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Article: The Solo (Ngandong) Homo erectus assemblage: a taphonomic assessment.
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- Archaeology in Oceania
- Article date:
- October 1, 2005
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Abstract
This paper explores the likely taphonomic history of the Ngandong assemblage of Homo erectus. Ngandong is clearly atypical of other discoveries of hominin remains in fluvial deposits because so many crania are present, but so few other skeletal elements. The absence of isolated teeth, mandibles, and the scarcity of post-cranial elements cannot be attributed to lack of searching by the Dutch excavators in 1931-33. Although crania are preferentially transported along stream channels, and often occur as isolated finds in fluvial deposits, it is unlikely that 12 would end up in the same place through the downstream disarticulation of 12 corpses. Predators ...
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