Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0770259

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0770259

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Evolution of technology and tool use in 10,000 years of Aboriginal History. Results will substantially enhance the power of explanations for the Australian backed artefact proliferation, a key archaeological signature of cultural change in ancient Aboriginal society. A solution to the puzzle of why those artefacts were frequently made during one period in the past will be of interest to all researchers concerned with the historical development of Aboriginal societies, and to Aboriginal people. Furthermore, a detailed study of the evolution of a technology and its use over a period of 10,000 years, defining the entanglement of production and use systems, is rare in archaeology and the project will enable development of new insights into theories concerning the reasons technologies are adopted and changed.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2007

End Date: 31-10-2011

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $134,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Archaeology Of Hunter-Gatherer Societies (Incl. Pleistocene | Archaeology |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage

Other Keywords

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage | Archaeology | Archaeology Of Hunter-Gatherer Societies (Incl. Pleistocene | Understanding Australia'S Past

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