Associate Professor Tiina Manne
Associate Professor

Tiina Manne

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Background

I research animal skeletal remains at archaeological sites to reconstruct patterns in past diet to understand how people responded to large-scale climate, environmental and cultural change.

I completed my BSc in archaeology and zoology in 1997 at James Cook University, followed with honours in archaeology in 1998. My honours project focused on the animal remains from the Pleistocene- and Holocene-aged of Noala Cave, a rockshelter on the Montebello Islands off the Pilbara coast in Western Australia. Following this, I moved to North America and completed a MSc in marine geology at the University of Miami (2003) and a PhD in anthropology (archaeology) at the University of Arizona (2010). My PhD research focused on reconstructing past diet of peoples occupying the Upper Palaeolithic site of Vale Boi in southern Portugal. In 2012 I returned to Australia and Australian archaeology. My main research project seeks to understand the motivations behind the initial colonisation of northern Australia and New Guinea and the manner in which people subsequently navigated large-scale shifts in climate and local environment.

Availability

Associate Professor Tiina Manne is:
Available for supervision

Qualifications

  • Masters (Coursework) of Science, University of Miami
  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Arizona

Research interests

  • 50,000 years of human subsistence behaviour in northern Australia

    For over 40 years archaeologists have debated the nature of initial colonisation of Australia and how people subsequently coped with large-scale climate change. This study systematically examines variation in human subsistence behaviour and animal community structure across northern Australia. Through analyses of archaeofaunas from key archaeological sites, this project will test assumptions of why and how northern Australia was first occupied and the manner in which people responded to dramatic environmental shifts. An additional outcome of this project is insight into the causes of fragmentation in Australian fauna assemblages.

  • The Barrow Island Archaeology Project: the dynamism of maritime societies in northern Australia

    The Barrow Island Archaeology Project examines an exceptional record of Indigenous occupation on one of the largest islands lying off the northwest coast of Australia. The island and sites on it are optimally located to register first coastal occupations. Peoples' responses to changes in sea level, climate and isolation from critical resources on the mainland will be mapped, with predicted abandonment 7,400 years ago. The Project will study the nature of a cultural landscape that represents a 'time-capsule' sealed in the early Holocene. Important climate and ecological records will be reconstructed from the contents of caves. The labour history of Indigenous people and pearling will also be profiled.

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50 works between 2006 and 2024
All (50) Journal Article (44) Book Chapter (3) Conference Publication (1) Book (1) Other Outputs (1)

1 - 20 of 50 works

2024

Journal Article

Correction to: Early human occupation of Australia’s eastern seaboard (Scientific Reports, (2024), 14, 1, (2579), 10.1038/s41598-024-52000-y)

Adams, Shaun, Norman, Kasih, Kemp, Justine, Jacobs, Zenobia, Costelloe, Michael, Fairbairn, Andrew, Robins, Richard, Stock, Errol, Moss, Patrick, Smith, Tam, Love, Serena, Manne, Tiina, Lowe, Kelsey M., Logan, India, Manoel, Michael, McFadden, Karen, Burns, Darren, Dooley, Thomas, Falkiner, Zac and Clarkson, Chris (2024). Correction to: Early human occupation of Australia’s eastern seaboard (Scientific Reports, (2024), 14, 1, (2579), 10.1038/s41598-024-52000-y). Scientific Reports, 14 (1) 14309. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-65370-0

Correction to: Early human occupation of Australia’s eastern seaboard (Scientific Reports, (2024), 14, 1, (2579), 10.1038/s41598-024-52000-y)

2024

Journal Article

Early human occupation of Australia’s eastern seaboard

Adams, Shaun, Norman, Kasih, Kemp, Justine, Jacobs, Zenobia, Costelloe, Michael, Fairbairn, Andrew, Robins, Richard, Stock, Errol, Moss, Patrick, Smith, Tam, Love, Serena, Manne, Tiina, Lowe, Kelsey M., Logan, India, Manoel, Michael, McFadden, Karen, Burns, Darren, Falkiner, Zac and Clarkson, Chris (2024). Early human occupation of Australia’s eastern seaboard. Scientific Reports, 14 (1) 2579. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-52000-y

