# Stalagmites from Liang Bua used for the rainfall record

> Stalagmites from Liang Bua used for the rainfall record

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-floresiensis/artifacts/ART0CZNMY963CH3/stalagmites-from-liang-bua-used-for-the-rainfall-record  
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**ART** 0CZNMY963CH3·Artifact · sample

# Stalagmites from Liang Bua used for the rainfall record

Samplepublic (NOAA World Data Service for Paleoclimatology)Growth spanning the Homo floresiensis levels; aridification from 61,000 years ago

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**Not kept here.** This copy isn't ours to show. [See it where it's published](https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/paleo-search/study/43559).

Gagan and others. public (NOAA World Data Service for Paleoclimatology)

## Copies 1

**Dataset** Gagan and others · ncei.noaa.gov · 2025 · public (NOAA World Data Service for Paleoclimatology)Primary source: [Liang Bua speleothem geochemistry, rainfall reconstruction and Stegodon enamel isotopes (NOAA NCEI study 43559)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CZNMBZ860RY/liang-bua-speleothem-geochemistry-rainfall-reconstruction)2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/paleo-search/study/43559)

## Where it was made

[Liang Bua, Manggarai, Flores](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CZNMCPP34BN/liang-bua-manggarai-flores) · Cave

## Sources 1

- [Onset of summer aridification and the decline of Homo floresiensis at Liang Bua 61,000 years ago](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CZNMB000TDM/onset-of-summer-aridification-and-the-decline-of-homo)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Stalagmites from Liang Bua used for the rainfall record [Artifact ART0CZNMY963CH3]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0CZNMY963CH3
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Key

**ART** 0CZNMY963CH3

Kind

Sample

Held by

Australian National University and Indonesian partners (to confirm)

Dated

growth spanning the Homo floresiensis levels; aridification from 61,000 years ago

Licence

public (NOAA World Data Service for Paleoclimatology)

Place

[Liang Bua, Manggarai, Flores](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CZNMCPP34BN/liang-bua-manggarai-flores)

Part of

[Homo floresiensis, the origin of the Flores "hobbits"](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/homo-floresiensis)

The record

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