[Aqualist] ARC grant outcomes in Quaternary Studies and Archaeology

[Aaron Fogel]

Huh?

5 of the 6 DECRAs were archaeologically focused. Only one was paleo. 

And you saw Lynley, Heather and Bryce got up too. 


Aaron

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> On 18 Nov 2019, at 3:23 pm, Simon Haberle <simon.haberle at anu.edu.au> wrote:
> 
> Dear colleagues,
> 
> The Australian Research Council (ARC) season of funding announcements is upon us, somewhat transformed from previous years with embargoes and shifting announcement dates across the nation. Nevertheless, funding is critical for academic careers and research and the ARC has recently announced the Linkage Project grants, Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards and the Future Fellowship grants. See below the successful grants in the broad fields of Quaternary Studies and Archaeology.
> 
> Congratulations to all those who have been successful.
> 
> Simon Haberle
> Director, School of Culture, History & Language
> Professor of Natural History
> ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage
> 
> DECRA
> 
> The Australian National University
> 
> Dr Stuart Hawkins (DE200100133)
> Early animal husbandry and socio-political complexity in the Asia-Pacific.
> This project will investigate the origins of animal husbandry and its link to the creation of wealth, the development of socio-political prestige systems, the rise of inequality, and the coevolutionary effects of the domestication process on pigs. It focuses on 15 stratified Neolithic archaeological sites in the tropical island region of Island Southeast Asia and the Pacific dating between 4000-500 years ago. An expected outcome will be the establishment of an integrated evolutionary theoretical model that could be applied to analyzing agricultural transitions globally. Such a model predicts socio-political and rational economic strategies in pig management systems and can be tested using zooarchaeological analyses. Funding: $409,297.00
> 
> The University of New South Wales
> 
> Dr Zoë Thomas (DE200100907)
> Investigating the synchroneity of global atmospheric shifts in the Holocene.
> The austral mid-latitude westerly winds dominate Southern Hemisphere climate variability today (including the Australasian region) and are tightly coupled to the Southern Ocean, modulating the air-sea CO2 flux. However, short instrumental records in the south make future climate projections uncertain. This Project will develop the first highly-detailed reconstructions of westerly airflow from targeted Southern Ocean islands during key periods of change, representing a range of climate states over the Holocene (the last 11,650 yrs). Intensive radiocarbon dating will allow precise alignment to a network of palaeoclimate records to test the timing, drivers and impacts of circulation change across Australia and globally. Funding: $426,715.00
> 
> University of Wollongong
> 
> Dr Sam Lin (DE200100502)
> The hobbit's tools and the evolution of human behaviour in Southeast Asia.
> This project aims to investigate the behavioural evolution of the extinct Homo floresiensis (the 'hobbit') and modern humans on Flores, Indonesia. Using innovative, interdisciplinary approaches to integrate stone tools with simulation modelling, this project expects to generate new understanding about the behavioural strategies of the two human species and their interactions with the Flores environment over the past 190,000 years. Anticipated outcomes include refined knowledge of human evolution and interaction in island Southeast Asia, and innovative experimental methods for the study of stone tools. This will emphasise Australia's role in international human evolution research, and inform the study of comparable stone tools in Australia. Funding: $427,116.00
> 
> The University of Melbourne
> 
> Dr Amy Prendergast (DE200100890)
> Rapid climate change, early modern human dispersal, and Neanderthal demise.
> Why are we the only surviving human species? This project aims to investigate whether seasonal environmental changes associated with rapid climate change events played a role in the expansion of our own species and the demise of Neanderthals between 60,000-30,000 years ago. The project will generate quantitative, sub-seasonal records of past climate variability using novel multi-proxy analyses from key archaeological sites, offering a framework for understanding early human responses to extreme climate fluctuations. This may inform our strategies for coping with future extreme scenarios. These unparalleled records will also provide data to test and refine climate models, enabling a better understanding of Earth’s climate system. Funding: $427,082.00
> 
> Monash University
> 
> Dr Robert Skelly (DE200100544)
> Reconnecting the Histories of Papuan, Australian and Oceanic Seascapes.
> This project aims to investigate connections between Papuan, Australian and Oceanic seascapes created by a westward expansion by Lapita seafarers 3000 years ago. The project raises and addresses new questions about the maintenance of regional social relationships with an innovative archaeological approach that focuses on the edges of cultural domains where people met and shared ideas. Expected outcomes include enhanced research collaborations and improved regulatory capacity. Reconnecting seascapes is expected to inform and benefit academic and government responses to heritage conservation and align with Australian Government aspirations to conserve regional cultural heritage and enable economic development through strategic collaboration. Funding: $418,810.00
> 
> The University of Western Australia
> 
> Dr Emilie Dotte-Sarout (DE200100597)
> Pacific Matildas: finding the women in the history of Pacific archaeology.
> This project aims to investigate the scientific lives and contributions of women in the development of a particular discipline; using Pacific archaeology as a case study. The history of science has traditionally produced gender biased narratives, so an innovative interdisciplinary approach will be developed to document the hidden role of women in the history of archaeology. New knowledge will be generated in the history of science, archaeology and gender studies. Anticipated outcomes include (i) a more inclusive history that provides diverse role models of women in science from our region, (ii) the identification of socio-cultural patterns limiting women's careers and successful strategies historically developed to overcome these. Funding: $399,551.00
> 
> 
> LINKAGE PROJECTS
> 
> The University of Notre Dame Australia
> 
> Dr Lynley Wallis; Associate Professor Heather Burke; Dr Jillian Huntley; Dr Jonathan Osborn; Professor Bryce Barker; Professor Maxime Aubert; Dr Daryl Wesley; Dr Tristen Jones; Professor Nigel Spooner; Dr Noelene Cole (LP190100194)
> Aboriginal rock art and cultural heritage management in Cape York Peninsula.
> The Laura Sandstone Basin of Cape York Peninsula hosts one of the richest bodies of rock art in Australia and the world. It documents the life-ways of generations of Aboriginal Australians from their original settlement, through major environmental changes, to European invasion. This vast area, much of which is now jointly managed as National Parks by Traditional Owners, remains virtually unexplored archaeologically. This project aims to record this unique rock art so that its testimony remains for future generations. This will provide a framework for its sustainable management and findings will have profound implications for our understandings of the cultural behaviour and dispersal of the earliest modern humans to colonise Australia.
> Balnggarrawarra Aboriginal Corporation; South Cape York Catchments Inc.; Buubu Gujin Aboriginal Corporation; Cape Melville Flinders & Howick Islands Aboriginal Corporation; Department of Environment and Science; South Cape York Catchments Inc.- Laura Indigenous Land And Sea Rangers; Wallis Heritage Consulting; Waarnthuurr-Iin Aboriginal Corporation. Funding: $1,342,000.00
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