Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0984998

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0984998

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The Kaurareg Archaeological Project, south-Western Torres Strait, Australia. This project will be used to foster a greater awareness of the history of Aboriginal occupation in the Torres Strait islands, as well as furthering our understanding of past and present relationships between groups in Torres Strait, Cape York and Papua New Guinea. The research seeks to understand the southern-most limits of early Papuan influences into the Torres Strait islands and investigate the notion of a distinctive Aboriginal signature in the archaeological record from the Kaurareg Archipelago (south-Western Torres Strait islands). This project will also record contemporary perspectives from the traditional owners of the Kaurareg Archipelago (the Kaurareg Aboriginal community) to better understand interregional relationships today.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-07-2009

End Date: 30-01-2014

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $378,943.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Aboriginal Studies | Archaeology Of Hunter-Gatherer Societies (Incl. Pleistocene | Archaeology | Social And Cultural Anthropology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage |

Other Keywords

Aboriginal Studies | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage | Archaeology | Archaeology Of Hunter-Gatherer Societies (Incl. Pleistocene | Communication Across Languages and Cultures | Social And Cultural Anthropology | Understanding Australia'S Past

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