Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0342843

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0342843

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Late Pleistocene faunal change and the formation of fossil deposits: a taphonomic approach. New insights into the relationships between environment, animal communities and humans are the key to understanding faunal extinctions from the prehistoric past to the modern day. Using taphonomic and environmental evidence, three prehistoric sites from across Australia will be examined to document faunal succession and the factors contributing to the formation of fossil deposits in each location. The outcomes include a clearer understanding of the dynamics of fauna, people and climate during a critical period in Australian prehistory as well as providing new evidence against which the current explanatory models of human impacts and climate change may be tested.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2003

End Date: 31-12-2005

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $262,400.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Palaeoecology | Archaeology | Palaeontology | Archaeological Science |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Consumption patterns, population issues and the environment | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage

Other Keywords

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage | Archaeological Science | Archaeology | Consumption patterns, population issues and the environment | Palaeoecology | Palaeontology | Understanding Australia'S Past

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