Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Master of Arts in Archaeological Theory
(Southampton, United Kingdom, 21 March 1997)
Doctor of Philosophy (Southampton, United Kingdom, 5 July 2002)
(Southampton, United Kingdom, 21 March 1997)
Doctor of Philosophy (Southampton, United Kingdom, 5 July 2002)
Roles and responsibilities
Discipline Chair Archaeology
Undergraduate and Postgraduate Coordinator
Undergraduate and Postgraduate Coordinator
Funding overview
National Geographic Society/Waitt Grants Program (Return to Oomarri: Dating and preserving north-western Australian Indigenous rock-art)
Research Development Award of the University of Western Austtralia (North of the Southern Arc: Discovering the pathways and conditions for the colonization of Australia)
Australian Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) (The bark paintings of the 1938 Petri/Frobenius-Collection:
Contexts and development of artistic practice in the Northwest Kimberley)
Research grant of the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) for ethnoarchaeological fieldwork in Trang Province, Thailand
Fees-only award of the Arts and Humanities Research Board of the British Academy for a PhD/DPhil degree at the University of Southampton
Postgraduate maintenance studentship of the School of Research and Graduate Studies, University of Southampton
Research Development Award of the University of Western Austtralia (North of the Southern Arc: Discovering the pathways and conditions for the colonization of Australia)
Australian Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) (The bark paintings of the 1938 Petri/Frobenius-Collection:
Contexts and development of artistic practice in the Northwest Kimberley)
Research grant of the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) for ethnoarchaeological fieldwork in Trang Province, Thailand
Fees-only award of the Arts and Humanities Research Board of the British Academy for a PhD/DPhil degree at the University of Southampton
Postgraduate maintenance studentship of the School of Research and Graduate Studies, University of Southampton
Previous positions
Director of Municipal Museums of Quedlinburg (UNESCO World Heritage site), Germany
Teaching overview
ARCY1002 - Archaeology Today: Principles and Themes
ARCY2002 - Archaeology of Colonisation and Contact
ARCY3001 - Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Europe
ARCY3006 - Neolithic and Bronze Age Europe
ARCY4101 - Archaeological Theory
ARCY2002 - Archaeology of Colonisation and Contact
ARCY3001 - Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Europe
ARCY3006 - Neolithic and Bronze Age Europe
ARCY4101 - Archaeological Theory
Research
Early Upper Palaeolithic art in Central Europe
Northwest Australian Indigenous rock-art
Palaeolithic archaeology Southeast Asia
Northwest Australian Indigenous rock-art
Palaeolithic archaeology Southeast Asia
Languages
German
English
English
Keywords
- Hunter-gatherer archaeology
- Hunter-gatherer archaeology of Europe
- Archaeology of art and rock art
- Archaeological method and theory
- Human social and cognitive evolution
- Social learning
- Postcolonial archaeology
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Philippines
Social Sciences
modernity
Social Sciences
post-colonialism
Social Sciences
Southeast Asia
Social Sciences
art
Social Sciences
evidence
Social Sciences
narrative
Social Sciences
ontology
Social Sciences
Network
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Projects 2009 2019
Kimberley Visions - The Origins of Rock Art Provinces in Northern Australia
Veth, P., Ouzman, S., Porr, M. & Zubieta Calvert, L.
1/01/15 → 31/12/19
Project: Research
Kimberley Visions - The Origins of Rock Art Provinces in Northern Australia
Veth, P., Ouzman, S., Porr, M. & Zubieta Calvert, L.
Kimberley Foundation Australia
1/01/15 → 31/12/19
Project: Research
Paul Iles Bequest - Rediscovering Fremantle Prison's Crown Theatre: It's history and potential as a viable performance space
Martens, J., Alessi, P., Corall, G., Porr, M. & Vujosevic, T.
The Society for Theatre Research
1/01/17 → 31/12/17
Project: Research
Rediscovering Fremantle Prison’s Crown Theatre: Its History and Potential as a Viable Performance Space
Martens, J., Alessi, P., Corall, G., Porr, M. & Vujosevic, T.
1/01/17 → 31/12/17
Project: Research
Externally Led - Indigenous Research Network
Worldwide Universities Network
1/01/14 → 31/12/14
Project: Research
Research Output 2004 2018
Country and Relational Ontology in the Kimberley, Northwest Australia: Implications for Understanding and Representing Archaeological Evidence
Porr, M., 10 Apr 2018, In : Cambridge Archaeological Journal. p. 1-15 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
ontology
art
evidence
narrative
interpretation
Ochre and pigment use at Hohle Fels cave: Results of the first systematic review of ochre and ochre-related artefacts from the Upper Palaeolithic in Germany
Porr, M., Velliky, E. C. & Conard, N., 27 Dec 2018, In : P L o S One. 13, 12, e0209874.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Caves
systematic review
caves
Pigments
Artifacts
From pessimism to collaboration: The impact of the German Frobenius-Expedition (1938-1939) on the perception of Kimberley art and rock art
Porr, M. & Doohan, K., 2017, In : Journal of Pacific Archaeology. 8, 1, p. 88-99Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
rock art
art
Myths that refuse to die. Kimberley rock art and the interpretation of Australian Indigenous heritage
Porr, M., 2017Research output: Other contribution
Post-colonialism, human origins and the paradox of modernity
Porr, M. & Matthews, J. M., 8 Aug 2017, In : Antiquity. 91, 358, p. 1058-1068 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
post-colonialism
rationality
archaeology
modernity
examination
Datasets
Images of Images: Applying Digital Recording Technology in the Management and Visualisation of Kimberley Rock-Art [2012 - 2012] - GPS Data
Porr, M. (Creator), The University of Western Australia, 27 Feb 2013
Dataset
Images of Images: Applying Digital Recording Technology in the Management and Visualisation of Kimberley Rock-Art [2012 - 2012] - Images
Porr, M. (Creator), The University of Western Australia, 27 Feb 2013
Dataset
Return to Oomarri: Dating and Preserving North-Western Australian Indigenous Rock-Art [2011 - 2011] - GPS Data (track files)
Porr, M. (Creator), The University of Western Australia, 27 Feb 2013
Dataset
Return to Oomarri: Dating and Preserving North-Western Australian Indigenous Rock-Art [2011 - 2011] - Images
Porr, M. (Creator), The University of Western Australia, 27 Feb 2013
Dataset
Return to Oomarri: Dating and Preserving North-Western Australian Indigenous Rock-Art [2011 - 2011] -Excel Spread-sheets
Porr, M. (Creator), The University of Western Australia, 27 Feb 2013
Dataset