Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP210102250

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP210102250

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Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Earliest Village People: the shift to sedentary life in the Natufian period. This project aims to investigate the shift to sedentary life by excavating one of the earliest villages, founded by hunter-gatherers around 12,500 BCE. Of key interest are foundational burials at Wadi Hammeh 27 in Jordan and their role in the establishment of this new kind of settlement. Well-preserved deposits present a rare opportunity to track a community in the act of settling down so significant knowledge about the transition to sedentism should be generated. An interdisciplinary approach combining archaeology, bioanthropology and archaeogenetics may provide new explanations of early social organisation. Potential benefits include the building of international collaborations and the development of Australia’s role in the Middle East.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 08-06-2021

End Date: 07-06-2024

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $158,669.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Archaeological Science | Archaeology | Archaeology of Europe, the Mediterranean and the Levant

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Understanding Past Societies not elsewhere classified |

Other Keywords

Archaeological Science | Archaeology | Archaeology of Europe, the Mediterranean and the Levant | Understanding Past Societies not elsewhere classified

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