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Professor Michael Westaway
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Michael Westaway

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Overview

Background

I am an Australian Research Council Future Fellow working in the field of bioarchaeology in Australia and New Guinea.

Availability

Professor Michael Westaway is:
Available for supervision

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Arts, University of Sydney
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Australian National University

Works

Search Professor Michael Westaway’s works on UQ eSpace

65 works between 2001 and 2024

61 - 65 of 65 works

2009

Conference Publication

A new test of the sex of the Lake Mungo 3 skeleton

Durband, Arthur C., Rayner, Daniel R. T. and Westaway, Michael (2009). A new test of the sex of the Lake Mungo 3 skeleton. Conference on Legacy of an Ice Age, Mungo National Park, Australia, 6-9 September 2006. Richmond, VIC, Australia: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1002/j.1834-4453.2009.tb00050.x

A new test of the sex of the Lake Mungo 3 skeleton

2009

Conference Publication

The mark of Ancient Java is on none of them

Westaway, Michael C. and Groves, Colin P. (2009). The mark of Ancient Java is on none of them. Conference on Legacy of an Ice Age, Mungo National Park, Australia, 6-9 September 2006 . Richmond, VIC, Australia: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1002/j.1834-4453.2009.tb00051.x

The mark of Ancient Java is on none of them

2009

Conference Publication

Late Quaternary environments of South East Queensland

Moss, Patrick, McGowan, Hamish, Westaway, Michael, Petherick, Lynda and Daus, Tamara (2009). Late Quaternary environments of South East Queensland. 10th INTECOL 2009. Ecology in a Changing Climate: Two Hemispheres - One Globe. The 10th International Congress of Ecology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 16-21 August 2009.

Late Quaternary environments of South East Queensland

2004

Journal Article

From the PPNA to the PPNB : new views from the Southern Levant after excavations at Zahrat adh-Dhra' 2 in Jordan

Edwards, Phillip C., Meadows, John, Sayej, Ghattas and Westaway, Michael (2004). From the PPNA to the PPNB : new views from the Southern Levant after excavations at Zahrat adh-Dhra' 2 in Jordan. Paléorient, 30 (2), 21-60. doi: 10.3406/paleo.2004.1010

From the PPNA to the PPNB : new views from the Southern Levant after excavations at Zahrat adh-Dhra' 2 in Jordan

2001

Conference Publication

Investigation, documentation and repatriation of Aboriginal skeletal remains: Case studies from the Goolum Goolum Aboriginal Co-operative Community Boundary, Victoria, Australia

Westaway, M. and Burns, A. (2001). Investigation, documentation and repatriation of Aboriginal skeletal remains: Case studies from the Goolum Goolum Aboriginal Co-operative Community Boundary, Victoria, Australia. Conference on Human Remains - Conservation, Retrieval and Analysis, Williamsburg, VA United States, 7-11 November 1999. Oxford, United Kingdom: Archaeopress.

Investigation, documentation and repatriation of Aboriginal skeletal remains: Case studies from the Goolum Goolum Aboriginal Co-operative Community Boundary, Victoria, Australia

Funding

Current funding

  • 2023 - 2026
    Diving into the Desert. Indigenous and Future Floodplain Management
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2025
    Testing the Dark Emu hypothesis
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2022
    Macleay Valley Cultural tourism and education initiative
    UQ Indigenous Research Engagement and Partnerships Fund
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2023
    The carbon and cultural landscapes of Mithaka Country - the potential of carbon storage through re-introduction of Indigenous management
    Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2023
    New bioarchaeological perspectives on pre-contact lifeways in Sahul
    ARC Future Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2025
    Archaeology and Natural History of the Mithaka Country (ARC Linkage Project administered by Griffith University)
    Griffith University
    Open grant

Supervision

Availability

Professor Michael Westaway is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Investigating prehistoric mobility in Motupore Islanders through strontium isotope mapping

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Andrew Fairbairn

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Investigating the economy of Mithaka settlements

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Alison Crowther

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Investigating the economy of Mithaka settlements

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Alison Crowther

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Understanding prehistoric human mobility along the coast of Papua New Guinea through strontium isotope mapping

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Andrew Fairbairn

  • 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

  • Master Philosophy

    An archaeobotanical framework for empirically distinguishing Indigenous plant collection, cultivation, and agriculture on Mithaka Country southwest Queensland

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Andrew Fairbairn

  • 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

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Archaeobotanical Analysis of Plant Processing on Mithaka Country

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Andrew Fairbairn, Dr Alison Crowther

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