Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0449560

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0449560

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Stepping-Stones or Barrier: The Movement and Impact of People throughout the Far Eastern Pacific Islands. The vast ocean of the far eastern Pacific divides two great migratory peoples, the Amerindians and Polynesians. Whether or not members of either group overcame this barrier remains one of the greatest uncertainties in Pacific prehistory. We focus on the remote islands of the far eastern Pacific Ocean and combine fine-resolution archaeology, palaeoecology, and dating techniques to determine the antiquity and nature of occupation on these islands. Their role as stepping-stones for human migration and material exchange will be determined and the notion of these islands as pristine and unspoilt at the time of European discovery will be challenged.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2004

End Date: 31-12-2008

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $312,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Palaeoecology | Archaeology Of Complex Societies: Asia, Africa, Oceania And The | Archaeology | Geochronology And Isotope Geochemistry |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Living resources (flora and fauna) | Global climate change adaptation measures

Other Keywords

Archaeology | Archaeology Of Complex Societies: Asia, Africa, Oceania And The | Geochronology And Isotope Geochemistry | Global climate change adaptation measures | Living resources (flora and fauna) | Palaeoecology | Understanding the Pasts of Other Societies

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