Climate and Subsistence: An Overview on Climate Change and its Relationship with the Shift of Fauna in Prehistoric Culture in Indonesia

Aldo Gadra Paulus Simatupang1* and Andry Hikari Damai2

Temperature change during the late Pleistocene to Late Holocene has affected human culture especially on its diet and subsistence option. The aforementioned diet change has also coincided with other culture changes such as settlement patterns, tools development and religious practices (such as ritual). This study explored the role of faunal remains in prehistoric sites in Indonesia with its relation to global climate change. For example, previous research has shown a shift of mollusc remains in Leang Sarru that corresponds with the global temperature change from Late Pleistocene to Late Holocene era. This study focuses on finding the cultural pattern of faunal remains with its relation to its archeological sites' context through cluster analysis. The aim of the study is to highlight the correlation of temperature change during late Pleistocene to Late Holocene era to Indonesia prehistoric faunal remains and its role in prehistoric culture. The transition from Late Pleistocene to Late Holocene has also marked a shift of more diverse prehistoric cultures, such as the diversification of burial sites that includes gender-specific patterns and an introduction of grave goods.