Jane Balme

2023

Embedded in the Bark: Kimberley Boab Trees as Sites of Historical Archaeology

K. Frederick, U., Balme, J., Jamieson, J., Marshall, M. & O’Connor, S., Sept 2023, In: International Journal of Historical Archaeology. 27, 3, p. 817-840 24 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

2022

Art in the bark: Indigenous carved boab trees (Adansonia gregorii) in north-west Australia

O'Connor, S., Balme, J., Frederick, U., Garstone, B., Bedford, R., Bedford, J., Rivers, A., Bedford, A. & Lewis, D., 25 Dec 2022, In: Antiquity. 96, 390, p. 1574-1591 18 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

2 Citations (Scopus)

Fibre technologies in Indigenous Australia: Evidence from archaeological excavations in the Kimberley region

Balme, J., O’Connor, S., Maloney, T. R., Akerman, K., Keaney, B. & Dilkes-Hall, I. E., 2022, In: Australian Archaeology. 88, 2, p. 115-128 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

3 Citations (Web of Science)

2021

Bone artifacts from Riwi Cave, south-central Kimberley: Reappraisal of the timing and role of osseous artifacts in northern Australia

Langley, M. C., Balme, J. & O'Connor, S., 1 Sept 2021, In: International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. 31, 5, p. 673-682 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

6 Citations (Scopus)

The Coming of the Dingo

Balme, J. & O'Connor, S., 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Indigenous Australia and New Guinea. McNiven, I. J. & David, B. (eds.). UK: Oxford University Press, 22 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Chapter › peer-review

Open Access

2020

An examination of rockshelter palynology: Carpenter's Gap 1, northwestern Australia

Rowe, C., O'Connor, S. & Balme, J., 1 Aug 2020, In: The Holocene. 30, 8, p. 1142-1154 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

4 Citations (Scopus)

Archaeobotany of Aboriginal plant foods during the Holocene at Riwi, south central Kimberley, Western Australia

Dilkes-Hall, I. E., Balme, J., O’Connor, S. & Dotte-Sarout, E., 1 May 2020, In: Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. 29, 3, p. 309-325 17 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

7 Citations (Scopus)

Evaluating human responses to ENSO driven climate change during the Holocene in northwest Australia through macrobotanical analyses

Dilkes-Hall, I. E., Balme, J., O’Connor, S. & Dotte-Sarout, E., 1 Dec 2020, In: Holocene. 30, 12, p. 1728-1740 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

4 Citations (Scopus)

2019

Bead making in Aboriginal Australia from the deep past to European arrival: materials, methods, and meanings

Balme, J. & O'Connor, S., 2019, In: PaleoAnthropology. 2019, Special Issue, p. 177-195 19 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

Long-term occupation on the edge of the desert: Riwi Cave in the southern Kimberley, Western Australia

Balme, J., O'connor, S., Maloney, T., Vannieuwenhuyse, D., Aplin, K. & Dilkes-Hall, I. E., 1 Apr 2019, In: Archaeology in Oceania. 54, 1, p. 35-52 18 p.

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Open Access

17 Citations (Scopus)

People-plant interaction and economic botany over 47,000 years of occupation at Carpenter’s Gap 1, south central Kimberley

Dilkes-Hall, I. E., O’Connor, S. & Balme, J., 2 Jan 2019, In: Australian Archaeology. 85, 1, p. 30-47 18 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

16 Citations (Scopus)

Settling the west: 50,000 years in a changing land

Dortch, J., Balme, J., McDonald, J., Morse, K., O'Connor, S. & Veth, P., 2019, In: Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australian. 102, p. 30-44 15 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

4 Citations (Scopus)

2018

Carpenters Gap 1: A 47,000 year old record of Indigenous adaption and innovation.

Maloney, T., O'Connor, S., Rachel, W., Ken, A. & Balme, J., 1 Jul 2018, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 191, p. 204-228 25 p.

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Open Access

42 Citations (Scopus)

Communal hunting by Aboriginal Australians: Archaeological and ethnographic evidence

Balme, J., 1 Jan 2018, The Archaeology of Large-Scale Manipulation of Prey: The Economic and Social Dynamics of Mass Hunting. Carlson, K. & Bement, L. C. (eds.). 1 ed. Louisville, Colorado: University Press of Colorado, p. 42-62 21 p.

