Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE200100133

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE200100133

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Funded Activity Summary

Early animal husbandry and socio-political complexity in the Asia-Pacific. This project will investigate the origins of animal husbandry and its link to the creation of wealth, the development of socio-political prestige systems, the rise of inequality, and the coevolutionary effects of the domestication process on pigs. It focuses on 15 stratified Neolithic archaeological sites in the tropical island region of Island Southeast Asia and the Pacific dating between 4000-500 years ago. An expected outcome will be the establishment of an integrated evolutionary theoretical model that could be applied to analyzing agricultural transitions globally. Such a model predicts socio-political and rational economic strategies in pig management systems and can be tested using zooarchaeological analyses.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 02-03-2020

End Date: 31-12-2023

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $409,297.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Archaeology of Asia, Africa and the Americas | Archaeological Science | Archaeology | Archaeology of New Guinea and Pacific Islands (excl. New Zealand) |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Understanding Asia's Past | Understanding Past Societies not elsewhere classified | Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeology

Other Keywords

Archaeological Science | Archaeology | Archaeology of Asia, Africa and the Americas | Archaeology of New Guinea and Pacific Islands (excl. New Zealand) | Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeology | Understanding Asia's Past | Understanding Past Societies not elsewhere classified

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