Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0666524

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0666524

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Unearthing the roots of agriculture: multi-disciplinary investigations of Pleistocene and Holocene plant exploitation in Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. The Project will foster greater communication, public understanding and research links between Australia and Papua New Guinea. The Project will also provide archaeological training for students at Australian universities and students and practitioners in Papua New Guinea. The research seeks to understand the development of societies and subsistence practices, particularly plant exploitation and agriculture, in New Guinea from the Pleistocene to the present. The research will chart long-term human-environment relations in New Guinea, which are central to understanding the sustainability of food production and the maintenance of biodiversity in the Australasian region.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 26-01-2006

End Date: 30-06-2009

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $430,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Archaeology Of Agricultural And Pastoral Societies | Archaeology Of Hunter-Gatherer Societies (Incl. Pleistocene | Archaeology | Archaeological Science

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Studies in human society |

Other Keywords

Archaeological Science | Archaeology | Archaeology Of Agricultural And Pastoral Societies | Archaeology Of Hunter-Gatherer Societies (Incl. Pleistocene | Studies in human society | Understanding the Pasts of Other Societies

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