There and Back Again: A Palaeodemographic Tale of Biased Skeletal Samples
Seminar
Presented in person and online. Zoom details belowPalaeodemography aims to investigate past human population trends using archaeological evidence including skeletal samples and their respective age-at-death distributions. It is commonly accepted that bioarchaeological samples have a degree of under…
Reconsidering how we can use developmental growth patterns in animal teeth to improve resolution of palaeodietary and palaeoclimate studies
Seminar
Presented in person and online. Zoom details below.Sequential analyses of tooth enamel stable isotope values have provided valuable insight into patterns of ancient animal mobility and behavior. However, the conventional sampling strategy used in these studies does not closely follow the geometry…
Making Places Sacred: New Articulations of Place and Power
Seminar
Presented in person and online - more details below.Making Places Sacred: New Articulations of Place and PowerJoin us for a discussion of Matt Tomlinson and Yujie Zhu's new book, Making Places Sacred. In it, Matt and Yujie examine how sacred space is made in projects that are creative,…
The Dynamics of Social and Economic Inequality in Cross-Cultural Perspective: the ENDOW and Rep2SI Projects
Seminar
Understanding the drivers and dynamics of social and economic inequality is of core interest to social scientists, policy makers, and the public. I will introduce two projects that are part of an effort to bring new empirical data to facilitate that understanding. The ENDOW project (for Economic…
Uncovering the history of Makassan interactions with Yanyuwa people at Jalabuwaja (Crocodile's Net), southwest Gulf of Carpentaria
Seminar
Presented in person and online. Zoom details below.AuthorsChris Urwin, John J Bradley, Robert Skelly, Emilie Dotte, Simon Munt, li-Anthawirriyarra Sea Ranger Unit, Yanyuwa Families In Australia, there is growing recognition that Aboriginal people in northern Australia were in contact with ‘…
Carceral genocide: Aboriginal life and the settler state in Australia’s Northern Territory
Seminar
Presented in person and online - details below.Carceral genocide: Aboriginal life and the settler state in Australia’s Northern Territory Indigenous people in northern Australia are among the most incarcerated on the planet. This paper offers the view that hyperpolicing and hyperincarceration…
Variation in Paranthropus; microevolution, sexual dimorphism, and ontogeny
Seminar
The genus Paranthropus includes at least three distinct species, (P. aethiopicus, P. boisei, and P. robustus), that share a unique suite of primitive and derived characteristics including small brains, and a hypertrophic masticatory apparatus. The relatively large sample of P. robustus and P.…