Not a bathtub: A consideration of sea-level physics for archaeological models of human migration

• Published in: Journal of Archaeological Science
• Main Authors: Borreggine, Marisa, Powell, Evelyn, Pico, Tamara, Mitrovica, Jerry X., Meadow, Richard, Tryon, Christian
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 1479
• Subjects: Dover; Sunda; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://authors.library.caltech.edu/112022/; https://authors.library.caltech.edu/112022/1/1-s2.0-S0305440321001771-main.pdf; https://authors.library.caltech.edu/112022/2/1-s2.0-S0305440321001771-mmc1.docx; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20211123-212840283

Accurately reconstructing past sea level is key to simulating potential migration pathways of ancient hominins, including early Homo sapiens. Models of ancient human migration events commonly construct estimates of paleoenvironments using the “bathtub” model, in which sea level is assumed to rise an...