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3 Citations (Scopus)

Home Is Where the Hearth Is: Anthracological and Microstratigraphic Analyses of Pleistocene and Holocene Combustion Features, Riwi Cave (Kimberley, Western Australia)

Whitau, R., Vannieuwenhuyse, D., Dotte-Sarout, E., Balme, J. & O’Connor, S., 1 Sept 2018, In: Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory. 25, 3, p. 739-776 38 p.

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Open Access

24 Citations (Scopus)

Lifeways of the first Australians: regional archaeology in the remote north

Balme, J., 23 Feb 2018, Engaging archaeological research: case studies in method, theory and practice. Silliman, S. (ed.). 1 ed. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, p. 51-59 9 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Chapter › peer-review

Marine shell ornaments in northwestern Australian archaeological sites: different meanings over time and space

Balme, J., O'Connor, S. & Langley, M., 1 Jan 2018, The Archaeology of Portable Art : Southeast Asian, Pacific and Australian Perspectives. Langley, M., Litster, M., Wright, D. & May, S. (eds.). 1 ed. London: Routledge, p. 258-273 16 p.

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7 Citations (Scopus)

New dates on dingo bones from Madura Cave provide oldest firm evidence for arrival of the species in Australia

Balme, J., O’Connor, S. & Fallon, S., 1 Dec 2018, In: Scientific Reports. 8, 1, 9933.

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Open Access

48 Citations (Scopus)

The curious case of Proteaceae: macrobotanical investigations at Mount Behn rockshelter, Bunuba country, Western Australia

Whitau, R., Dilkes-Hall, I. A., Vannieuwenhuyse, D., O’Connor, S. & Balme, J., Apr 2018, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Australian Archaeology. 84, 1, p. 19-36 18 p.

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7 Citations (Scopus)

What happened after the Last Glacial Maximum? Transitions in site use on an arid inland island in north-western Australia

Reynen, W., Vannieuwenhuyse, D., Morse, K., Monks, C. & Balme, J., 1 Oct 2018, In: Archaeology in Oceania. 53, 3, p. 150-162 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

9 Citations (Scopus)

2017

Settling in Sahul: Investigating environmental and human history interactions through micromorphological analyses in tropical semi-arid north-west Australia

Vannieuwenhuyse, D., O'Connor, S. & Balme, J., 1 Jan 2017, In: Journal of Archaeological Science. 77, p. 172-193 22 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

23 Citations (Scopus)

The effect of retouch intensity on mid to late Holocene unifacial and bifacial points from the Kimberley

Maloney, T. R., O’Connor, S. & Balme, J., 4 May 2017, In: Australian Archaeology. 83, 1-2, p. 42-55 14 p.

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18 Citations (Scopus)

Traditions and change in scaphopod shell beads in Northern Australia from the Pleistocene to the recent past

Balme, J. & O'Connor, S., 2017, Not just for show: The archaeology of beads, beadwork and personal ornaments. Bar-Yosef Mayer, D. E., Bonsall, C. & Choyke, A. M. (eds.). 1 ed. Oxford: Oxbow Books, p. 7-18 12 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Chapter › peer-review

Wood charcoal analysis at Riwi cave, Gooniyandi country, Western Australia

Whitau, R., Balme, J., O'Connor, S. & Wood, R., 1 Nov 2017, In: Quaternary International. 457, p. 140-154 15 p.

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17 Citations (Scopus)

2016

A 600-year-old Boomerang fragment from Riwi Cave (South Central Kimberley, Western Australia)

Langley, M. C., Dilkes-Hall, I., Balme, J. & O'Connor, S., 12 May 2016, In: Australian Archaeology. 82, 2, p. 106-122 17 p.

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15 Citations (Scopus)

9 Downloads (Pure)

Dingoes and Aboriginal social organisation in Holocene Australia.

Balme, J. & O'Connor, S., 1 Jun 2016, In: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 7, p. 775-781 7 p.

