Papers by Emil Robles
The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology, Dec 16, 2014
Palaeogeographic reconstructions of Palawan Island using Geographic Information Systems based on ... more Palaeogeographic reconstructions of Palawan Island using Geographic Information Systems based on present-day bathymetry show extensive changes in land area with respect to sea-level fluctuations during the Late Quaternary. Our analysis shows that a lowering of at least 135 meters from present-day levels is needed in order to expose a narrow land connection between Palawan and Sundaland. This most likely last occurred during OIS 12 (ca. 440 Ka) and probably OIS 16 (ca. 630 Ka), facilitating overland colonization between the two islands. The reconstructions further illustrate the extent of land exposed, which was likely covered by open savannah vegetation during the LGP and inhabited by several large mammal species now extinct on the island. Sea-level rise at the end of the Pleistocene caused the inundation of shallow shelves of Palawan, and this, accompanied by a conversion to closed rainforest environments, was probably responsible for the disappearance of most of the large mammal fauna of Palawan. Coastline reconstructions demonstrate that the appearance of mid-Holocene shell middens in the Philippine archaeological record is due to the formation and proximity of mangrove forests during sea-level high-stand, rather than a consequence of changes in human subsistence strategies.
antiquity, 2008
Résumé/Abstract Excavations at a cave site on the island of Palawan in the Philippines show occup... more Résumé/Abstract 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.
Excavations at a cave site on the island of Palawan in the Philippines show occupation from c. 11... more 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.
Excavations at the Ille site in north Palawan have produced a large Terminal Pleistocene to Late ... more Excavations at the Ille site in north Palawan have produced a large Terminal Pleistocene to Late Holocene faunal assemblage. Derived both from the natural deaths of small mammals and the human hunting of large and intermediate game, the bone assemblage provides important new information about changes
in the composition and structure of the mammal community of Palawan over the last ca. 14 000 years. The Ille zooarchaeological record chronicles the terrestrial vertebrate fauna of the island, and the disappearance of several large taxa since the end of the last glacial period due to environmental change and human impacts.
Recent excavations in northern Palawan, Philippines
provide zooarchaeological and macrobotanical ... more Recent excavations in northern Palawan, Philippines
provide zooarchaeological and macrobotanical evidence
documenting human occupation and changes
in faunal composition and subsistence strategies.
Here we present the archaeobiological record of Pasimbahan-
Magsanib site dating from c. 10,500 yr. BP to the subrecent.
The terrestrial vertebrate record provides for a more robust
Palawan biostratigraphy and chronicles Late Quaternary changes in mammalian composition and human responses to the changing abundance of large mammal communities. Well-stratified shell layers and middens contain a wide variety of taxa derived from freshwater, estuarine and marine environments that also provide insights on varying subsistence strategies and the local ecology. Macrobotanical evidence provides further evidence for both foraging and possible plant management strategies in the Holocene.
Quaternary International, 2011
Excavations at the Ille site in north Palawan have produced a large Terminal Pleistocene to Late ... more Excavations at the Ille site in north Palawan have produced a large Terminal Pleistocene to Late Holocene faunal assemblage. Derived both from the natural deaths of small mammals and the human hunting of large and intermediate game, the bone assemblage provides important new information about changes in the composition and structure of the mammal community of Palawan over the last ca. 14 000 years. The Ille zooarchaeological record chronicles the terrestrial vertebrate fauna of the island, and the disappearance of several large taxa since the end of the last glacial period due to environmental change and human impacts.
Unpublished reports by Emil Robles
Victor Paz, Wilfredo Ronquillo, Helen Lewis, Peter Lape, Emil Robles, Vito Hernandez, Noel Amano,... more Victor Paz, Wilfredo Ronquillo, Helen Lewis, Peter Lape, Emil Robles, Vito Hernandez, Noel Amano, Mindy Ceron, Deo Cuerdo, and Wilhelm Solheim With contributions from Alfred Pawlik, Yvette Balbaligo, David McGahan, Joseph Foronda
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Papers by Emil Robles
in the composition and structure of the mammal community of Palawan over the last ca. 14 000 years. The Ille zooarchaeological record chronicles the terrestrial vertebrate fauna of the island, and the disappearance of several large taxa since the end of the last glacial period due to environmental change and human impacts.
provide zooarchaeological and macrobotanical evidence
documenting human occupation and changes
in faunal composition and subsistence strategies.
Here we present the archaeobiological record of Pasimbahan-
Magsanib site dating from c. 10,500 yr. BP to the subrecent.
The terrestrial vertebrate record provides for a more robust
Palawan biostratigraphy and chronicles Late Quaternary changes in mammalian composition and human responses to the changing abundance of large mammal communities. Well-stratified shell layers and middens contain a wide variety of taxa derived from freshwater, estuarine and marine environments that also provide insights on varying subsistence strategies and the local ecology. Macrobotanical evidence provides further evidence for both foraging and possible plant management strategies in the Holocene.
Unpublished reports by Emil Robles
in the composition and structure of the mammal community of Palawan over the last ca. 14 000 years. The Ille zooarchaeological record chronicles the terrestrial vertebrate fauna of the island, and the disappearance of several large taxa since the end of the last glacial period due to environmental change and human impacts.
provide zooarchaeological and macrobotanical evidence
documenting human occupation and changes
in faunal composition and subsistence strategies.
Here we present the archaeobiological record of Pasimbahan-
Magsanib site dating from c. 10,500 yr. BP to the subrecent.
The terrestrial vertebrate record provides for a more robust
Palawan biostratigraphy and chronicles Late Quaternary changes in mammalian composition and human responses to the changing abundance of large mammal communities. Well-stratified shell layers and middens contain a wide variety of taxa derived from freshwater, estuarine and marine environments that also provide insights on varying subsistence strategies and the local ecology. Macrobotanical evidence provides further evidence for both foraging and possible plant management strategies in the Holocene.