TY - CHAP
T1 - Historical and linguistic perspectives on fortified settlements in Southeastern Wallacea: Far eastern Timor in the context of southern Maluku
AU - Schapper, Antoinette
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - The remains of fortified settlements in far eastern Timor have attracted the attention of archaeologists and led to speculation regarding the underlying drivers of fortification. In this paper, I draw attention to the fact that fortified settlements were not a localised development in far eastern Timor, but in fact are characteristic of a large swathe of southern Maluku. Using evidence from the historical record and from language, I contend that fortified settlement building cannot be attributed to particular climatic or socioeconomic conditions, but is best understood as a cultural feature diffused on a regional level.
AB - The remains of fortified settlements in far eastern Timor have attracted the attention of archaeologists and led to speculation regarding the underlying drivers of fortification. In this paper, I draw attention to the fact that fortified settlements were not a localised development in far eastern Timor, but in fact are characteristic of a large swathe of southern Maluku. Using evidence from the historical record and from language, I contend that fortified settlement building cannot be attributed to particular climatic or socioeconomic conditions, but is best understood as a cultural feature diffused on a regional level.
UR - https://press.anu.edu.au/publications/series/terra-australis/forts-and-fortification-wallacea
UR - http://doi.org/10.22459/TA53.2020
U2 - 10.2307/j.ctv1bvnd1j.15
DO - 10.2307/j.ctv1bvnd1j.15
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9781760463885
T3 - Terra Australis
SP - 221
EP - 246
BT - Forts and Fortification in Wallacea
A2 - O'Connor, Sue
A2 - McWilliam, Andrew
A2 - Brockwell, Sally
PB - ANU Press
CY - Canberra
ER -