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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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

Early Upper Paleolithic bone processing and insights into small-scale storage of fats at Vale Boi, southern Iberia

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

The ecodynamics of the first modern humans in southwestern Iberia: the case of Vale Boi, Portugal

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

Intensive subsistence practices at Vale Boi, an Upper Paleolithic site in southwestern Portugal

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

Common problems, uncommon solutions: Zooarchaeological contributions to understanding dietary change in Mediterranean-type environments

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.

Vale Boi: 10,000 years of Upper Paleolithic bone boiling

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

Prying new meaning from limpet harvesting at Vale Boi during the Upper Paleolithic

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

Le paleolithique superieur au sud du Portugal: le site de Vale Boi

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

Vale Boi: Rendering new understandings of resource intensification and diversification in southwestern Iberia

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.

The archaeology of Montebello Islands, North-West Australia: Late Quaternary foragers on an arid coastline

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.

Evidence for bone grease rendering during the Upper Paleolithic at Vale Boi (Algarve, Portugal)

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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