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2024

Book Chapter

Fish Traps, Seed-Grinding and Food Stores : Reconstructing Complex Mithaka Indigenous Economic and Water Management Technologies

Kerkhove, Ray C., Silcock, Jennifer L., Williams, Douglas, Kotarba-Morley, Ania, Keenan-Jones, Duncan, Wright, Nathan J., Morley, Mike W., Gorringe, Joshua, Scholz, Glen, Lowe, Kelsey M., Cemre Üstünkaya, M., Stephens, Samantha, Moss, Patrick T. and Westaway, Michael C. (2024). Fish Traps, Seed-Grinding and Food Stores : Reconstructing Complex Mithaka Indigenous Economic and Water Management Technologies. The Oxford Handbook of Global Indigenous Archaeologies. (pp. 1-69) Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197607695.013.60

Fish Traps, Seed-Grinding and Food Stores : Reconstructing Complex Mithaka Indigenous Economic and Water Management Technologies

2024

Conference Publication

The Gilparrka site complex, Mithaka Country, southwest Queensland, Australia

Habgood, Phillip J., Franklin, Natalie R., Wright, Nathan, Gorringe, Josh and Westaway, Michael C. (2024). The Gilparrka site complex, Mithaka Country, southwest Queensland, Australia. 2024 SEAMEO SPAFA International Conference on Southeast Asian Archaeology and Fine Arts (SPAFACON2024), Bangkok, Thailand, 10-14 June 2024. Bangkok, Thailand: SEAMEO SPAFA. doi: 10.26721/spafa.p663o83rkr-11

The Gilparrka site complex, Mithaka Country, southwest Queensland, Australia

2023

Journal Article

Transdisciplinary approaches to understanding past Australian Aboriginal foodways

Westaway, Michael C., Wright, Nathan, Crowther, Alison, Silcock, Jennifer, Carter, Rodney, Moss, Patrick and Henry, Robert (2023). Transdisciplinary approaches to understanding past Australian Aboriginal foodways. Archaeology of Food and Foodways, 2 (1), 47-74. doi: 10.1558/aff.18161

Transdisciplinary approaches to understanding past Australian Aboriginal foodways

2023

Conference Publication

Understanding Sedentism and Mobility in Mithaka Country Through the Application of Sr Isotopes

Hood Withey, Fletcher and Westaway, Michael C. (2023). Understanding Sedentism and Mobility in Mithaka Country Through the Application of Sr Isotopes. Australian Archaeological Association, Broadbeach, QLD Australia, 6-8 December 2023.

Understanding Sedentism and Mobility in Mithaka Country Through the Application of Sr Isotopes

2023

Conference Publication

Utilising Strontium Isotope Mapping to Reconstruct Prehistoric Human Mobility: A New Prehistory of Motupore, an Island on the South Papuan Coast, Papua New Guinea

Kariwiga, Jason and Westaway, Michael C. (2023). Utilising Strontium Isotope Mapping to Reconstruct Prehistoric Human Mobility: A New Prehistory of Motupore, an Island on the South Papuan Coast, Papua New Guinea. Australian Archaeological Association, Broadbeach, QLD Australia, 6-8 December 2023.

Utilising Strontium Isotope Mapping to Reconstruct Prehistoric Human Mobility: A New Prehistory of Motupore, an Island on the South Papuan Coast, Papua New Guinea

2023

Conference Publication

Megasites and villages: rethinking the methodological approach to investigate Mithaka Country

Westaway, Michael C. (2023). Megasites and villages: rethinking the methodological approach to investigate Mithaka Country. Australian Archaeological Association, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 5 - 8 December 2023.

Megasites and villages: rethinking the methodological approach to investigate Mithaka Country

2023

Conference Publication

Rewilding in Partnership with Australian Aboriginal Communities

Westaway, Michael C. (2023). Rewilding in Partnership with Australian Aboriginal Communities. International Congress of Archaeozoology, Cairns, QLD Australia, 9-12 August 2023.

Rewilding in Partnership with Australian Aboriginal Communities

2023

Book Chapter

Papuan pasts: the origins of Papuan human remains collections in the world's museums, the issue of repatriation, and telling new stories with skeletal data

Kariwiga, Jason, Wrobel, Gabriel and Westaway, Michael C. (2023). Papuan pasts: the origins of Papuan human remains collections in the world's museums, the issue of repatriation, and telling new stories with skeletal data. The Routledge handbook of museums, heritage, and death. (pp. 177-190) edited by Trish Biers and Katie Stringer Clary. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003195870-17

Papuan pasts: the origins of Papuan human remains collections in the world's museums, the issue of repatriation, and telling new stories with skeletal data

2023

Other Outputs

Isotope analysis helps tell the stories of Aboriginal people living under early colonial expansion

Adams, Shaun, McGahan, David, Collard, Mark, Westaway, Michael and Martin, Richard (2023, 05 01). Isotope analysis helps tell the stories of Aboriginal people living under early colonial expansion The Conversation

Isotope analysis helps tell the stories of Aboriginal people living under early colonial expansion

2023

Conference Publication

Unearthed burial from rising sea levels: a collaborative community approach for tackling climate change in the Torres Strait Islands, Australia

Lowe, Kelsey, Tom, Enid, Westaway, Michael C., Swift, Jaime and Lau, Annie (2023). Unearthed burial from rising sea levels: a collaborative community approach for tackling climate change in the Torres Strait Islands, Australia. Society of American Archaeologists, Portland, OR United States, 30 March - 1 April 2023.

