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[C19T3] - Archaeologists discover evidence of prehistoric island settlers

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Archaeologists discover evidence of prehistoric island settlers

[C19T3] - Archaeologists discover evidence of prehistoric island settlers

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You should spend about 20 minutes on questions 1 - 13 which are based on Reading Passage 1 below.

Archaeologists discover evidence of prehistoric island settlers

In early April 2019, Dr Ceri Shipton and his colleagues from Australian National University became the first archaeologists to explore Obi, one of many tropical islands in Indonesia's Maluku Utara province. The research team's discoveries suggest that the prehistoric people who lived on Obi were adept on both land and sea, hunting in the dense rainforest, foraging on the seashore,

The excavations were part of a project to learn more about how people first dispersed from mainland Asia, through the Indonesian archipelago and into the prehistoric continent that once

Just inland from the village of Keio on Obi's northern coast, Shipton and his colleagues found two caves containing prehistoric rock shelters that were suitable for excavation. With

The oldest cultural layers from the Keio site provided the team with the earliest record for human occupation on Obi, dating back around 18,000 years. At this time

Roughly 11,700 years ago, as the most recent ice age ended, the climate became significantly warmer and wetter, no doubt making Obi's jungle much thicker. According to the

Judging by the bones which the researchers unearthed in the Keio caves, people living there mainly hunted the Rothschild's cuscus, a possum-like creature that still lives on Obi today.

Shipton's team's excavation of the shelters at the Keio site unearthed a volcanic glass substance called obsidian, which must have been brought over from another island, as there is

The excavations suggest people successfully lived in the two Keio shelters for about 10,000 years. But then, about 8,000 years ago, both were abandoned. Did the residents leave

Whatever the reason for the departure, there is no evidence for use of the Keio shelters after this time, until about 1,000 years ago, when they were re-occupied by

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Archaeologists discover evidence of prehistoric island settlers

Archaeologists discover evidence of prehistoric island settlers

Archaeological findings on Obi