Amy Roberts

Morphological analysis and radiocarbon dating of non-returning boomerangs from Cooper Creek/Kinipapa (Northeast South Australia)

Publisher: Informa UK Limited

Date: 03-11-2022

DOI: 10.1080/03122417.2021.1994685

Analysis and contextualisation of a Holocene bone point from Murrawong (Glen Lossie), Lower Murray River Gorge, South Australia

Publisher: Informa UK Limited

Date: 02-01-2021

DOI: 10.1080/03122417.2021.1886893

Holocene freshwater history of the Lower River Murray and its terminal lakes, Alexandrina and Albert, South Australia, and its relevance to contemporary environmental management

Publisher: Informa UK Limited

Date: 31-01-2022

DOI: 10.1080/08120099.2022.2019115

A report on a tektite (australite) artefact from Calperum Station in the western central River Murray region, South Australia

Publisher: Informa UK Limited

Date: 02-01-2020

DOI: 10.1080/03122417.2020.1752432

The ‘very stillness of things’: object biographies of sailcloth and fishing net from the Point Pearce Aboriginal Mission (Burgiyana) colonial archive, South Australia

Publisher: Informa UK Limited

Date: 14-03-2016

DOI: 10.1080/00438243.2016.1195770

‘They call ‘im Crowie’: An investigation of the Aboriginal significance attributed to a wrecked River Murray barge in South Australia

Publisher: Informa UK Limited

Date: 25-11-2017

DOI: 10.1111/1095-9270.12208

An investigation of human responses to climatic fluctuations at Allen’s Cave, South Australia, from ca 40,000 to 5,000 BP, by a technological analysis of stone artefacts

Publisher: Informa UK Limited

Date: 02-01-2018

DOI: 10.1080/03122417.2018.1458446

Combining Indigenous and Maritime Archaeological Approaches: Experiences and Insights from the '(Re)locating Narrunga Project', Yorke Peninsula, South Australia

Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Date: 09-05-2013

DOI: 10.1007/S11457-013-9108-2

1500 Years of Pottery: Neutron Activation Analysis of Northern Chilean Domestic Ceramics from Caleta Vitor and Clay Samples from Nearby Valley, Coast and Highland Contexts

Publisher: Wiley

Date: 16-12-2016

DOI: 10.1111/ARCM.12277

Reply to the discussion by Gell and Finlayson (2023)

Publisher: Informa UK Limited

Date: 26-02-2023

DOI: 10.1080/08120099.2023.2175908

Initial results and observations on a radiocarbon dating program in the Riverland region of South Australia

Publisher: Informa UK Limited

Date: 03-05-2020

DOI: 10.1080/03122417.2020.1787928

Aboriginal serrated and perforated shell artefacts from the Murray River, South Australia

Publisher: Wiley

Date: 15-09-2022

DOI: 10.1002/ARCO.5250

Abstract: This article describes three freshwater mussel shell artefacts recently documented for the Murray River in South Australia. These finds more than double the known ex les of such artefacts from this region. Two of the modified shells are perforated, with the other serrated. The finely serrated item is a rare artefact and we have not located any similar published ex les in Australia, although international correlates exist. The function/s and cultural significance of the objects are also considered in this paper. Hypotheses for the perforated finds include ornamentation, tool stringing and fibre scraping. Ornamentation, idle tinkering and food utensil use are considered as possible intended functions for the serrated artefact. Given the age range of the objects reported here (c. 6181–517 cal BP), together with other finds in the Murray Darling Basin, we tentatively suggest that shells have been a material resource used continually in this region for a range of purposes. However, as argued by other researchers, we concur that there has probably been infrequent identification and reporting of such shell artefacts. This is considered particularly likely given that our finds were recovered from relatively small scale excavation/coring and surface s ling efforts. As such, this paper attempts to raise awareness of this form of material culture in archaeological sequences.

Aboriginal earth mounds of the Calperum Floodplain (Murray Darling Basin, South Australia): New radiocarbon dates, sediment analyses and syntheses, and implications for behavioural change

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Date: 21-05-2022

DOI: 10.1177/09596836221095981

Abstract: This paper presents the results of an archaeological investigation into anthropogenic earth (oven) mounds located on the Murray River floodplain at Calperum Station in the Renmark region of South Australia. Six mounds were excavated and their contents examined. Sediment analyses were also conducted to assess magnetic susceptibility, grain size and loss on ignition. Radiocarbon age estimates were obtained on shell and charcoal. Mound contents primarily included anthropogenically burnt clay (heat retainers), charcoal, fragments of mussel shell as well as very minor quantities of other faunal material and stone artefacts (which were consistent with previous lithic assessments for the region). The radiocarbon age determinations from 15 s les indicate that mounds were formed by Aboriginal people on the Calperum floodplain from at least 3981–3723 cal BP and utilised up to the time of European invasion. The very minimal amount of faunal remains (other than mussel shell), artefacts and a general lack of other material evidence apart from clay heat retainers, confirms that these features were single purpose and not used as living areas. Sediment analyses and radiocarbon dates indicate a high degree of homogeneity within mounds but provide insights into an economic transition on the Calperum floodplain, at around 4000 cal BP involving a food-production procurement strategy based on heat retainer technology and the exploitation of emergent macrophytes.

