Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0209045

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0209045

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Nomadic or sedentary? Determining lifestyle and subsistence of past populations in Central Asia using osteological, bone chemical and genetic techniques. The aim of the research is to apply a range of osteological analytical techniques to investigatge subsistence patterns of past populations from the heart of Central Asia. Morphological, bone chemical and genetic analyses will be undertaken on previously unstudied collections of archaeological human skeletal remains recovered from burial grounds located on the Ustiurt Plateau and the banks of the Amu Dariya, Uzbekistan. In conjunction with the existing archaeological record, these anlyses will reveal the nature of subsistence patterns, economy and inter-relationships of ancient Central Asian peoples, with the ultimate aim of differentiating nomadic and sedentary lifestyles.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 31-10-2002

End Date: 30-06-2005

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $246,300.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Archaeology Of Agricultural And Pastoral Societies | Archaeology Of Hunter-Gatherer Societies (Incl. Pleistocene | Anthropology | Biological (Physical) Anthropology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Studies in human society |

Other Keywords

Anthropology | Archaeology Of Agricultural And Pastoral Societies | Archaeology Of Hunter-Gatherer Societies (Incl. Pleistocene | Biological (Physical) Anthropology | Studies in human society | Understanding the Pasts of Other Societies

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