Unearthed burial from rising sea levels: a collaborative community approach for tackling climate change in the Torres Strait Islands, Australia

2023

Journal Article

The impact of contact: isotope geochemistry sheds light on the lives of Indigenous Australians living on the colonial frontier in late 19th century Queensland

Adams, Shaun, Collard, Mark, McGahan, David, Martin, Richard, Phillips, Susan and Westaway, Michael C. (2023). The impact of contact: isotope geochemistry sheds light on the lives of Indigenous Australians living on the colonial frontier in late 19th century Queensland. Archaeologies, 19 (2), 299-341. doi: 10.1007/s11759-023-09469-2

The impact of contact: isotope geochemistry sheds light on the lives of Indigenous Australians living on the colonial frontier in late 19th century Queensland

2023

Journal Article

The dawn of everything: a new history of humanity

Westaway, Michael C. (2023). The dawn of everything: a new history of humanity. Archaeology in Oceania, 58 (1), 132-134. doi: 10.1002/arco.5288

The dawn of everything: a new history of humanity

2023

Journal Article

Ula Thirra: a case study in the geomagnetic detection of combustion features in Channel Country of far south-western Queensland

Lowe, Kelsey M., Williams, Doug, Wright, Nathan, Gorringe, Shawnee, Gorringe, Josh, Andrews, Ian, Ustunkaya, Meltem Cemre, Gorringe, Betty and Westaway, Michael C. (2023). Ula Thirra: a case study in the geomagnetic detection of combustion features in Channel Country of far south-western Queensland. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 15 (3) 30, 1-17. doi: 10.1007/s12520-023-01722-7

Ula Thirra: a case study in the geomagnetic detection of combustion features in Channel Country of far south-western Queensland

2023

Journal Article

Connections across the Coral Sea

Westaway, Michael C. (2023). Connections across the Coral Sea. Antiquity, 97 (394), 1-7. doi: 10.15184/aqy.2023.83

Connections across the Coral Sea

2023

Book Chapter

Evaluating mid-to late Holocene economic intensification through analysis of a mollusk assemblage on the tropical North Australian coast

Wright, Martin, Faulkner, Patrick and Westaway, Michael (2023). Evaluating mid-to late Holocene economic intensification through analysis of a mollusk assemblage on the tropical North Australian coast. Human behavioral ecology and coastal environments. (pp. 199-228) edited by Heather B. Thakar and Carola Flores Fernandez. Gainesville, FL, United States: University Press Florida. doi: 10.5744/florida/9780813069586.003.0009

Evaluating mid-to late Holocene economic intensification through analysis of a mollusk assemblage on the tropical North Australian coast

2022

Conference Publication

Investigating the Multi-Regional Emergence of Social and Economic Complexity Across Diverse Australian Environments

Westaway, Michael C. (2022). Investigating the Multi-Regional Emergence of Social and Economic Complexity Across Diverse Australian Environments. Australian Archaeological Association, Darwin, NT Australia, 7-9 December 2022.

Investigating the Multi-Regional Emergence of Social and Economic Complexity Across Diverse Australian Environments

2022

Journal Article

Indigenous fish traps and fish weirs on the Darling (Baaka) River, south‐eastern Australia, and their influence on the ecology and morphology of the river and floodplains

Martin, Sarah, Chanson, Hubert, Bates, Badger, Keenan‐Jones, Duncan and Westaway, Michael C. (2022). Indigenous fish traps and fish weirs on the Darling (Baaka) River, south‐eastern Australia, and their influence on the ecology and morphology of the river and floodplains. Archaeology in Oceania, 58 (1), 91-114. doi: 10.1002/arco.5279

Indigenous fish traps and fish weirs on the Darling (Baaka) River, south‐eastern Australia, and their influence on the ecology and morphology of the river and floodplains

2022

Conference Publication

A multidisciplinary investigation of an Aboriginal 'Centre' of food production

Westaway, Michael C. (2022). A multidisciplinary investigation of an Aboriginal 'Centre' of food production. Harlan Symposium, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 31 October - 2 November 2022.

A multidisciplinary investigation of an Aboriginal 'Centre' of food production

2022

Journal Article

Re-evaluating the evidence for late-surviving megafauna at Nombe rockshelter in the New Guinea highlands

Prideaux, Gavin J., Kerr, Isaac A. R., van Zoelen, Jacob D., Grün, Rainer, van der Kaars, Sander, Oertle, Annette, Douka, Katerina, Grono, Elle, Barron, Aleese, Mountain, Mary-Jane, Westaway, Michael C. and Denham, Tim (2022). Re-evaluating the evidence for late-surviving megafauna at Nombe rockshelter in the New Guinea highlands. Archaeology in Oceania, 57 (3), 223-248. doi: 10.1002/arco.5274

Re-evaluating the evidence for late-surviving megafauna at Nombe rockshelter in the New Guinea highlands

2022

Conference Publication

Community bioarchaeology and its place in repatriation

Westaway, Michael (2022). Community bioarchaeology and its place in repatriation. World Archaeology Congress, Prague, Czech Republic, 3-8 July 2022.

Community bioarchaeology and its place in repatriation