Early human occupation of Australia’s eastern seaboard

2023

Journal Article

Bone collagen from subtropical Australia is preserved for more than 50,000 years

Peters, Carli, Wang, Yiming, Vakil, Vikram, Cramb, Jonathan, Dortch, Joe, Hocknull, Scott, Lawrence, Rochelle, Manne, Tiina, Monks, Carly, Rössner, Gertrud E., Ryan, Helen, Siversson, Mikael, Ziegler, Tim, Louys, Julien, Price, Gilbert J., Boivin, Nicole and Collins, Matthew J. (2023). Bone collagen from subtropical Australia is preserved for more than 50,000 years. Communications Earth and Environment, 4 (1) 438, 1-8. doi: 10.1038/s43247-023-01114-8

Bone collagen from subtropical Australia is preserved for more than 50,000 years

2023

Journal Article

A Holocene sequence from Walufeni Cave, Southern Highlands Province, and its implications for the settlement of the Great Papuan Plateau, Papua New Guinea

Barker, Bryce, Lamb, Lara, Leavesley, Matthew, Manne, Tiina, Fairbairn, Andrew, Coe, Andrew, Lowe, Kelsey M., Beni, Teppsy, Neanda, Betty and Aubert, Maxime (2023). A Holocene sequence from Walufeni Cave, Southern Highlands Province, and its implications for the settlement of the Great Papuan Plateau, Papua New Guinea. Australian Archaeology, 89 (1), 47-65. doi: 10.1080/03122417.2023.2175960

A Holocene sequence from Walufeni Cave, Southern Highlands Province, and its implications for the settlement of the Great Papuan Plateau, Papua New Guinea

2023

Journal Article

Why do students enrol in archaeology at Australian universities? Understanding pre-enrolment experiences, motivations, and career expectations

Monks, Carly, Stannard, Georgia L., Ouzman, Sven, Manne, Tiina, Garside, Joel and Ulm, Sean (2023). Why do students enrol in archaeology at Australian universities? Understanding pre-enrolment experiences, motivations, and career expectations. Australian Archaeology, 89 (1), 32-46. doi: 10.1080/03122417.2023.2175949

Why do students enrol in archaeology at Australian universities? Understanding pre-enrolment experiences, motivations, and career expectations

2022

Journal Article

Marra philosophies of stone, and the stone artefacts of Walanjiwurru 1 rockshelter, Marra Country, northern Australia

Ash, Jeremy, Bradley, John J., Mialanes, Jerome, Brady, Liam M., Evans, Shaun, Barrett, David, David, Bruno, Wesley, Daryl, Dotte-Sarout, Emilie, Rowe, Cassandra, Urwin, Chris and Manne, Tiina (2022). Marra philosophies of stone, and the stone artefacts of Walanjiwurru 1 rockshelter, Marra Country, northern Australia. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 68 101456, 1-17. doi: 10.1016/j.jaa.2022.101456

Marra philosophies of stone, and the stone artefacts of Walanjiwurru 1 rockshelter, Marra Country, northern Australia

2022

Journal Article

Morphometric classification of kangaroo bones reveals paleoecological change in northwest Australia during the terminal Pleistocene

Mein, Erin, Manne, Tiina, Veth, Peter and Weisbecker, Vera (2022). Morphometric classification of kangaroo bones reveals paleoecological change in northwest Australia during the terminal Pleistocene. Scientific Reports, 12 (1) 18245, 1-13. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-21021-w

Morphometric classification of kangaroo bones reveals paleoecological change in northwest Australia during the terminal Pleistocene

2022

Journal Article

Framing Australian Pleistocene coastal occupation and archaeology

Ditchfield, Kane, Ulm, Sean, Manne, Tiina, Farr, Helen, O'Grady, Damien and Veth, Peter (2022). Framing Australian Pleistocene coastal occupation and archaeology. Quaternary Science Reviews, 293 107706, 1-17. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107706

Framing Australian Pleistocene coastal occupation and archaeology

2022

Journal Article

A burning question: what experimental heating of Australian fauna can tell us about cooking practices in Boodie Cave, Barrow Island, northwest Australia

Moody, Kate, Ristovski, Nikola, Manne, Tiina, Ward, Ingrid and Veth, Peter (2022). A burning question: what experimental heating of Australian fauna can tell us about cooking practices in Boodie Cave, Barrow Island, northwest Australia. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 44 103535, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103535

A burning question: what experimental heating of Australian fauna can tell us about cooking practices in Boodie Cave, Barrow Island, northwest Australia

2022

Journal Article

Macropod bone apatite isotopic analysis as evidence for recent environmental change at Bandicoot Bay pearling camp, Barrow Island, Australia

