Overview
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
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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.
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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.
Works
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2014
Journal Article
Early Upper Paleolithic bone processing and insights into small-scale storage of fats at Vale Boi, southern Iberia
Manne, Tiina (2014). Early Upper Paleolithic bone processing and insights into small-scale storage of fats at Vale Boi, southern Iberia. Journal of Archaeological Science, 43 (1), 111-123. doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.12.003
2013
Journal Article
The ecodynamics of the first modern humans in southwestern Iberia: the case of Vale Boi, Portugal
Bicho, Nuno, Manne, Tiina, Marreiros, João, Cascalheira, João, Pereira, Telmo, Tátá, Frederico, Évora, Marina, Gonçalves, Célia and Infantini, Leandro (2013). The ecodynamics of the first modern humans in southwestern Iberia: the case of Vale Boi, Portugal. Quaternary International, 318, 102-116. doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.06.029
2012
Journal Article
Intensive subsistence practices at Vale Boi, an Upper Paleolithic site in southwestern Portugal
Manne, Tiina, Cascalheira, João, Evora, Marina, Marreiros, João and Bicho, Nuno (2012). Intensive subsistence practices at Vale Boi, an Upper Paleolithic site in southwestern Portugal. Quaternary International, 264, 83-99. doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.02.026
2012
Journal Article
Common problems, uncommon solutions: Zooarchaeological contributions to understanding dietary change in Mediterranean-type environments
Manne, Tiina and Starkovich, Britt (2012). Common problems, uncommon solutions: Zooarchaeological contributions to understanding dietary change in Mediterranean-type environments. Quaternary International, 264, 1-3. doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.02.034
2012
Book Chapter
Vale Boi: 10,000 years of Upper Paleolithic bone boiling
Manne, Tiina (2012). Vale Boi: 10,000 years of Upper Paleolithic bone boiling. The menial art of cooking. (pp. 173-199) edited by Sarah R. Graff and Enrique Rodriguez-Alegria. Boulder, CO, USA: University Press of Colorado.
2011
Book Chapter
Prying new meaning from limpet harvesting at Vale Boi during the Upper Paleolithic
Manne, Tiina and Bicho, Nuno F. (2011). Prying new meaning from limpet harvesting at Vale Boi during the Upper Paleolithic. Trekking the shore: Changing coastlines and the antiquity of coastal settlement. (pp. 273-290) edited by Nuno F. Bicho, Jonathan A. Haws and Loren G. Davis. New York, United States: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4419-8219-3_11
2010
Journal Article
Le paleolithique superieur au sud du Portugal: le site de Vale Boi
Bicho, Nuno Ferreira, Gibaja, Juan Francisco, Stiner, Mary and Manne, Tiina (2010). Le paleolithique superieur au sud du Portugal: le site de Vale Boi. L'Anthropologie, 114 (1), 48-67. doi: 10.1016/j.anthro.2010.01.002
2009
Journal Article
Vale Boi: Rendering new understandings of resource intensification and diversification in southwestern Iberia
Manne, Tiina and Bicho, Nuno (2009). Vale Boi: Rendering new understandings of resource intensification and diversification in southwestern Iberia. Before Farming, 2009 (2 Article 1), 1-21. doi: 10.3828/bfarm.2009.2.1
2007
Book
The archaeology of Montebello Islands, North-West Australia: Late Quaternary foragers on an arid coastline
Veth, Peter, Aplin, Ken, Wallis, Lynley, Manne, Tina, Pulsford, Tim, White, Elizabeth and Chappell, Alan (2007). The archaeology of Montebello Islands, North-West Australia: Late Quaternary foragers on an arid coastline. Oxford, United Kingdom: Archaeopress.
2006
Conference Publication
Evidence for bone grease rendering during the Upper Paleolithic at Vale Boi (Algarve, Portugal)
Manne, Tiina H., Stiner, Mary C. and Bicho, Nuno F. (2006). Evidence for bone grease rendering during the Upper Paleolithic at Vale Boi (Algarve, Portugal). IV CAP: Congresso de Arqueologia Peninsular 2004, Faro, Portugal, 14-19 September, 2004. Faro, Portugal: Faculdade de Ciencias Humanas e Sociais, Universidade do Algarve.
Funding
Current funding
Supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Aboriginal and Environmental Interactions in Northern Australia: A faunal analysis of Malangangerr
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Alison Crowther, Professor Chris Clarkson
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Doctor Philosophy
Characterising damage to bone by Sarcophilus harrisii and Dasyurus maculatus in archaeological and palaeontological assemblages from Sahul
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Chris Clarkson
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Doctor Philosophy
Zooarchaeology of voluntary isolation: How does isolation affect past human/faunal interactions in Ravenswood, Qld?
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Caitlin D'Gluyas
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Doctor Philosophy
A question of balance: A multi-method zooarchaeological study of food and identity (re)creation in migrant communities in late 19th/early 20th century Queensland
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Caitlin D'Gluyas
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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
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Master Philosophy
Foundations for Imperium: Assessing the socio-economic, environmental and political influence of Italian waterproof mortar technology on the ancient Mediterranean
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
A Zooarchaeological Analysis and Interpretation of the Comoros Islands
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Alison Crowther
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Quantitative methods for the taxonomic identification of marsupial postcrania from Australian archaeological sites
Principal Advisor
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Worn to the Bone: Use-wear of bone points from the Madjedbebe rockshelter, Arnhem Land
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Chris Clarkson, Dr Alison Crowther
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
At Home on the Goldfield: A Domestic Archaeological Investigation of Identity at Ravenswood, North Queensland.
Associate Advisor
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2021
Master Philosophy
Coastal Caprines: Using ZooMS to Trace the Spread of Domesticates in Coastal Eastern Africa
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Alison Crowther
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2020
Master Philosophy
Pieces of a ground stone puzzle: experimental studies of seed-grinding in traditional Aboriginal Australia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Chris Clarkson
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Identifying Prehistoric Interaction on Rapa Nui (Easter Island): Modelling the Development of Social Complexity in Extreme Isolation
Associate Advisor
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
The relevance of basic science to stone tool use and meat eating: Standardisation of bone surface modification methods and interpretations
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
An "out-of-the-way little place": Historical archaeology and globalisation at St Lawrence, Queensland, Australia
Associate Advisor
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
Understanding Australia's Cultural History Through Archaeological Geophysics
Associate Advisor
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