Early vitrification stages identified in prehistoric earthenware ceramics from northern Chile via SEM

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Date: 12-2017

DOI: 10.1016/J.JASREP.2017.09.011

Earth oven cookery and cuisines in Aboriginal Australia: Ethnographic and ethnohistoric insights from Western Cape York Peninsula and the Southern Murray Darling Basin

Publisher: Informa UK Limited

Date: 19-07-2022

DOI: 10.1080/03122417.2022.2089395

“They Planned Their Calendar… They Set Up Ready for What They Wanted to Feed the Tribe”: A First-Stage Analysis of Narungga Fish Traps on Yorke Peninsula, South Australia

Publisher: Informa UK Limited

Date: 29-10-2015

DOI: 10.1080/15564894.2015.1096869

Marine Transgression, Aboriginal Narratives and the Creation of Yorke Peninsula/Guuranda, South Australia

Publisher: Informa UK Limited

Date: 05-03-2019

DOI: 10.1080/15564894.2019.1570990

An archaeological example of Aboriginal management of a hydro-ecological system in the Murray River valley, South Australia

Publisher: CSIRO Publishing

Date: 10-07-2023

DOI: 10.1071/MF23049

Abstract: Context A rare archaeological ex le of Aboriginal water management in a Murray River floodplain upstream of Renmark is described and contextualised. Aims Historical accounts, archaeological descriptions and hydrological modelling are used to propose a likely function of the site. Methods The site was documented through archaeological field recording, a digital elevation model (DEM) developed through a real-time kinematic (RTK) survey and flood inundation modelling (FIM), and is interpreted through a review of archival and documentary sources. Key results The site represents one of only a few extant physical ex les of Aboriginal water management in the Riverland and greater Murray–Darling Basin. Conclusions Our assessment indicates that Aboriginal people had excavated an artifical channel within the Calperum floodplain in order to manipulate natural water connectivity, most likely as part of a fish trap or weir structure. Implications The site builds an appreciation of the complexity of Aboriginal land practices and supports the impression gained though historical accounts of a curated and managed riverscape.

From loop-holes to labour

Publisher: Informa UK Limited

Date: 03-07-2021

DOI: 10.1080/03721426.2021.1998298

A geophysical analysis of Aboriginal earth mounds in the Murray River Valley, South Australia

Publisher: Wiley

Date: 16-08-2019

DOI: 10.1002/ARP.1746

New data and syntheses for the zooarchaeological record from the Lower Murray River Gorge, South Australia: Applying a ngatji lens

Publisher: Informa UK Limited

Date: 15-03-2022

DOI: 10.1080/03122417.2022.2042639

Ochre, flint and violence: an Aboriginal history of the Ma:ko region (Overland Corner)

Publisher: Informa UK Limited

Date: 03-07-2022

DOI: 10.1080/03721426.2022.2111055

Engravings and rock coatings at Pudjinuk Rockshelter No. 2, South Australia

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Date: 04-2018

DOI: 10.1016/J.JASREP.2017.12.044

Retention of hunter-gatherer economies among maritime foragers from Caleta Vitor, northern Chile, during the late Holocene: Evidence from stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic analysis of skeletal remains

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Date: 05-2013

DOI: 10.1016/J.JAS.2013.01.009

Invasion, Retaliation, Concealment and Silences at Dead Man's Flat, South Australia

Publisher: Informa UK Limited

Date: 23-06-2021

DOI: 10.1080/03721426.2021.1940751

ARC Future Fellowships - Grant ID: FT230100499

Start Date: 07-2023

End Date: 06-2027

Amount: $1,102,372.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP190102219

Start Date: 06-2019

End Date: 12-2024

Amount: $478,500.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP200200803

Start Date: 01-2022

End Date: 01-2026

Amount: $325,745.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE210100037

Start Date: 10-2021

End Date: 10-2022

Amount: $279,591.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP170100479

Start Date: 03-2018

End Date: 06-2022

Amount: $157,290.00

Funder: Australian Research Council