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View article: Do Recent DNA Studies Refute a 65 kya Arrival of Humans in Sahul?
Do Recent DNA Studies Refute a 65 kya Arrival of Humans in Sahul? Open
View article: Sorting the mob: using geometric morphometrics and machine learning to differentiate kangaroo postcrania for zooarchaeological applications
Sorting the mob: using geometric morphometrics and machine learning to differentiate kangaroo postcrania for zooarchaeological applications Open
Taxonomic identification of bone is one of the building blocks of zooarchaeological research into human foraging behaviour. However, it can prove difficult in regions, such as Australia, that have biodiverse taxa that are difficult to diff…
View article: Author Correction: Seed dispersal by Martu peoples promotes the distribution of native plants in arid Australia
Author Correction: Seed dispersal by Martu peoples promotes the distribution of native plants in arid Australia Open
View article: Late Pleistocene scaphopod beads from Boodie Cave and deep time traditions of personal ornamentation in northwest Australia
Late Pleistocene scaphopod beads from Boodie Cave and deep time traditions of personal ornamentation in northwest Australia Open
View article: A comparative study of early shell knife production using archaeological, experimental and ethnographic datasets: 46,000 years of Melo (Gastropoda: Volutidae) shell knife manufacture in northern Australia
A comparative study of early shell knife production using archaeological, experimental and ethnographic datasets: 46,000 years of Melo (Gastropoda: Volutidae) shell knife manufacture in northern Australia Open
We investigate archaeological evidence for the early production of Melo (or commonly named 'baler') shell knives recovered from Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene deposits in Boodie Cave, Barrow Island. The site is in the Country of Thala…
View article: Seed dispersal by Martu peoples promotes the distribution of native plants in arid Australia
Seed dispersal by Martu peoples promotes the distribution of native plants in arid Australia Open
View article: Barrow Island lithic scatters: A unique record of occupation patterns on the North West Shelf before insularisation
Barrow Island lithic scatters: A unique record of occupation patterns on the North West Shelf before insularisation Open
A key inquiry in Pleistocene human coastal adaptations asks whether coastlines were productive littoral patches that were consistently utilized over time or did fluctuating sea levels make them marginally productive patches that only suppl…
View article: Australian archaeology at the cross-roads: The next 50 years
Australian archaeology at the cross-roads: The next 50 years Open
View article: 46,000 Years of Melo Spp. (Gastropoda: Volutidae) Shell Knife Production in Northern Australia: A Comparative Study of Archaeological, Experimental and Ethnographic Datasets
46,000 Years of Melo Spp. (Gastropoda: Volutidae) Shell Knife Production in Northern Australia: A Comparative Study of Archaeological, Experimental and Ethnographic Datasets Open
View article: Regional Reponses to Global Climate Change: Exploring Anthropomorphic Depictions in Rock and Mobiliary Art Expressions from the Kimberley and Europe During the Late and Terminal Pleistocene
Regional Reponses to Global Climate Change: Exploring Anthropomorphic Depictions in Rock and Mobiliary Art Expressions from the Kimberley and Europe During the Late and Terminal Pleistocene Open
Northern Australia and particularly the Kimberley and Arnhem Land regions are well known for the intensive production of figurative anthropomorphs as a dominant theme by the terminal Pleistocene. Ongoing analysis and dating places the arch…
View article: Stone artefacts on the seabed at a submerged freshwater spring confirm a drowned cultural landscape in Murujuga, Western Australia
Stone artefacts on the seabed at a submerged freshwater spring confirm a drowned cultural landscape in Murujuga, Western Australia Open
We report the discovery and identification of five ancient stone artefacts associated with a submerged freshwater spring at the underwater archaeological site WH1 in Murujuga (Dampier Archipelago), Western Australia. A limiting date applie…
View article: Morphometric classification of kangaroo bones reveals paleoecological change in northwest Australia during the terminal Pleistocene
Morphometric classification of kangaroo bones reveals paleoecological change in northwest Australia during the terminal Pleistocene Open
View article: Histories of rock art research in Western Australia’s Kimberley, 1838–2000
Histories of rock art research in Western Australia’s Kimberley, 1838–2000 Open
Many other rock art 'styles', 'traditions' and place
View article: Superpositions and superimpositions in rock art studies: Reading the rock face at Pundawar Manbur, Kimberley, northwest Australia
Superpositions and superimpositions in rock art studies: Reading the rock face at Pundawar Manbur, Kimberley, northwest Australia Open
Patterns of superposition in rock art are often used to systematically construct style sequences. However, once on the rock, images can affect subsequent engagements with the art, the rock surface, the site, and its surrounding landscape, …
View article: Stochastic population projections in Sahul refine the human-refugia hypothesis for early Last Glacial Maximum
Stochastic population projections in Sahul refine the human-refugia hypothesis for early Last Glacial Maximum Open
