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Overview
Availability
- Dr Alison Crowther is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts, The University of Queensland
- Bachelor (Honours) of Arts, The University of Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Works
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2009
Journal Article
Archaeobotany in Australia and New Guinea: Practice, potential and prospects
Denham, Tim, Atchison, Jennifer, Austin, Jeremy, Bestel, Sheahan, Bowdery, Doreen, Crowther, Alison, Dolby, Nic, Fairbairn, Andrew, Field, Judith, Kennedy, Amanda, Lentfer, Carol, Matheson, Carney, Nugent, Sue, Parr, Jeff, Prebble, Matiu, Robertson, Gail, Specht, Jim, Torrence, Robin, Barton, Huw, Fullager, Richard, Haberle, Simon, Horrocks, Mark, Lewis, Tara and Matthews, Peter (2009). Archaeobotany in Australia and New Guinea: Practice, potential and prospects. Australian Archaeology, 68 (1), 1-10. doi: 10.1080/03122417.2009.11681884
2009
Journal Article
The oldest and longest enduring microlithic sequence in India: 35 000 years of modern human occupation and change at the Jwalapuram Locality 9 rockshelter
Clarkson, Chris, Petraglia, Michael, Korisettar, Ravi, Haslam, Michael, Boivin, Nicole, Crowther, Alison, Ditchfield, Peter, Fuller, Dorian, Miracle, Preston, Harris, Clair, Connell, Kate, James, Hannah and Koshy, Jinu (2009). The oldest and longest enduring microlithic sequence in India: 35 000 years of modern human occupation and change at the Jwalapuram Locality 9 rockshelter. Antiquity, 83 (320), 326-348. doi: 10.1017/S0003598X0009846X
2009
Other Outputs
Investigating Lapita subsistence and pottery use through microscopic residues on ceramics: methodological issues, feasibility and potential
Alison Crowther (2009). Investigating Lapita subsistence and pottery use through microscopic residues on ceramics: methodological issues, feasibility and potential. PhD Thesis, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland.
2009
Book Chapter
Morphometric analysis of calcium oxalate raphides and assessment of their taxonomic value for archaeological microfossil studies
Crowther, Alison (2009). Morphometric analysis of calcium oxalate raphides and assessment of their taxonomic value for archaeological microfossil studies. Archaeological Science Under the Microscope: Studies in residue and ancient DNA analysis in honour of Thomas H. Loy. (pp. 102-128) edited by Michael Haslam, Gail Robertson, Alison Crowther, Sue Nugent and Luke Kirkwood. Canberra, ACT Australia: ANU E Press.
2009
Conference Publication
Re-viewing raphides: Issues with the identification and interpretation of calcium oxalate crystals in microfossil assemblages
Crowther, Alison (2009). Re-viewing raphides: Issues with the identification and interpretation of calcium oxalate crystals in microfossil assemblages. 8th Australasian Archaeometry Conference (AAC), Canberra Australia, Dec 12-15, 2005. CANBERRA ACT: AUSTRALIAN NATL UNIV.
2009
Book Chapter
Re-viewing raphides: Issues with the identification and interpretation of calcium oxalate crystals in microfossil assemblages
Crowther, Alison (2009). Re-viewing raphides: Issues with the identification and interpretation of calcium oxalate crystals in microfossil assemblages. New Directions in Archaeological Science. (pp. 105-118) edited by Andrew S. Fairbairn, Sue O'Connor and Benjamin Marwick. Canberra, ACT Australia: ANU E Press.
2009
Book Chapter
terra australis 30 ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE UNDER A MICROSCOPE Studies in Residue and ancient DNA Analysis in Honour of Thomas H. Loy PREFACE
Haslam, Michael and Crowther, Alison (2009). terra australis 30 ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE UNDER A MICROSCOPE Studies in Residue and ancient DNA Analysis in Honour of Thomas H. Loy PREFACE. terra australis 30 ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE UNDER A MICROSCOPE Studies in Residue and ancient DNA Analysis in Honour of Thomas H. Loy PREFACE. (pp. 1-3) edited by Haslam, M, Robertson, G, Crowther, A, Nugent, S and Kirkwood, L. CANBERRA ACT: AUSTRALIAN NATL UNIV.
2009
Book
TA 30 - Archaeological Science Under a Microscope : Studies in Residue and Ancient DNA Analysis in Honour of Thomas H. Loy
Haslam, Michael, Kirkwood, Luke, Robertson, Gail, Crowther, Alison and Nugent, Sue eds. (2009). TA 30 - Archaeological Science Under a Microscope : Studies in Residue and Ancient DNA Analysis in Honour of Thomas H. Loy. Terra Australis, Canberra, ACT Australia: ANU Press. doi: 10.26530/oapen_459754
2007
Journal Article
Blind tests in microscopic residue analysis: Comments on Wadley et al. (2004)
Crowther, Alison and Haslam, Michael (2007). Blind tests in microscopic residue analysis: Comments on Wadley et al. (2004). Journal of Archaeological Science, 34 (6), 997-1000. doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2006.06.003
2005
Journal Article
Starch residues on undecorated Lapita pottery from Anir, New Ireland
Crowther, Alison (2005). Starch residues on undecorated Lapita pottery from Anir, New Ireland. Archaeology In Oceania, 40 (2), 62-66. doi: 10.1002/j.1834-4453.2005.tb00586.x
2005
Journal Article
A Pacific Odyssey: Archaeology and Anthropology in the Western Pacific. Papers in Honour of Jim Specht.
Crowther, Alison (2005). A Pacific Odyssey: Archaeology and Anthropology in the Western Pacific. Papers in Honour of Jim Specht.. Australian Archaeology, 60, 78-79.
Funding
Current funding
Supervision
Availability
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- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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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
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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
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Doctor Philosophy
Archaeobotanical Analysis of Plant Processing on Mithaka Country
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Andrew Fairbairn, Dr Michael Westaway
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Doctor Philosophy
A Zooarchaeological Analysis and Interpretation of the Comoros Islands
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Tiina Manne
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Doctor Philosophy
Investigating the economy of Mithaka settlements
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Michael Westaway
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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
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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
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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
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Doctor Philosophy
Landscape as an artefact: Disentangling past human impacts on the vegetation Surry Hills, northern Tasmania using pollen and phytoliths
Associate Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Seed grinding in traditional Aboriginal Australia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Chris Clarkson
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Doctor Philosophy
The assembly of plant microfossil assemblages: Characterising pollen and phytoliths from plants and soils to improve palaeoecological interpretations
Associate Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
High-speed impact fractures and the global origins of projectile technology
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Chris Clarkson
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
The archaeobotany of food systems in southern-central Africa in the first and second millennium CE and its implications for food security in the region today
Principal Advisor
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
A multiproxy study of dietary flexibility and wild plant use by early food producers in Upper Nubia
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Andrew Fairbairn
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2021
Master Philosophy
Coastal Caprines: Using ZooMS to Trace the Spread of Domesticates in Coastal Eastern Africa
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Tiina Manne
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
An archaeobotanical analysis of agricultural and economic change at Kaman-Kalehöyük during the Persian Empire
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Andrew Fairbairn
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Worn to the Bone: Use-wear of bone points from the Madjedbebe rockshelter, Arnhem Land
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Chris Clarkson, Associate Professor Tiina Manne
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