Dr Alison Crowther
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Alison Crowther

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Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Arts, The University of Queensland
  • Bachelor (Honours) of Arts, The University of Queensland
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland

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91 works between 2005 and 2024
All (91) Journal Article (74) Book Chapter (12) Conference Publication (3) Book (1) Other Outputs (1)

1 - 20 of 91 works

2024

Journal Article

Remaking the Late Holocene environment of Western Uganda: archaeological perspectives on Kansyore and later settlers

Schmidt, Peter R., Walz, Jonathan R., Besigye, Jackline N., Krigbaum, John, Oteyo, Gilbert, Lejju, Julius B., Asiimwe, Raymond, Ehret, Christopher, Crowther, Alison, Mwebi, Ogeto, Dunne, Julie, Schmidt, Jane, Okeny, Charles, Niwahereza, Amon, Yeko, Doreen, Bermudez, Katie and Echoru, Isaac (2024). Remaking the Late Holocene environment of Western Uganda: archaeological perspectives on Kansyore and later settlers. African Archaeological Review, 41 (4), 519-596. doi: 10.1007/s10437-024-09583-8

Remaking the Late Holocene environment of Western Uganda: archaeological perspectives on Kansyore and later settlers

2024

Journal Article

A Quaternary sequence of terrestrial molluscs from East Africa: a record of diversity, stability, and abundance since Marine Isotope Stage 5 (78,000 BP)

Rowson, Ben, Law, Matthew, Miller, Jennifer M., White, Tom, Shipton, Ceri, Crowther, Alison, Ndiema, Emmanuel, Petraglia, Michael and Boivin, Nicole (2024). A Quaternary sequence of terrestrial molluscs from East Africa: a record of diversity, stability, and abundance since Marine Isotope Stage 5 (78,000 BP). Archiv fuer Molluskenkunde: international journal of malacology, 153 (1), 61-86. doi: 10.1127/arch.moll/153/061-086

A Quaternary sequence of terrestrial molluscs from East Africa: a record of diversity, stability, and abundance since Marine Isotope Stage 5 (78,000 BP)

2024

Book Chapter

Archaeology of caves along the East African coast

Shipton, Ceri and Crowther, Alison (2024). Archaeology of caves along the East African coast. Oxford research encyclopedia of African history. (pp. *-*) edited by Thomas Spear. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190277734.013.1267

Archaeology of caves along the East African coast

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

Journal Article

Early Islamic glass (7th– 10th centuries AD) in Unguja Ukuu, Zanzibar: A microcosm of a globalised industry in the early ‘Abbasid period

Siu, Ieong, Cui, Jianfeng, Henderson, Julian, Crowther, Alison, Boivin, Nicole, Fergadiotou, Elisavet, Blair, Andrew, Ali, Abdallah K. and Chenery, Simon (2023). Early Islamic glass (7th– 10th centuries AD) in Unguja Ukuu, Zanzibar: A microcosm of a globalised industry in the early ‘Abbasid period. PLoS One, 18 (6) e0284867, 1-26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0284867

Early Islamic glass (7th– 10th centuries AD) in Unguja Ukuu, Zanzibar: A microcosm of a globalised industry in the early ‘Abbasid period

2023

Journal Article

Late Pleistocene to late Holocene palaeoecology and human foraging at Kuumbi Cave, Zanzibar Island

Iminjili, Victor, Stewart, Mathew, Culley, Courtney, Hixon, Sean, Goldstein, Steve, Bleasdale, Madeleine, Jesús Sanchez Flores, Antonio, Lucas, Mary, Ilgner, Jana, Prendergast, Mary E., Crowther, Alison, Boivin, Nicole and Roberts, Patrick (2023). Late Pleistocene to late Holocene palaeoecology and human foraging at Kuumbi Cave, Zanzibar Island. Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology, 2 1080785, 1-18. doi: 10.3389/fearc.2023.1080785

Late Pleistocene to late Holocene palaeoecology and human foraging at Kuumbi Cave, Zanzibar Island

2023

Journal Article

Ecological flexibility and adaptation to past climate change in the Middle Nile Valley: A multiproxy investigation of dietary shifts between the Neolithic and Kerma periods at Kadruka 1 and Kadruka 21

