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New evidence of megafaunal bone damage indicates late colonization of Madagascar
(Public Library of Science, 2018-10-10)The estimated period in which human colonization of Madagascar began has expanded recently to 5000–1000 y B.P., six times its range in 1990, prompting revised thinking about early migration sources, routes, maritime ... -
Life goes on: Archaeobotanical investigations of diet and ritual at Angkor Thom, Cambodia (14th–15th centuries CE)
(SAGE Publications, 2018-02-02)This is the first time an archaeobotanical analysis based on macroremains, both charred and desiccated, from Cambodia is reported. The archaeobotanical samples are rich and provide evidence of rice processing, consumption ... -
Evidence for the breakdown of an Angkorian hydraulic system, and its historical implications for understanding the Khmer Empire
(Elsevier, 2017-11-10)This paper examines the construction and design of a 7-km long embankment, probably built for King Jayavarman IV between 928 and 941 CE, as part of a new capital. We calculate that the capacities of the outlets were too ... -
GIS-based evaluation of diagnostic areas in landslide susceptibility analysis of Bahluieț River Basin (Moldavian Plateau, NE Romania). Are Neolithic sites in danger?
(Elsevier, 2018-04-27)The aim of this study is to compare the predictive strenghtness of different diagnostic areas in determining landslide susceptibility using frequency ratio (FR), statistical index (SI), and analytic hierarchy process (AHP) ... -
3D Mapping of the Submerged Crowie Barge Using Electrical Resistivity Tomography
(Hindawi, 2018-05-08)This study explores the applicability and effectiveness of electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) as a tool for the high-resolution mapping of submerged and buried shipwrecks in 3D. This approach was trialled through ... -
Mapping of bioavailable strontium isotope ratios in France for archaeological provenance studies
(Elsevier, 2017-12-30)Strontium isotope ratios (87Sr/86Sr) of archaeological samples (teeth and bones) can be used to track mobility and migration across geologically distinct landscapes. However, traditional interpolation algorithms and ... -
Temporal variability in shell mound formation at Albatross Bay, northern Australia
(Public Library of Science, 2017-08-30)We report the results of 212 radiocarbon determinations from the archaeological excavation of 70 shell mound deposits in the Wathayn region of Albatross Bay, Australia. This is an intensive study of a closely co-located ... -
Scientific evidence for the identification of an Aboriginal massacre at the Sturt Creek sites on the Kimberley frontier of north-western Australia
(Elsevier, 2017-08-31)Archival research into episodes of frontier violence in the Kimberley region of Western Australia indicate that the bodies of Aboriginal victims of massacres were frequently incinerated following the event. This paper ... -
Work-integrated learning in maritime archaeology: an Australian approach
(Common Ground Publishing, 2009)In recent years the Maritime Archaeology Program (MAP) at Flinders University has developed an innovative work-integrated learning program, in association with industry partners that includes fieldwork opportunities and ... -
AMS dates and phytolith data from mud wasp and bird nests at Carpenter's Gap, Northern Australia
(Australian Archaeological Association Inc., 2002)This paper reports a small suite of AMS radiocarbon dates and phytolith data derived from mud nests collected at the Carpenter's Gap 1 rockshelter in the southwest Kimberley, a site which has a 40,000 year old human ... -
Decolonising the Museum: The National Museum of the American Indian in Washington DC
(2005)The National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), the Smithsonian Institution’s new facility on the National Mall inWashington DC, challenges the very notion of what constitutes a museum. Probably the most theoretically ... -
Annales-Informed Approaches to the Archaeology of Colonial Australia
(2003)Archaeologists have generally been slow to recognize the value of 'Annales' approaches to their discipline, and maritime archaeologists, in particular, have been even slower. The analytical framework used in this paper ... -
The abandoned ships' project: an overview of the archaeology of deliberate watercraft discard in Australia
(2006)The Abandoned Ships Project (ASP) was a research initiative of the Department of Archaeology at Flinders University, South Australia, and carried out in conjunction with the doctoral research of one of the authors. The ... -
Glass Ceilings, Glass Parasols and Australian Academic Archaeology
(2006)Within the discipline of archaeology an interest in the status of women in the workplace was a core facet of an emergent archaeology of gender. Much has been accomplished since then, and in the early twenty-first century ... -
The Adelaide Hills Face Zone as a Cultural Landscape. [abstract].
(2005)Landscape archaeology is a recent approach employed in historical and indigenous archaeology that addresses the interaction of cultural and environmental variables associated with human landscape use (Yamin and Bescherer ... -
Determination of geographic origin of unprovenanced Aboriginal skeletal remains in South Australia employing stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis.
(Australian Archaeological Association, 2002-12)Bone collagen stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis of prehistoric human remains recovered from various known localities in southeastern South Australia provide isotopic signatures that distinguish the following ... -
AMS radiocarbon dating of bone collagen: Establishing a chronology for the Swanport Aboriginal burial ground, South Australia
(Australian Archaeological Association, 2003-06)The Swanport Aboriginal skeletal population has played a significant role in physical anthropological research in Australia. This paper provides the first chronometric dates for this important burial population. AMS radio ... -
Last recorded evidence for megafauna at Wet Cave, Naracoorte, South Australia 45,000 years ago
(Australian Archaeological Association, 2002-06)The large number of stratified fossil bearing karst caves in the Naracoorte region of southeastern South Australia provide a natural laboratory to address the timing of megafaunal extinctions in southern temperate Australia. ... -
Stable isotopic analysis of prehistoric human diet in the Mariana Islands, western Pacific
(Australian Archaeological Association, 2001-06)Stable isotopic analyses of human and faunal bones provide a valuable means to differentiate marine and terrestrial food use in prehistoric tropical island environments (Keegan and DeNiro 1988; McGovern-Wilson and Quinn ... -
Bone chemistry and palaeodiet: Bioarchaeological research at Roonka Flat, lower Murray River, South Australia 1983 - 1999
(Australian Archaeological Association, 2000-06)The predominance of stone and bone in prehistoric archaeological deposits has resulted in the development of a range of methods to extract information from these important cultural resources. Since the development of ...
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