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Terminal Pleistocene to mid-Holocene occupation and an early cremation burial at Ille Cave, Palawan, Philippines

Helen Lewis, Victor Paz, Myra Lara, Huw Barton, Philip J. Piper, Janine Ochoa, Timothy Vitales, A Carlos, Tom Higham, Leee Anthony M. Neri, Vito Hernandez, Janelle Stevenson, Emil Robles, Andrea Malaya M. Ragragio, Rojo Padilla, Wilhelm G. Solheim, Wilfredo P. Ronquillo

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Excavations at a cave site on the island of Palawan in the Philippines show occupation from c. 11000 BP. A fine assemblage of tools and faunal remains shows the reliance of hunter-foragers switching from deer to pig. In 9500-9000 BP, a human cremation burial in a container was emplaced, the earliest yet known in the region.

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Key concepts: Cave, Archaeology, Pleistocene, Holocene, Excavation, Assemblage (archaeology), Geology, Faunal assemblage