Matenkupkum Cave
A coastal cave on New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, with intermittent occupation from about 35,000 to 20,000 years ago, part of the early maritime settlement of the Bismarck Archipelago.
Dated events and their evidence
- 33,000 BCE mainstream
Earliest dated occupation of Matenkupkum cave source
Where
3.8900° S, 152.7650° E
Sources
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