Skippington, Jane, Manne, Tiina, Paterson, Alistair and Veth, Peter (2022). Macropod bone apatite isotopic analysis as evidence for recent environmental change at Bandicoot Bay pearling camp, Barrow Island, Australia. International Journal of Historical Archaeology, 26 (4), 1-18. doi: 10.1007/s10761-021-00640-5

Macropod bone apatite isotopic analysis as evidence for recent environmental change at Bandicoot Bay pearling camp, Barrow Island, Australia

2022

Other Outputs

Investigating ancient animals in Mithaka Country

Manne, Tiina and Louys, Julien (2022). Investigating ancient animals in Mithaka Country. Kirrenderri heart of the Channel Country. (pp. 70-72) edited by Michael C. Westaway, Mandana Maper, Tracey Hough, Shawnee Gorringe and Geoff Ginn. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland, Anthropology Museum.

Investigating ancient animals in Mithaka Country

2021

Journal Article

Rock engravings and occupation sites in the Mount Bosavi Region, Papua New Guinea: Implications for our understanding of the human presence in the Southern Highlands

Lamb, Lara, Barker, Bryce, Leavesley, Matthew, Aubert, Maxime, Fairbairn, Andrew and Manne, Tiina (2021). Rock engravings and occupation sites in the Mount Bosavi Region, Papua New Guinea: Implications for our understanding of the human presence in the Southern Highlands. Archaeology in Oceania, 56 (3) arco.5247, 304-321. doi: 10.1002/arco.5247

Rock engravings and occupation sites in the Mount Bosavi Region, Papua New Guinea: Implications for our understanding of the human presence in the Southern Highlands

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

Identifying marsupials from Australian archaeological sites: current methodological challenges and opportunities in zooarchaeological practice

Mein, Erin and Manne, Tiina (2021). Identifying marsupials from Australian archaeological sites: current methodological challenges and opportunities in zooarchaeological practice. Archaeology in Oceania, 56 (2) arco.5234, 1-9. doi: 10.1002/arco.5234

Identifying marsupials from Australian archaeological sites: current methodological challenges and opportunities in zooarchaeological practice

2021

Journal Article

Power in food on the maritime frontier: a zooarchaeology of enslaved pearl divers on Barrow Island, Western Australia

Dooley, Tom, Manne, Tiina and Paterson, Alistair (2021). Power in food on the maritime frontier: a zooarchaeology of enslaved pearl divers on Barrow Island, Western Australia. International Journal of Historical Archaeology, 25 (2), 544-576. doi: 10.1007/s10761-020-00575-3

Power in food on the maritime frontier: a zooarchaeology of enslaved pearl divers on Barrow Island, Western Australia

2021

Journal Article

Isotopic Indications of Late Pleistocene and Holocene Paleoenvironmental Changes at Boodie Cave Archaeological Site, Barrow Island, Western Australia

Skippington, Jane, Manne, Tiina and Veth, Peter (2021). Isotopic Indications of Late Pleistocene and Holocene Paleoenvironmental Changes at Boodie Cave Archaeological Site, Barrow Island, Western Australia. Molecules, 26 (9) 2582, 2582. doi: 10.3390/molecules26092582

Isotopic Indications of Late Pleistocene and Holocene Paleoenvironmental Changes at Boodie Cave Archaeological Site, Barrow Island, Western Australia

2021

Book Chapter

Enhanced ecologies and ecosystem engineering: strategies developed by Aboriginal Australians to increase the abundance of animal resources

McNiven, Ian J., Manne, Tiina and Ross, Annie (2021). Enhanced ecologies and ecosystem engineering: strategies developed by Aboriginal Australians to increase the abundance of animal resources. The Oxford handbook of the archaeology of Indigenous Australia and New Guinea. (pp. 329-360) edited by Ian J. McNiven and Bruno David. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190095611.013.14

Enhanced ecologies and ecosystem engineering: strategies developed by Aboriginal Australians to increase the abundance of animal resources

2021

Journal Article

Hidden in plain sight: the archaeological landscape of Mithaka Country, south-west Queensland