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36 Citations (Scopus)

Dingo scat-bone ‘signature patterns’: an actualistic study and comparison of wild and captive scat-bone assemblages and interpretation of bone fragments from Witchcliffe Rock Shelter, south western Australia

Reynolds, J. E., Dortch, J. & Balme, J., 1 Sept 2016, In: Australian Archaeology. 82, 3, p. 218-231 14 p.

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3 Citations (Scopus)

News from the south: Current perspectives in Australian zooarchaeology

Manne, T., Balme, J. & Weisler, M., 1 Jun 2016, In: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 7, p. 687-688 2 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

1 Citation (Web of Science)

Re-excavation of Djuru, a Holocene rockshelter in the Southern Kimberley, North Western Australia

Maloney, T., O’Connor, S., Vannieuwenhuyse, D., Balme, J. & Fyfe, J., 2016, In: Australian Archaeology. 82, 2, p. 80-85 6 p.

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8 Citations (Scopus)

Towards an accurate and precise chronology for the colonization of Australia: The example of Riwi, Kimberley, Western Australia

Wood, R., Jacobs, Z., Vannieuwenhuyse, D., Balme, J., O'Connor, S. & Whitau, R., Sept 2016, In: PLoS One. 11, 9, p. 1-25 e0160123.

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Open Access

54 Citations (Scopus)

10 Downloads (Pure)

World's earliest ground-edge axe production coincides with human colonisation of Australia

Hiscock, P., O'Connor, S., Balme, J. & Maloney, T., 2016, In: Australian Archaeology. 82, 2, p. 2-11 10 p.

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50 Citations (Scopus)

X-ray computed microtomography and the identification of wood taxa selected for archaeological artefact manufacture: Rare examples from Australian contexts

Whitau, R., Dilkes-Hall, I., Dotte-Sarout, E., Langley, M. C., Balme, J. & O'Connor, S., 1 Apr 2016, In: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 6, p. 536-546 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

19 Citations (Scopus)

2015

A 'Port Scene', Identity and Rock Art of the Inland Southern Kimberley, Western Australia

Balme, J. & O'Connor, S., 2015, In: Rock Art Research. 32, 1, p. 75-83

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Charles Dortch: history and archaeology across three continents.

Dortch, J., Balme, J., Bowdler, S. & Randolph, P., 2015, In: Australian Archaeology. 79, p. 78-80 3 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

Creating a Paperless Recording System for Pilbara Rock Art

Smith, S., McDonald, J., Balme, J., MacLaren, G. & Paterson, A., 2015, Across space and time: Papers from the 41st Conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology. Perth, 25-28 March 2013. Traviglia, A. (ed.). Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, p. 89-96 96 p. (Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Conference paper › peer-review

Editorial

Bowdler, S., Winton, V., Morse, K., Dortch, J. & Balme, J., 2015, In: Australian Archaeology. 81, p. iii-iv 2 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

'Memento mori': Love/Fear of and for the Dead - Archaeological Approaches

Bowdler, S. & Balme, J., 2015, Understanding Emotions in Early Europe. Champion, M. & Lynch, A. (eds.). Belgium: Brepols Publishers, Vol. 8. p. 291-312 (Early European research).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Chapter › peer-review

2014

Archaeology in Practice: A Student guide to Archaeological Analyses

Balme, J. & Paterson, A., 2014, Not available. Balme, J. & Paterson, A. (eds.). UK

Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Other chapter contribution

Bowdler, Sandra E.

Balme, J., 2014, Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology, Volume 2. Smith, C. (ed.). USA: Springer, p. 991-992

Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary

Charlie Dortch: History and archaeology across three continents

Dortch, J., Balme, J., Bowdler, S. & Randolph, P., 2014, In: Australian Archaeology. 79, p. 78-80

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

1 Citation (Scopus)

Devils Lair: Occupation intensity and land-use

Balme, J., 2014, In: Australian Archaeology. 79, p. 179-186

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7 Citations (Scopus)

Early Modern Humans in Island Southeast Asia and Sahul: Adaptive and Creative Societies with Simple Lithic Industries

Balme, J. & O'Connor, S., 2014, Southern Asia, Australia and the Search for Human Origins. Dennell, R. & Porr, M. (eds.). USA: Cambridge University Press, p. 164-174

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