Le Moyne, Charles, Roberts, Patrick, Hua, Quan, Bleasdale, Madeleine, Desideri, Jocelyne, Boivin, Nicole and Crowther, Alison (2023). Ecological flexibility and adaptation to past climate change in the Middle Nile Valley: A multiproxy investigation of dietary shifts between the Neolithic and Kerma periods at Kadruka 1 and Kadruka 21. PLoS One, 18 (2 February) e0280347, 1-45. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0280347

Ecological flexibility and adaptation to past climate change in the Middle Nile Valley: A multiproxy investigation of dietary shifts between the Neolithic and Kerma periods at Kadruka 1 and Kadruka 21

2022

Journal Article

Human-ecodynamics and the intertidal zones of the Zanzibar Archipelago

Faulkner, Patrick, Sarathi, Akshay, Crowther, Alison, Smith, Tam, Harris, Matthew, Ali, Abdallah K., Haji, Othman, LaViolette, Adria, Norman, Neil L., Horton, Mark and Boivin, Nicole (2022). Human-ecodynamics and the intertidal zones of the Zanzibar Archipelago. Frontiers in Earth Science, 10 982694, 1-27. doi: 10.3389/feart.2022.982694

Human-ecodynamics and the intertidal zones of the Zanzibar Archipelago

2022

Journal Article

Archaeobotanical futures in the Indo-Pacific

Denham, Tim, Crowther, Alison and Barron, Aleese (2022). Archaeobotanical futures in the Indo-Pacific. Archaeology in Oceania, 57 (3), 155-159. doi: 10.1002/arco.5278

Archaeobotanical futures in the Indo-Pacific

2022

Journal Article

Microbotanical signatures of kreb: differentiating inflorescence phytoliths from northern African wild grasses

Le Moyne, Charles, Fuller, Dorian Q. and Crowther, Alison (2022). Microbotanical signatures of kreb: differentiating inflorescence phytoliths from northern African wild grasses. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 32 (1), 1-15. doi: 10.1007/s00334-022-00880-3

Microbotanical signatures of kreb: differentiating inflorescence phytoliths from northern African wild grasses

2022

Journal Article

Palaeogenomic analysis of black rat (Rattus rattus) reveals multiple European introductions associated with human economic history

Yu, He, Jamieson, Alexandra, Hulme-Beaman, Ardern, Conroy, Chris J., Knight, Becky, Speller, Camilla, Al-Jarah, Hiba, Eager, Heidi, Trinks, Alexandra, Adikari, Gamini, Baron, Henriette, Böhlendorf-Arslan, Beate, Bohingamuwa, Wijerathne, Crowther, Alison, Cucchi, Thomas, Esser, Kinie, Fleisher, Jeffrey, Gidney, Louisa, Gladilina, Elena, Gol’din, Pavel, Goodman, Steven M., Hamilton-Dyer, Sheila, Helm, Richard, Hillman, Jesse C., Kallala, Nabil, Kivikero, Hanna, Kovács, Zsófia E., Kunst, Günther Karl, Kyselý, René ... Orton, David (2022). Palaeogenomic analysis of black rat (Rattus rattus) reveals multiple European introductions associated with human economic history. Nature Communications, 13 (1) 2399, 2399. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-30009-z

Palaeogenomic analysis of black rat (Rattus rattus) reveals multiple European introductions associated with human economic history

2022

Journal Article

Coring, profiling, and trenching: Archaeological field strategies for investigating the Pleistocene-Holocene-Anthropocene continuum

Rick, Torben C., Alsharekh, Abdullah M., Braje, Todd J., Crowther, Alison, Erlandson, Jon M., Fuller, Dorian Q., Gill, Kristina M., Groucutt, Huw S., Guagnin, Maria, Helm, Richard, Hofman, Courtney A., Horton, Mark, Kay, Andrea, Korisettar, Ravi, Radimilahy, Chantal, Reeder-Myers, Leslie, Shipton, Ceri, Wright, Henry T., Petraglia, Michael and Boivin, Nicole (2022). Coring, profiling, and trenching: Archaeological field strategies for investigating the Pleistocene-Holocene-Anthropocene continuum. Quaternary International, 628, 1-17. doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2022.02.011

Coring, profiling, and trenching: Archaeological field strategies for investigating the Pleistocene-Holocene-Anthropocene continuum

2022

Journal Article

Coastal landscape changes at Unguja Ukuu, Zanzibar: contextualizing the archaeology of an early Islamic port of trade

