Overview
Background
I am an Australian Research Council Future Fellow working in the field of bioarchaeology in Australia and New Guinea.
Availability
- Dr Michael Westaway is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts, University of Sydney
- Doctor of Philosophy, Australian National University
Works
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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
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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Supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Investigating the economy of Mithaka settlements
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Alison Crowther
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Doctor Philosophy
Understanding prehistoric human mobility along the coast of Papua New Guinea through strontium isotope mapping
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Andrew Fairbairn
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Doctor Philosophy
Princess Charlotte Bays rock art galleries: understanding the boundaries, connections, and the importance of style signatures across time and space in the Coral Sea.
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Investigating prehistoric mobility in Motupore Islanders through strontium isotope mapping
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Andrew Fairbairn
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Doctor Philosophy
Archaeobotanical Analysis of Plant Processing on Mithaka Country
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Andrew Fairbairn, Dr Alison Crowther
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Master Philosophy
Plant exploitation and management on Mithaka Country, south-western Queensland: Developing frameworks for understanding cultivation, niche construction, and domestication in Australia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Andrew Fairbairn
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