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Rock art and frontier conflict in Southeast Asia: Insights from direct radiocarbon ages for the large human figures of Gua Sireh, Sarawak by Huntley, Jillian, Taçon, Paul S C, Jalandoni, Andrea, Petchey, Fiona, Dotte-Sarout, Emilie, William, Mohammad Sherman Sauffi

“…Gua Sireh, located in western Sarawak (Malaysian Borneo), is known for its rock art. The cave houses hundreds of charcoal drawings depicting people, often with…”
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The Timing and Nature of Human Colonization of Southeast Asia in the Late Pleistocene: A Rock Art Perspective by Aubert, Maxime, Brumm, Adam, Taçon, Paul S. C.

“…Recent technological developments in scientific dating methods and their applications to a broad range of materials have transformed our ability to accurately…”
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Analysis of the Preserved Amino Acid Bias in Peptide Profiles of Iron Age Teeth from a Tropical Environment Enable Sexing of Individuals Using Amelogenin MRM by Wasinger, Valerie C., Curnoe, Darren, Bustamante, Sonia, Mendoza, Raynold, Shoocongdej, Rasmi, Adler, Lewis, Baker, Andy, Chintakanon, Kanoknart, Boel, Ceridwen, Tacon, Paul S.C.

“…The first dental proteomic profile of Iron Age individuals (ca. 2000–1000 years B.P.), collected from the site of Long Long Rak rock shelter in northwest…”
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A Hominin Femur with Archaic Affinities from the Late Pleistocene of Southwest China by Curnoe, Darren, Ji, Xueping, Liu, Wu, Bao, Zhende, Taçon, Paul S C, Ren, Liang

“…The number of Late Pleistocene hominin species and the timing of their extinction are issues receiving renewed attention following genomic evidence for…”
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Rare Late Pleistocene-early Holocene human mandibles from the Niah Caves (Sarawak, Borneo) by Curnoe, Darren, Datan, Ipoi, Zhao, Jian-Xin, Leh Moi Ung, Charles, Aubert, Maxime, Sauffi, Mohammed S, Mei, Goh Hsiao, Mendoza, Raynold, Taçon, Paul S C

“…The skeletal remains of Late Pleistocene-early Holocene humans are exceptionally rare in island Southeast Asia. As a result, the identity and physical…”
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Kaparlgoo Blue: On the Adoption of Laundry Blue Pigment into the Visual Culture of Western Arnhem Land, Australia by Miller, Emily, May, Sally K., Goldhahn, Joakim, Taçon, Paul S. C., Cooper, Victor

“…It has been argued that laundry blue (whitener) was introduced into western Arnhem Land in the second half of the 1920s by missionaries, where it was used by…”
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The re-emergence of nganaparru (water buffalo) into the culture, landscape and rock art of western Arnhem Land by May, Sally K, Tacon, Paul S.C, Jalandoni, Andrea, Goldhahn, Joakim, Wesley, Daryl, Tsang, Roxanne, Mangiru, Kenneth

“…The introduction of new animals into hunter-gatherer societies produces a variety of cultural responses. This article explores the role of rock art in western…”
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Australian Pleistocene rock art by Taçon, Paul S. C.

“…Obtaining accurate dates for rock art is important to both archaeologists and Aboriginal Traditional Owners, but a lack of organic material associated with…”
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Archaeology of animate ancestors and entanglement at Mayarnjarn in the Wellington Range region, Northern Territory by Wright, Duncan, Nejman, Ladislav, Skitmore, Steve, Brennan, Wayne, Parkes, Rebecca, Lamilami, Ronald, Taçon, Paul S. C.

“…ABSTRACT The Wellington Range region, in far Northern Australia, provides a remarkable record of cultural encounter. Cathedral‐sized rock art galleries include…”
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New and Emerging Challenges to Heritage and Well-Being: A Critical Review by Taçon, Paul S.C., Baker, Sarah

“…In the past decade, scholarship has documented the ways in which interacting with different forms of heritage impact individual and/or community well-being, as…”
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Possible Signatures of Hominin Hybridization from the Early Holocene of Southwest China by Curnoe, Darren, Ji, Xueping, Taçon, Paul S. C., Yaozheng, Ge

“…We have previously described hominin remains with numerous archaic traits from two localities (Maludong and Longlin Cave) in Southwest China dating to the…”
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High-precision U-series dating of the late Pleistocene – early Holocene rock paintings at Tiger Leaping Gorge, Jinsha River valley, southwestern China by Wu, Yun, Jiao, Yanuo, Ji, Xueping, Taçon, Paul S.C., Yang, Zhijian, He, Siqi, Jin, Mangu, Li, Yinghua, Shao, Qingfeng

“…Paleolithic rock paintings are known from many parts of the world, including Africa, Australia, Europe and Island Southeast Asia. However, no Paleolithic rock…”
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The global implications of the early surviving rock art of greater Southeast Asia by Taçon, Paul S.C., Tan, Noel Hidalgo, O’Connor, Sue, Xueping, Ji, Gang, Li, Curnoe, Darren, Bulbeck, David, Hakim, Budianto, Sumantri, Iwan, Than, Heng, Sokrithy, Im, Chia, Stephen, Khun-Neay, Khuon, Kong, Soeung

“…The rock art of Southeast Asia has been less thoroughly studied than that of Europe or Australia, and it has generally been considered to be more recent in…”
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Meaningful choices and relational networks: Analysing western Arnhem Land’s Painted Hand rock art style using chaîne opératoire by Brady, Liam M., Taylor, Luke, May, Sally K., Taçon, Paul S.C.

“…•Study of design conventions used in highly distinctive Painted Hand rock art style.•Analysis reveals extensive inventory of design conventions for artists to…”
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Who let the dogs in? A review of the recent genetic evidence for the introduction of the dingo to Australia and implications for the movement of people by Fillios, Melanie A., Taçon, Paul S.C.

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Testing the value of low-cost Structure-from-Motion (SfM) photogrammetry for metric and visual analysis of rock art by Jalandoni, Andrea, Domingo, Inés, Taçon, Paul S.C.

“…The discussion of digital photogrammetry and/or 3D laser scanning for recording the geometry of rock art sites is not new, but the production of high-quality…”
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Rock art and long-distance prehistoric exchange behavior: A case study from Auwim, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea by Tsang, Roxanne, Pleiber, William, Kariwiga, Jason, Plutniak, Sébastien, Forestier, Hubert, Taçon, Paul S.C., Ricaut, François-Xavier, Leavesley, Matthew G.

“…Since 1909, patrol officers, anthropologists, archaeologists, and others have identified evidence of a pre-contact trading network linking New Guinea with the…”
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Narlim's Fingerprints: Aboriginal Histories and Rock Art by May, Sally K., Rademaker, Laura, Goldhahn, Joakim, Taçon, Paul S. C., Narndal Gumurdul, Julie

“…This article takes an interdisciplinary approach to understanding Aboriginal rock art artists, drawing together insights from the disciplines of archaeology…”
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From rock art to contemporary art: Indigenous depictions of trains, planes and automobiles by Taçon, Paul S. C.

“…A number of recent studies have shown that ships are a common subject of contact period rock art in Australia and some other countries. More generally, one of…”
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Hand stencils and communal history: A case study from Auwim, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea by Tsang, Roxanne, Katuk, Sebastien, May, Sally K., Taçon, Paul S.C., Ricaut, François‐Xavier, Leavesley, Matthew G.

“…ABSTRACT Hand stencils directly represent modern humans in landscape settings around the world. Yet their social and cultural contexts are often overlooked due…”
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