A5075314691- Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Marine animal studies overview
- Coastal and Marine Dynamics
- Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
- Echinoderm biology and ecology
- Aeolian processes and effects
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Health and Medical Research Impacts
- Conservation Techniques and Studies
- Geological formations and processes
Monash University
2023-2025
Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute
2024
The University of Queensland
2019-2021
ABSTRACT In 1976, Yosihiko H. Sinoto conducted extensive archaeological survey and excavations on Reao Atoll, Tuamotu Archipelago as part of a Japanese, multi‐disciplinary expedition led by Prof. Sachiko Hatanaka. Primarily excavating three marae four habitation sites totalling ∼180 m 2 , more than 25000 vertebrate remains were recovered. We report the jidentification analysis fauna contrast inventories from secular sacred contexts inferring ritual use pig, dog, turtle tuna (Scombridae),...
Abstract In societies without writing, ethnographically known rituals have rarely been tracked back archaeologically more than a few hundred years. At the invitation of GunaiKurnai Aboriginal Elders, we undertook archaeological excavations at Cloggs Cave in foothills Australian Alps. Country, caves were not used as residential places during early colonial period (mid-nineteenth century CE), but secluded retreats for performance by medicine men and women ‘mulla-mullung’, documented...
Archaeological sites across Australia often retain in situ evidence of momentary events, but the focus country has overwhelmingly been to excavate, and investigate, longer-term trends. In this paper we address missed opportunities responsibilities brought by a on trends, advocate for investigating short-term events retained buried archaeological record. We facilitate discussion revisiting extending 'Pompeii Premise' debates that once featured global archaeology. This is call refine...
Abstract Aquaculture is the world’s fastest growing food sector and accounts for more than 50% of fish supply. The significant growth in global aquaculture since middle 20th century has been dubbed by Blue Revolution. However, it not first Revolution to take place human history. While historically classified as low-ranking, seasonal, or starvation resources archaeological discourse, marine foods were vital that ancient communities developed exploited using a vast array strategies. Among...
Through unfamiliar and at times marginal environments, successful colonisation of the Pacific Islands relied upon introduction domesticated flora fauna as well widespread burning to reduce forests lowland vegetation for agricultural production. These transformations led extinction avifauna, reduction forests, extensive slope erosion sedimentation into valleys along shorelines. To date, most attention has been paid human-induced changes terrestrial landscape. In this paper we present...
Sea urchins (echinoids) were integrated into many aspects of prehistoric Oceanic society as they provided food, raw material for abrading tools and rare ornaments, used offerings on shrines (ko'a) in the Hawaiian Islands. We privilege seven habitation shrine assemblages (mostly dating to late prehistory; i.e., post AD 1500s) situated along a ∼12-km length rocky windward coast Moloka'i, Islands, where some densest concentrations have been recorded from Oceania. examined >185,000 urchin...
The level to which faunal remains are taxonomically identified is of fundamental importance in zooarchaeological analysis. Species identifications enable researchers utilize specific ecological data and facilitate fine-grained reconstructions human-animal-environment interactions such as prehistoric subsistence strategies, human impact on marine resources, environmental reconstruction, contemporary animal management. A case study from a late habitation complex at Kealapupuakiha, Moloka'i,...
The earliest archaeological sites anchor discussions of the timing, speed, and direction colonization continents, single archipelagos, individual islands, new discoveries oldest often cause reevaluations settlement models culture-histories at various scales. Consequently, have continued to garner great interest amongst archaeologists worldwide. Here we report a suite 21 AMS radiocarbon age determinations from deeply stratified sandy mound habitation situated an environmentally diverse...
In southeastern Australia, GunaiKurnai caves are known by current Aboriginal Elders and from nineteenth century ethnographic documents as special places used mulla-mullung (“clever men” “clever women”) for the practice of magic medicine. Pollen analysis conducted on sediments one such cave, Cloggs Cave, reveals an unusually well-preserved well-stratified pollen sequence extending back >25,000 years, with much introduced into cave people carrying flowering plants. High concentrations...
We analyzed limpets ('opihi, Cellana spp.) deposited at a shrine and two habitation structures from late prehistoric (post a.d. 1500) contemporaneous residential complex on Moloka'i, Hawaiian Islands. Using criteria for defining luxury cuisine high-status foods, such as species, size, availability, difficulty of capture, are inferred to have been greater value than those found in nearby domestic contexts. Despite rich ethnohistoric record, including detailed oral traditions religion ritual,...
In Australia as elsewhere in the world, coastal archaeological sites are increasingly threatened by rising seas and changing storm patterns, along with encroaching human activities. Understanding geomorphological context is key to understanding positioning of deposits or on landforms, their vulnerability erosion resilience capacity for longer-term management preservation. Here we review dynamics beach-barrier systems contextualise potential survive erosional processes, especially those...
The Holocene infill of an intermittently open-closed barrier estuary (Painkalac Creek/Aireys Inlet) was examined on the southern margins Australia, through aerial LiDAR, coring, sedimentology, radiocarbon dating and pollen analysis. It is found that almost all accommodation space within has been occupied, with a thick sequence (>9 m) sediments being deposited rapidly soon after flooding by sea. rate sedimentation 4.8 mm/year which closely matches sea level rise (4.5 mm/year) during 1200...
Recent excavations at Millukmungee 1, a limestone rock shelter along the upper bank of Buchan River in GunaiKurnai Country (southeastern Australia), uncovered archaeological evidence Mid- to Late Holocene occupation spanning c. 5000 years. Here we report on stone artefacts and faunal remains, especially light paucity published details artefact types technologies for this part southeast Australia. Results indicate that site was occupied only rarely from 5590–5050 cal BP (the uncertainty range...