Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP130100802
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
The Barrow Island archaeology project: the dynamism of maritime societies in northern Australia. This project will study human occupation from exceptionally rich sites on Barrow Island, located off northwest Australia, profiling a continuous reliance on coastal resources until isolation. Whaling and pearling started in the nineteenth century using Indigenous labourers after a 7,000 year gap in human occupation.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2013
End Date: 06-2017
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $1,175,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Archaeology | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Archaeology | Historical Archaeology (incl. Industrial Archaeology)
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Conserving the Historic Environment | Conserving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage |
