Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP140103591

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP140103591

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Environmental Transformations linked to Early Human Occupation in Northern Australia. How have interactions between climatic change, human activities and other disturbances over thousands of years shaped the landscapes we know today in Australia? Existing lines of evidence from palaeoecological and archaeological sources point to significant changes to biodiversity, vegetation cover, and fire frequency since the arrival of people into Australia sometime between 50000 to 40000 yr BP. The extent to which humans influenced or overrode natural processes through time remains unclear. High-resolution, multi-proxy data in an innovative vegetation and megafaunal reconstruction will provide the first quantitative assessment of the response of Australian tropical savannas to a range of natural and anthropogenic influences.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2014

End Date: 31-12-2016

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $365,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Archaeological Science | Quaternary Environments | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Archaeology | Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Effects of Climate Change and Variability on Australia (excl. Social Impacts) | Understanding Australia's Past | Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales |

Other Keywords

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Archaeology | Archaeological Science | Effects of Climate Change and Variability on Australia (excl. Social Impacts) | Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales | Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience | Quaternary Environments | Understanding Australia's Past

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