Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0773909

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0773909

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Precisely Dating the Evolution of Complex Societies in Polynesia: The Hawaiian Example. It is of enormous national benefit to develop intellectual innovations that set Australia apart from its neighbours and establish its position as a regional leader in science. Because the Australasian region relies heavily on primary resource exploitation, intellectual developments are crucial for sustainable economic growth. Understanding how societies meet the challenges of resource depletion, landscape degradation, drought and population increase can be monitored with archaeological data over hundreds of years. Our research seeks to use an innovative technique for precisely dating major changes in Oceanic societies over the past 500 years, which will provide insights into how modern communities can cope with these problems today.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2007

End Date: 30-06-2011

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $229,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

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

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Studies in human society

Other Keywords

Archaeology | Archaeology Of Complex Societies: Asia, Africa, Oceania And The | Geochronology | Studies in human society | Understanding the Pasts of Other Societies

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