Pleistocene - Holocene coastal mobility patterns in the Carnarvon Bioregion, north-western Australia

Kane Ditchfield

doi:10.26182/5b74d3352ae4d

Pleistocene - Holocene coastal mobility patterns in the Carnarvon Bioregion, north-western Australia

Kane Ditchfield

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This thesis aims to reconstruct Pleistocene coastal human mobility in north-western Australia. This is significant because very little is known about human mobility on Pleistocene coasts. Human mobility is reconstructed using stone artefact assemblages from seven stratified sites with Pleistocene - Holocene coastal occupation signatures in the northern coastal Carnarvon bioregion. A set of well-established and innovative indices are used to reconstruct human mobility from the stone artefact assemblages. The results show that assemblage formation was complex but that Aboriginal people spent more time on Pleistocene coasts, moving short distances, than during the Holocene, due to higher resource productivity.

Original language	English
Qualification	Doctor of Philosophy
Awarding Institution	The University of Western Australia
Supervisors/Advisors	Veth, Pete, Supervisor Balme, Jane, Supervisor Paterson, Alistair, Supervisor Stiner, Mary, Supervisor, External person Kuhn, Steven, Supervisor, External person
Award date	31 Jul 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.26182/5b74d3352ae4d
Publication status	Unpublished - 2017

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