Kotarba-Morley, Anna M., Kourampas, Nikos, Morley, Mike W., MacAdams, Conor, Crowther, Alison, Faulkner, Patrick, Horton, Mark and Boivin, Nicole (2022). Coastal landscape changes at Unguja Ukuu, Zanzibar: contextualizing the archaeology of an early Islamic port of trade. Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology, 19 (1), 1-35. doi: 10.1080/15564894.2022.2030441

Coastal landscape changes at Unguja Ukuu, Zanzibar: contextualizing the archaeology of an early Islamic port of trade

2022

Journal Article

Excavations at the iron age village site of Fibobe II, Central Zambia

Goldstein, Steven T., Farr, Jeremy, Kayuni, Martha, Katongo, Maggie, Fernandes, Ricardo, Janzen, Anneke, Markham, Brooke, Kay, Andrea, Crowther, Alison and Boivin, Nicole (2022). Excavations at the iron age village site of Fibobe II, Central Zambia. Journal of African Archaeology, 51 (4), 1-19. doi: 10.1163/21915784-bja10012

Excavations at the iron age village site of Fibobe II, Central Zambia

2021

Journal Article

Species identification of Australian marsupials using collagen fingerprinting

Peters, Carli, Richter, Kristine K., Manne, Tiina, Dortch, Joe, Paterson, Alistair, Travouillon, Kenny, Louys, Julien, Price, Gilbert J., Petraglia, Michael, Crowther, Alison and Boivin, Nicole (2021). Species identification of Australian marsupials using collagen fingerprinting. Royal Society Open Science, 8 (10) 211229, 211229. doi: 10.1098/rsos.211229

Species identification of Australian marsupials using collagen fingerprinting

2021

Journal Article

67,000 years of coastal engagement at Panga ya Saidi, eastern Africa

Faulkner, Patrick, Miller, Jennifer M., Quintana Morales, Eréndira M., Crowther, Alison, Shipton, Ceri, Ndiema, Emmanuel, Boivin, Nicole and Petraglia, Michael D. (2021). 67,000 years of coastal engagement at Panga ya Saidi, eastern Africa. PLoS ONE, 16 (8 August) e0256761, e0256761. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0256761

67,000 years of coastal engagement at Panga ya Saidi, eastern Africa

2021

Journal Article

Collagen fingerprinting traces the introduction of caprines to island Eastern Africa

Culley, Courtney, Janzen, Anneke, Brown, Samantha, Prendergast, Mary E., Wolfhagen, Jesse, Abderemane, Bourhane, Ali, Abdallah K., Haji, Othman, Horton, Mark C., Shipton, Ceri, Swift, Jillian, Tabibou, Tabibou A., Wright, Henry T., Boivin, Nicole and Crowther, Alison (2021). Collagen fingerprinting traces the introduction of caprines to island Eastern Africa. Royal Society Open Science, 8 (7) 202341, 1-18. doi: 10.1098/rsos.202341

Collagen fingerprinting traces the introduction of caprines to island Eastern Africa

2021

Journal Article

Iron Age hunting and herding in coastal eastern Africa: ZooMS identification of domesticates and wild bovids at Panga ya Saidi, Kenya

Culley, Courtney, Janzen, Anneke, Brown, Samantha, Prendergast, Mary E., Shipton, Ceri, Ndiema, Emmanuel, Petraglia, Michael D., Boivin, Nicole and Crowther, Alison (2021). Iron Age hunting and herding in coastal eastern Africa: ZooMS identification of domesticates and wild bovids at Panga ya Saidi, Kenya. Journal of Archaeological Science, 130 105368, 105368. doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2021.105368

Iron Age hunting and herding in coastal eastern Africa: ZooMS identification of domesticates and wild bovids at Panga ya Saidi, Kenya

2021

Journal Article

The question of Early Lapita settlements in Remote Oceania and reliance on horticulture revisited: new evidence from plant microfossil studies at Reef/Santa Cruz, south-east Solomon Islands

Lentfer, Carol J., Crowther, Alison and Green, Roger C. (2021). The question of Early Lapita settlements in Remote Oceania and reliance on horticulture revisited: new evidence from plant microfossil studies at Reef/Santa Cruz, south-east Solomon Islands. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum (Online), 34, 87-106. doi: 10.3853/j.1835-4211.34.2021.1745

The question of Early Lapita settlements in Remote Oceania and reliance on horticulture revisited: new evidence from plant microfossil studies at Reef/Santa Cruz, south-east Solomon Islands

