earth science

Lene Hara Cave

Lene Hara Cave is a earth science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Lene Hara Cave rather than just read about it. In short: The Lena Hara Cave is the main cave of a system of solutional caves in the Lautém District at the eastern tip of East Timor (Timor-Leste), close to the village of Tutuala. Others are Ile Kére Kére and Jerimalai.

Key takeaways

Lene Hara Cave belongs to earth science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Lene Hara Cave to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Lene Hara Cave from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The Lena Hara Cave is the main cave of a system of solutional caves in the Lautém District at the eastern tip of East Timor (Timor-Leste), close to the village of Tutuala. Others are Ile Kére Kére and Jerimalai. Lene Hara has provided evidence that Timor has been occupied by humans since at least 35,000 years Before Present and thus is evidence that humans crossed the waters of Wallacea between the Pleistocene continents of Sunda and Sahul. The cave was first investigated in 1963 by Portuguese anthropologist Antonio de Almeida, when Timor Leste was still under Portuguese rule. Radiocarbon dating of the cave taken from digs beside those investigated by Almeida, by a team led by Sue O'Connor from the Australian National University, shows deposition of shells (trochus and strombus) by transitory inhabitants beginning 35,000 years BP. O'Connor et al pointed out that the earliest occupation of Australia is dated to around 55,000 BP, so it is unclear whether the early Timor settlers belong to the same wave of colonisation as the first Australian settlers. O'Connor also reported finding in Lena Hara Holocene fish hooks made from shell, and shell beads. In May 2009, carved faces were found high in the cave, and have since been dated to 10,000 years. This was reported in the journal Antiquity of February 2011. Paintings in Ile Kére Kére are believed to be 2,000 to 6,000 years old. In March 2020, 16 hand stencils were discovered at Lene Hara cave, painted in the Pleistocene epoch.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Lene Hara Cave

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Lene Hara Cave claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In earth science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Lene Hara Cave before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Lene Hara Cave ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Lene Hara Cave

In research: Lene Hara Cave appears in earth science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Lene Hara Cave in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Lene Hara Cave is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Archaeology of Timor-Leste, Caves of Timor-Leste, Geology of Timor-Leste, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Lene Hara Cave outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Lene Hara Cave in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Lene Hara Cave means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Lene Hara Cave in simple terms?

Why does Lene Hara Cave matter?

Because it connects several earth science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Lene Hara Cave?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Lene Hara Cave.