Pleistocene archaeology in Australia has focussed on the survival and behaviour of Indigenous populations across Sahul during the Last Glacial Maximum (28.6 ± 2.8 ka to 17.7 ± 2.2 ka). A long-standing conceptual model proposes people occup…
View article: Morphometric classification of kangaroo bones reveals paleoecological change in northwest Australia during the terminal Pleistocene
Morphometric classification of kangaroo bones reveals paleoecological change in northwest Australia during the terminal Pleistocene Open
Specimen identification is the backbone of archeozoological research. The challenge of differentiating postcranial skeletal elements of closely related wild animals in biodiverse regions can prove a barrier to understanding past human fora…
View article: A pilot study into the geochronological and geomorphic context for the archaeology of Barrow Island, Western Australia
A pilot study into the geochronological and geomorphic context for the archaeology of Barrow Island, Western Australia Open
View article: Macropod Bone Apatite Isotopic Analysis as Evidence for Recent Environmental Change at Bandicoot Bay Pearling Camp, Barrow Island, Australia
Macropod Bone Apatite Isotopic Analysis as Evidence for Recent Environmental Change at Bandicoot Bay Pearling Camp, Barrow Island, Australia Open
View article: Determining the origin and changing shape of landscape‐scale rock formations with three‐dimensional modelling: The Borologa rock shelters, Kimberley region, Australia
Determining the origin and changing shape of landscape‐scale rock formations with three‐dimensional modelling: The Borologa rock shelters, Kimberley region, Australia Open
Archaeologists often wonder how and when rock shelters formed, yet their origins and antiquity are almost never systematically investigated. Here we present a new method to determine how and when individual boulders and rock shelters came …
View article: Stochastic models support rapid peopling of Late Pleistocene Sahul
Stochastic models support rapid peopling of Late Pleistocene Sahul Open
View article: Isotopic Indications of Late Pleistocene and Holocene Paleoenvironmental Changes at Boodie Cave Archaeological Site, Barrow Island, Western Australia
Isotopic Indications of Late Pleistocene and Holocene Paleoenvironmental Changes at Boodie Cave Archaeological Site, Barrow Island, Western Australia Open
This paper presents the first application of mammal tooth enamel carbonate stable isotope analysis for the purpose of investigating late Pleistocene–early Holocene environmental change in an Australian archaeological context. Stable carbon…
View article: Metal burial: Understanding caching behaviour and contact material culture in Australia's NE Kimberley
Metal burial: Understanding caching behaviour and contact material culture in Australia's NE Kimberley Open
This paper explores identity and the recursive impacts of cross-cultural colonial encounters on individuals, cultural materials, and cultural practices in 20th-century northern Australia. We focus on an assemblage of cached metal objects a…
View article: Palaeoecology and sea level changes: Decline of mammal species richness during late Quaternary island formation in the Montebello Islands, north-western Australia
Palaeoecology and sea level changes: Decline of mammal species richness during late Quaternary island formation in the Montebello Islands, north-western Australia Open
Piper, Cassia J., Veth, Peter M. (2021): Palaeoecology and sea level changes: Decline of mammal species richness during late Quaternary island formation in the Montebello Islands, north-western Australia. Palaeontologia Electronica (a20) 2…
View article: A different paradigm for the colonisation of Sahul
A different paradigm for the colonisation of Sahul Open
Allen and O'Connell published “A different paradigm for the initial colonisation of Sahul” in the first number of Archaeology in Oceania this year (55: 1–14). We invited comments from several scholars and a riposte from the authors.
View article: Investigating the Anthropic Construction of Rock Art Sites Through Archaeomorphology: the Case of Borologa, Kimberley, Australia
Investigating the Anthropic Construction of Rock Art Sites Through Archaeomorphology: the Case of Borologa, Kimberley, Australia Open
View article: 12,000-Year-old Aboriginal rock art from the Kimberley region, Western Australia
12,000-Year-old Aboriginal rock art from the Kimberley region, Western Australia Open
Radiocarbon-dated mud wasp nests provide a terminal Pleistocene age estimate for an Australian Aboriginal rock art style.
View article: The point of pearling: Colonial pearl fisheries and the historical translocation of Aboriginal and Asian workers in Australia’s Northwest
The point of pearling: Colonial pearl fisheries and the historical translocation of Aboriginal and Asian workers in Australia’s Northwest Open
View article: Kimberley Rock Art
Kimberley Rock Art Open
View article: ‘Kimberley Stout figures’: a new rock art style for Kimberley rock art, North-Western Australia
‘Kimberley Stout figures’: a new rock art style for Kimberley rock art, North-Western Australia Open
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View article: A Strategy for Assessing Continuity in Terrestrial and Maritime Landscapes from Murujuga (Dampier Archipelago), North West Shelf, Australia
A Strategy for Assessing Continuity in Terrestrial and Maritime Landscapes from Murujuga (Dampier Archipelago), North West Shelf, Australia Open
Over the last 20,000 years, one third of the continental land mass of Australia, or 2.12 million km(2), has been drowned by postglacial sea-level rise. Much of this drowned territory is thought to have been occupied by humans. Where archae…