Excavation data from Eripe 1 rock shelter, Papua New Guinea

Data from archaeological excavations made in 2024 at the Eripe 1 rockshelter, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea, by the Papuan Past Project team. This dataset can be visualised using the online archeoViz application.

This dataset includes piece-plotted objects and some objects from  the sieved materials (note that pebbles were piece-plotted in spit 1 and then retrieved from the sieve). The archaeological assemblage includes mainly lithic and faunal remains,  some beads, and charcoal samples.

• id: unique identifier in the dataset
• id_plot: unique identifier attributed during excavation
• layer:  number of the 10 cm spits, defined from objects' altitude
• layer_recorded:  spit recorded during the excavation
• object_type: type of archaeological remain
• object_subtype: subtype of archaeological remain
• object_fauna.anatomy: when available about faunal remains, anatomical parts
• object_lithic.material: lithic raw material
• object_local.interpretation: description of objects by local Pawaian helpers during the excavation