2024 Book Chapter Fish Traps, Seed-Grinding and Food Stores : Reconstructing Complex Mithaka Indigenous Economic and Water Management TechnologiesKerkhove, 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 |
2024 Conference Publication The Gilparrka site complex, Mithaka Country, southwest Queensland, AustraliaHabgood, 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 |
2023 Journal Article Transdisciplinary approaches to understanding past Australian Aboriginal foodwaysWestaway, 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 |
2023 Conference Publication Understanding Sedentism and Mobility in Mithaka Country Through the Application of Sr IsotopesHood 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. |
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 GuineaKariwiga, 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. |
2023 Conference Publication Megasites and villages: rethinking the methodological approach to investigate Mithaka CountryWestaway, 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. |
2023 Conference Publication Rewilding in Partnership with Australian Aboriginal CommunitiesWestaway, Michael C. (2023). Rewilding in Partnership with Australian Aboriginal Communities. International Congress of Archaeozoology, Cairns, QLD Australia, 9-12 August 2023. |
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 dataKariwiga, 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 |
2023 Other Outputs Isotope analysis helps tell the stories of Aboriginal people living under early colonial expansionAdams, 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 |
2023 Conference Publication Unearthed burial from rising sea levels: a collaborative community approach for tackling climate change in the Torres Strait Islands, AustraliaLowe, 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. |
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 QueenslandAdams, 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 |
2023 Journal Article The dawn of everything: a new history of humanityWestaway, Michael C. (2023). The dawn of everything: a new history of humanity. Archaeology in Oceania, 58 (1), 132-134. doi: 10.1002/arco.5288 |
2023 Journal Article Ula Thirra: a case study in the geomagnetic detection of combustion features in Channel Country of far south-western QueenslandLowe, 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 |
2023 Journal Article Connections across the Coral SeaWestaway, Michael C. (2023). Connections across the Coral Sea. Antiquity, 97 (394), 1-7. doi: 10.15184/aqy.2023.83 |
2023 Book Chapter Evaluating mid-to late Holocene economic intensification through analysis of a mollusk assemblage on the tropical North Australian coastWright, 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 |
2022 Conference Publication Investigating the Multi-Regional Emergence of Social and Economic Complexity Across Diverse Australian EnvironmentsWestaway, 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. |
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 floodplainsMartin, 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 |
2022 Conference Publication A multidisciplinary investigation of an Aboriginal 'Centre' of food productionWestaway, Michael C. (2022). A multidisciplinary investigation of an Aboriginal 'Centre' of food production. Harlan Symposium, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 31 October - 2 November 2022. |
2022 Journal Article Re-evaluating the evidence for late-surviving megafauna at Nombe rockshelter in the New Guinea highlandsPrideaux, 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 |
2022 Conference Publication Community bioarchaeology and its place in repatriationWestaway, Michael (2022). Community bioarchaeology and its place in repatriation. World Archaeology Congress, Prague, Czech Republic, 3-8 July 2022. |