2021

Journal Article

Earliest known human burial in Africa

Martinon-Torres, Maria, d'Errico, Francesco, Santos, Elena, Alvaro Gallo, Ana, Amano, Noel, Archer, William, Armitage, Simon J., Arsuaga, Juan Luis, de Castro, Jose Maria Bermudez, Blinkhorn, James, Crowther, Alison, Douka, Katerina, Dubernet, Stephan, Faulkner, Patrick, Fernandez-Colon, Pilar, Kourampas, Nikos, Gonzalez Garcia, Jorge, Larreina, David, Le Bourdonnec, Francois-Xavier, MacLeod, George, Martin-Frances, Laura, Massilani, Diyendo, Mercader, Julio, Miller, Jennifer M., Ndiema, Emmanuel, Notario, Belen, Pitarch Marti, Africa, Prendergast, Mary E., Queffelec, Alain ... Petraglia, Michael D. (2021). Earliest known human burial in Africa. Nature, 593 (7857), 95-+. doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-03457-8

Earliest known human burial in Africa

Current funding

  • 2022 - 2025
    Indian Ocean globalisation and the westward Austronesian expansion
    ARC Future Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2025
    Re-evaluating forager-farmer plant use in Anatolias Neolithic transition
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2021 - 2022
    Dr Alison Crowther - AQ WRAP
    Advance Queensland Women's Research Assistance Program
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2022
    Forest Foragers: Archaeobotany and Palaeoecology of Human-Rainforest Adaptations in Sri Lanka
    UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards
    Open grant
  • 2019
    Zooming In, Zooming Out: High-Definition Multi-Scalar Technologies in Archaeology, Cultural Heritage and Environment
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2020
    Human settlement of the Comoros and its role in the westward Austronesian expansion
    National Geographic Society
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2018
    Dr Alison Crowther - Maternity Funding (Advance Queensland Women's Academic Fund)
    Queensland Government Advance Queensland Women's Academic Fund
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2020
    The archaeobotany of farming transitions in Africa and the Indian Ocean periphery (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena)
    Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
    Open grant
  • 2016
    Addressing biases in archaeological understanding of the earliest spread of farming from Southwest Asia's 'Fertile Crescent' using plant micro-remains
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2018
    Food crops and culinary frontiers: the archaeobotany of Indian Ocean interaction and the colonisation of Madagascar
    UQ Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2016
    Operationalising research collections in archaeological science and museum studies
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant

Availability

Dr Alison Crowther is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The role of humans in controlling the rainforest-sclerophyll forest boundary in Southeast Queensland during the Holocene

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Andrew Fairbairn

  • Doctor Philosophy

    An Archaeobotanical Perspective on the Economy of the Ancient City of Kilwa Kisiwani, Southern Tanzania: AD 800-1600

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Andrew Fairbairn

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Archaeobotanical Analysis of Plant Processing on Mithaka Country

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Andrew Fairbairn, Professor Michael Westaway

  • Doctor Philosophy

    A Zooarchaeological Analysis and Interpretation of the Comoros Islands

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Tiina Manne

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Investigating the economy of Mithaka settlements

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Michael Westaway

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Aboriginal and Environmental Interactions in Northern Australia: A faunal analysis of Malangangerr

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Chris Clarkson, Associate Professor Tiina Manne

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Hidden in the Haematite: patterns of continuity and change reflected in the selection, production and use of haematite at Madjedbebe, Arhmen Land, Australia

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Chris Clarkson

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Seed grinding in traditional Aboriginal Australia

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Chris Clarkson

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Settlement resilience and adaptation through the climatic, economic, and political changes of the Central Anatolian Bronze Age

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Andrew Fairbairn

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Landscape as an artefact: Disentangling past human impacts on the vegetation Surry Hills, northern Tasmania using pollen and phytoliths

    Associate Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Seed grinding in traditional Aboriginal Australia

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Chris Clarkson

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Landscape as an artefact: Disentangling past human impacts on the vegetation Surry Hills, northern Tasmania using pollen and phytoliths

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Kevin Welsh, Professor Helen Bostock

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The assembly of plant microfossil assemblages: Characterising pollen and phytoliths from plants and soils to improve palaeoecological interpretations

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Kevin Welsh

  • Doctor Philosophy

    High-speed impact fractures and the global origins of projectile technology

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Chris Clarkson

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Investigating the economy of Mithaka settlements

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Michael Westaway

Completed supervision

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