Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE190100160

Funded Activity Summary

The environment and human origins in the Kalahari, South Africa. This project aims to test and expand on existing understandings of early modern human origins and human-environment interaction. South Africa has a rich archaeological record documenting the origins of our species. However, current research is biased toward coastal rockshelter sites. This project will expand the narrative of modern human origins away from the coast to investigate the distribution and success of early modern humans in the deep interior of the country. Through the excavation and dating of newly discovered deposits at Gamohana Hill North Rockshelter, archaeological materials analysis, and local studies of palaeohydrology, this study will generate a new record of early human-environment interaction. Its methods will inform the study of comparable sites in Australia.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-03-2019

End Date: 29-08-2023

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $410,175.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Evolutionary Impacts of Climate Change | Archaeology of Asia, Africa and the Americas | Palaeoclimatology | Evolutionary Biology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Understanding Australia's Past | Understanding Africa's Past | Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeology |

Other Keywords

Archaeology of Asia, Africa and the Americas | Evolutionary Biology | Evolutionary Impacts of Climate Change | Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeology | Palaeoclimatology | Understanding Africa's Past | Understanding Australia's Past

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