Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0665079

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0665079

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Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

How Do Stone Tools Reflect Cognition Among the First Australians and their Precursors? The popularity of the Indonesian 'hobbit' (Homo floresiensis) discovery provides an ideal platform for interpreting Australasian prehistory to a wider community. This project explores the arrival of modern humans in Indonesia, their interaction with 'hobbits', and the colonisation of Australia by comparing the different ways these hominins made stone tools. Although research indicates a significant level of behavioural unity in our genus, 'hobbits' were not like us. 'Us' refers, of course, to modern humans, and hence this research is of global relevance. By applying a 'design space' model to toolmaking in the past, this project will demonstrate that the earliest trends in technology apply equally to human groups throughout the world.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2006

End Date: 31-12-2009

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $241,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Archaeology And Prehistory Not Elsewhere Classified | Archaeology Of Hunter-Gatherer Societies (Incl. Pleistocene | Archaeology | Cognitive Science Not Elsewhere Classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Heritage not elsewhere classified |

Other Keywords

Archaeology | Archaeology And Prehistory Not Elsewhere Classified | Archaeology Of Hunter-Gatherer Societies (Incl. Pleistocene | Cognitive Science Not Elsewhere Classified | Heritage not elsewhere classified | Understanding Australia'S Past | Understanding the Pasts of Other Societies

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