Westaway, Michael C., Williams, Douglas, Lowe, Kelsey, Wright, Nathan J., Kerkhove, Ray, Silcock, Jennifer, Gorringe, Joshua, Miszkiewicz, Justina, Wood, Rachel, Adams, Richard, Manne, Tiina, Adams, Shaun, Miscamble, Tony, Stout, Justin, Wrobel, Gabriel D., Kemp, Justine, Hendry, Brooke, Gorringe, Max, Gorringe, Betty, Lander, Keiron, Gorringe, Shawnee, Andrews, Ian and Collard, Mark (2021). Hidden in plain sight: the archaeological landscape of Mithaka Country, south-west Queensland. Antiquity, 95 (382) PII S0003598X21000314, 1-18. doi: 10.15184/aqy.2021.31

Hidden in plain sight: the archaeological landscape of Mithaka Country, south-west Queensland

2020

Journal Article

Worked bone and teeth from Orokolo Bay in the Papuan Gulf (Papua New Guinea)

Basiaco, Adriana, Urwin, Chris and Manne, Tiina (2020). Worked bone and teeth from Orokolo Bay in the Papuan Gulf (Papua New Guinea). Australian Archaeology, 86 (3), 1-12. doi: 10.1080/03122417.2020.1808560

Worked bone and teeth from Orokolo Bay in the Papuan Gulf (Papua New Guinea)

2020

Journal Article

How long have dogs been in Melanesia? New evidence from Caution Bay, south coast of Papua New Guinea

Manne, Tiina, David, Bruno, Petchey, Fiona, Leavesley, Matthew, Roberts, Georgia, Szabó, Katherine, Urwin, Chris, McNiven, Ian J. and Richards, Thomas (2020). How long have dogs been in Melanesia? New evidence from Caution Bay, south coast of Papua New Guinea. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 30 102255, 102255. doi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102255

How long have dogs been in Melanesia? New evidence from Caution Bay, south coast of Papua New Guinea

Current funding

  • 2024 - 2029
    Before and after the Last Ice Age: GunaiKurnai archaeology along the Snowy (ARC Linkage Project administered by Monash University)
    Monash University
    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
  • 2019 - 2022
    Pathways through tropical Sahul: the archaeology of the Great Papuan Plateau (ARC Discovery Project administered by the University of Southern Queensland)
    University of Southern Queensland
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2021
    Do Good Things Come in Small Packages? Testing assumptions of Optimal Foraging Theory with co-collaborative research in western Arnhem Land
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2022
    Horses and human societies in New World Australia
    Universities Australia - Germany Joint Research Co-operation Scheme
    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
    Post-Mine Audit at Waterfall General, Garrawarra Cemetery near Helensburgh, NSW
    Metropolitan Colliery Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2019
    Continuous flow isotope ratio mass spectrometer (CF-IRMS) and ancillary preparation systems for carbon, nitrogen and sulfur isotope microanalysis for archaeology, biology, earth and environmental scie
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2016
    Dr Tiina Manne - Maternity Funding (Advance Queensland Women's Academic Fund)
    Queensland Government Advance Queensland Women's Academic Fund
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2020
    50,000 years of human subsistence behaviour in northern Australia
    ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2016
    Operationalising research collections in archaeological science and museum studies
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2015
    Federated Archaeological Information Management Systems project: transforming archaeological research through digital technologies (ARC LIEF Grant administered by Macquarie University)
    University of New South Wales
    Open grant
  • 2014
    Methodological & Quantitative Approaches to Australasian Zooarchaeology and Taphonomy
    UWA-UQ Bilateral Research Collaboration Award
    Open grant
  • 2013
    Building Capacity in Experimental and Scientific Archaeology at UQ
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2015
    The Barrow Island Archaeology Project: the dynamism of maritime societies in northern Australia (ARC Discovery Project administered by UWA)
    University of Western Australia
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2013
    The Middle Palaeolithic to Upper Palaeolithic transition in southern Portugal
    UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
    Open grant

Availability

Associate Professor Tiina Manne is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

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

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Chris Clarkson, Dr Alison Crowther

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Zooarchaeology of voluntary isolation: How does isolation affect past human/faunal interactions in Ravenswood, Qld?

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Jon Prangnell

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Characterising damage to bone by Sarcophilus harrisii, Dasyurus maculatus and Dasyurus viverrinus in Australian archaeological assemblages

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Chris Clarkson

  • Master Philosophy

    Foundations for Imperium: Assessing the socio-economic, environmental and political influence of Italian waterproof mortar technology on the ancient Mediterranean

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    A Zooarchaeological Analysis and Interpretation of the Comoros Islands

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Alison Crowther

Completed supervision

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