Dr Alison Crowther
Dr

Alison Crowther

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Dr Alison Crowther is:
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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 (75) Book Chapter (11) Conference Publication (3) Book (1) Other Outputs (1)

81 - 91 of 91 works

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

Archaeobotany in Australia and New Guinea: Practice, potential and prospects

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

The oldest and longest enduring microlithic sequence in India: 35 000 years of modern human occupation and change at the Jwalapuram Locality 9 rockshelter

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.

Investigating Lapita subsistence and pottery use through microscopic residues on ceramics: methodological issues, feasibility and potential

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.

Morphometric analysis of calcium oxalate raphides and assessment of their taxonomic value for archaeological microfossil studies

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.

Re-viewing raphides: Issues with the identification and interpretation of calcium oxalate crystals in microfossil assemblages

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.

Re-viewing raphides: Issues with the identification and interpretation of calcium oxalate crystals in microfossil assemblages

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.

terra australis 30 ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE UNDER A MICROSCOPE Studies in Residue and ancient DNA Analysis in Honour of Thomas H. Loy PREFACE

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

TA 30 - Archaeological Science Under a Microscope : Studies in Residue and Ancient DNA Analysis in Honour of Thomas H. Loy

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

Blind tests in microscopic residue analysis: Comments on Wadley et al. (2004)

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

Starch residues on undecorated Lapita pottery from Anir, New Ireland

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.

A Pacific Odyssey: Archaeology and Anthropology in the Western Pacific. Papers in Honour of Jim Specht.

Current funding

  • 2022 - 2025
    Indian Ocean globalisation and the westward Austronesian expansion
    ARC Future Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2024
    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, Dr 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: Dr 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

    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

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

    Associate Advisor

  • 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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