Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP1096558

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP1096558

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The Spandrel Hypothesis: Towards a unified theory of stone flaking. The archaeological story of human evolution and prehistory has a strong Old World bias – the impression is that main events were in Africa and Europe and Australasia was mostly irrelevant. This is particularly true where stone tools are concerned: Australasian tools appear not to track the progression in technology that appears to be present in the Old World Standard Sequence. This project will test whether the Standard Sequence has been overinterpreted and the pattern recognised for Australasia is in fact applicable world-wide. The results of the project will enhance the way Australia interprets itself and the Australasian region to the rest of the world. This is a goal of Research Priority 4 (Safeguarding Australia).

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2010

End Date: 31-12-2016

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $698,000.00

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 | Archaeological Science

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Other Keywords

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

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