningtyas, M.F.S. Intan, U.P. Wibowo, Wulandari, H. Rahmanendra, H. Widianto, T. Simanjuntak, Matar: A forgotten but promising Pleistocene locality in East Java, Quaternary International, Volume 416, Pages 183-192, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2015.12.091.

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