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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP210101960
Funding Status
Active
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Funded Activity Summary
The coming of the dingo and its interaction with Indigenous Australians. This project will identify more precisely the time of the entry of dingoes into Australia and will investigate their impact on the lives of Indigenous Australians. Archaeological and anthropological evidence suggests that Indigenous people rapidly incorporated dingoes into their lives. Dingoes were used for a variety of purposes and were particularly valued as hunters by women, effectively increasing their access to meat. Impact would include a re-organisation of gender roles and an associated improvement in women's fecundity. By examining evidence for such changes, this project will significantly contribute to knowledge about implications of the arrival of a living technology in Australia and, more generally, the human/dog relationship.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 01-2021
End Date: 01-2025
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $467,536.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Archaeological Science | Archaeology | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Archaeology
