Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0344070
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Western Torres Strait Cultural History Project. This Project provides the first archaeological study on long-term human presence in Torres Strait. Objectives are to research 1), the antiquity of earliest occupation, and 2), the subsequent emergence of ethnographically documented cultural practices through excavation of key village, rockshelter and ceremonial sites in Western Torres Strait. Current evidence suggests the complex maritime lifeways of Islanders developed <2600 years BP. We will excavate sites on remnant landforms along the ancient landbridge and colonisation pathway between mainland Australia and New Guinea. Results will provide internationally significant insights into Australia's place in an interconnected world during prehistory. International publications will be produced.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2003
End Date: 06-2008
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $629,775.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Archaeology Of Hunter-Gatherer Societies (Incl. Pleistocene | Archaeology Of Complex Societies: Asia, Africa, Oceania And The | Archaeology |
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage
