Fullagar, Richard L.

Research Areas

2101 - ARCHAEOLOGY

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2020	A key to identify use-related micro-residues on prehistoric stone artefacts using Raman spectroscopy Published In Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports Volume 31 Altmetric
2020	Emergence of a Neolithic in highland New Guinea by 5000 to 4000 years ago Published In Science Advances Volume 6 Altmetric
2020	Functional studies of flaked and ground stone artefacts reveal starchy tree nut and root exploitation in mid-Holocene highland New Guinea Published In Holocene Altmetric
2020	How a stone wedged in a gum tree shows the resilience of Aboriginal culture in Australia Published In The Conversation Volume 11 June Pages 1 - 6
2020	The first Australian plant foods at Madjedbebe, 65,000–53,000 years ago Published In Nature Communications Volume 11 Pages 924-1 - 924-8 ISSN 2041-1723 Altmetric
2020	Wala-gaay Guwingal: A twentieth century Aboriginal culturally modified tree with an embedded stone tool Published In Australian Archaeology Altmetric
2019	An unusual, incised ground stone artefact from southwestern Victoria, Australia: its function and potential symbolic significance Published In Australian Archaeology Volume Online First Pages 1 - 7 ISSN 0312-2417 Altmetric
2019	Archaeological site interpretation using experimental quantitative and qualitative data: A response to Magnani et al. (2019) Published In Antiquity: a quarterly review of archaeology Volume 93 Pages 798 - 801 ISSN 0003-598X Altmetric
2019	Combined organic biomarker and use-wear analyses of stone artefacts from Liang Bua, Flores, Indonesia Published In Scientific Reports Volume 9 Pages 17553-1 - 17553-17 ISSN 2045-2322 Altmetric
2019	Quandong stones: A specialised Australian nut-cracking tool Published In PLoS One Volume 14 Pages e0222680-1 - e0222680-31 ISSN 1932-6203 Altmetric
2018	Food or fibercraft? Grinding stones and Aboriginal use of Triodia grass (spinifex) Published In Quaternary International Volume 468 Pages 271 - 283 ISSN 1873-4553 Altmetric
2018	Raman spectroscopy of lipid micro-residues on Middle Palaeolithic stone tools from Denisova Cave, Siberia Published In Journal of Archaeological Science Volume 95 Pages 52 - 63 ISSN 0305-4403 Altmetric
2018	Reply to comments on Clarkson et al. (2017) ‘Human occupation of northern Australia by 65,000 years ago’ Published In Australian Archaeology Volume 84 Pages 84 - 89 ISSN 0312-2417 Altmetric
2018	Sandstone grinding/pounding tools: Use-trace reference libraries and Australian archaeological applications Published In Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports Volume 20 Pages 97 - 114 Altmetric
2018	Testing predictions for symmetry, variability and chronology of backed artefact production in Australia's Western Desert Published In Archaeology in Oceania Volume Online First Pages 1 - 12 ISSN 0003-8121 Altmetric
2017	A 130,000-year-old archaeological site in southern California, USA Published In Nature Volume 544 Pages 479 - 483 ISSN 0028-0836 Altmetric
2017	Buried tools and pigments tell a new history of humans in Australia for 65,000 years Published In The Conversation Volume 20 July Pages 1 - 8
2017	Grinding grounds: function and distribution of grinding stones from an open site in the Pilbara, Western Australia Published In Quaternary International Volume 427 Pages 175 - 183 ISSN 1873-4553 Altmetric
2017	Human occupation of northern Australia by 65,000 years ago Published In Nature Volume 547 Pages 306 - 310 ISSN 0028-0836 Altmetric
2017	Movement of lithics by trampling: an experiment in the Madjedbebe sediments, northern Australia Published In Journal of Archaeological Science Volume 79 Pages 73 - 85 ISSN 0305-4403 Altmetric
2017	Viability of Raman microscopy to identify micro-residues related to tool-use and modern contaminants on prehistoric stone artefacts Published In Journal of Raman Spectroscopy Volume 48 Pages 1212 - 1221 ISSN 0377-0486 Altmetric
2016	Making sense of residues on flaked stone artefacts: learning from blind tests Published In PLoS One Volume 11 Pages e0150437-1 - e0150437-38 ISSN 1932-6203 Altmetric
2015	A stone age "Rosetta stone" Published In Australasian Science Volume 36 Pages 24 - 27
2015	Evidence for Pleistocene seed grinding at Lake Mungo, south-eastern Australia Published In Archaeology in Oceania Volume 50 Pages 3 - 19 ISSN 0003-8121 Altmetric
2015	The archaeology, chronology and stratigraphy of Madjedbebe (Malakunanja II): a site in northern Australia with early occupation Published In Journal of Human Evolution Volume 83 Pages 46 - 64 ISSN 0047-2484 Altmetric
2015	The logic of visitation: tool-use, technology and economy on Great Glennie Island, southeastern Australia Published In Quaternary International Volume 385 Pages 219 - 228 ISSN 1873-4553 Altmetric
2015	The scale of seed grinding at Lake Mungo Published In Archaeology in Oceania Volume 50 Pages 177 - 179 ISSN 0003-8121 Altmetric
2014	Ground-penetrating radar and burial practices in western Arnhem Land, Australia Published In Archaeology in Oceania Volume 49 Pages 148 - 157 ISSN 0003-8121 Altmetric
2012	High-throughput sequencing of ancient plant and mammal DNA preserved in herbivore middens Published In Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal Volume 58 Pages 135 - 145 ISSN 1873-457X Altmetric
2012	Stone tool-use experiments to determine the function of grinding stones and denticulate sickles Published In Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association Volume 32 Pages 29 - 44 ISSN 0156-1316
2012	Usewear and phytoliths on bedrock grinding patches, Pilbara, north-western Australia Published In Artefact: Pacific rim archaeology Volume 35 Pages 75 - 87 ISSN 0044-9075
2011	Changing perspectives in Australian archaeology, part VIII. Burins, bones and base camps: a re-analysis of Aire Shelter 2, Glenaire, southern Victoria Published In Technical Reports of the Australian Museum, Online Volume 23 Pages 103 - 131 ISSN 1835-4211 Altmetric
2010	A functional analysis of grinding stones from an early holocene site at Donghulin, North China Published In Journal of Archaeological Science Volume 37 Pages 2630 - 2639 ISSN 0305-4403 Altmetric
2010	Human adaption and plant use in Highland New Guineea 49,000 to 44,000 years ago Published In Science Volume 330 Pages 78 - 81 ISSN 0036-8075 Altmetric
2010	What did grinding stones grind? New light on early Neolithic subsistence economy in the Middle Yellow River Valley, China Published In Antiquity: a quarterly review of archaeology Volume 84 Pages 816 - 833 ISSN 0003-598X
2009	Aboriginal settlement during the LGM at Brockman, Pilbara Region, Western Australia Published In Archaeology in Oceania Volume 44 Pages 32 - 39 ISSN 0003-8121 Altmetric
2009	Archaeobotany in Australia and New Guinea: practice, potential and prospects Published In Australian Archaeology Volume 68 Pages 1 - 10 ISSN 0312-2417
2008	Plant exploitation on Sahul: from colonisation to the emergence of regional specialisation during the Holocene Published In Quaternary International Volume 202 Pages 29 - 40 ISSN 1873-4553 Altmetric

Chapter

Year	Title
2016	Uncertain evidence for weapons and craft tools: functional Investigations of Australian microliths Published In Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Stone Age Weaponry Publisher Netherlands: Springer Pages 159 - 166 ISBN 9789401776011 Altmetric
2014	Residues and usewear Published In Archaeology in Practice: a Student Guide to Archaeological Analyses Publisher http://au.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470657162.html: John Wiley & Sons Pages 232 - 263
2014	Usewear on the platform: ‘use-flakes’ and ‘retouch-flakes’ from northern Australia and Timor Published In An Integration of the Use-Wear and Residue Analysis for the Identification of the Function of Archaeological Stone Tools: Proceedings of the International Workshop, Rome, March 5th–7th, 2012 Publisher http://www.archaeopress.com/Public/displayProductDetail.asp?id={9649BF35-1F27-4258-BBBD-536BB29C1166}: Archaeopress Pages 77 - 90
2009	Australasia Published In The Oxford Handbook of Archaeology Publisher Oxford University Press Pages 866 - 897
2009	Deadly weapons: backed microliths from Narrabeen, New South Wales Published In Archaeological Science Under a Microscope: Studies in Residue and ancient DNA Analysis in Honour of Thomas H. Loy Publisher ANU E Press Pages 258 - 270
2009	Starch residues on grinding stones in private collections: a study of morahs from the tropical rainforests of NE Queensland Published In Archaeological Science Under a Microscope: Studies in Residue and ancient DNA Analysis in Honour of Thomas H. Loy Publisher Terra Australis (ANU Press) Pages 218 - 227
2009	Stones, Stories and Science Published In Archaeological Science Under a Microscope Studies in Residue and ancient DNA Analysis in Honour of Thomas H. Loy Publisher ANU E Press Pages 4 - 7

Investigator On

Year	Title
2012 - 2014	Indigenous heritage: working ancient wetlands for social benefit and cultural understanding Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2013	Dating the use of ancient stone tools Awarded by: Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE) Funding Scheme: Research Award
2011	Modern Human Origins and Early Behavioural Complexity in Australia and South East Asia Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2020	A key to identify use-related micro-residues on prehistoric stone artefacts using Raman spectroscopy Published In Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports Volume 31 Altmetric
2020	Emergence of a Neolithic in highland New Guinea by 5000 to 4000 years ago Published In Science Advances Volume 6 Altmetric
2020	Functional studies of flaked and ground stone artefacts reveal starchy tree nut and root exploitation in mid-Holocene highland New Guinea Published In Holocene Altmetric
2020	How a stone wedged in a gum tree shows the resilience of Aboriginal culture in Australia Published In The Conversation Volume 11 June Pages 1 - 6
2020	The first Australian plant foods at Madjedbebe, 65,000–53,000 years ago Published In Nature Communications Volume 11 Pages 924-1 - 924-8 ISSN 2041-1723 Altmetric
2020	Wala-gaay Guwingal: A twentieth century Aboriginal culturally modified tree with an embedded stone tool Published In Australian Archaeology Altmetric
2019	An unusual, incised ground stone artefact from southwestern Victoria, Australia: its function and potential symbolic significance Published In Australian Archaeology Volume Online First Pages 1 - 7 ISSN 0312-2417 Altmetric
2019	Archaeological site interpretation using experimental quantitative and qualitative data: A response to Magnani et al. (2019) Published In Antiquity: a quarterly review of archaeology Volume 93 Pages 798 - 801 ISSN 0003-598X Altmetric
2019	Combined organic biomarker and use-wear analyses of stone artefacts from Liang Bua, Flores, Indonesia Published In Scientific Reports Volume 9 Pages 17553-1 - 17553-17 ISSN 2045-2322 Altmetric
2019	Quandong stones: A specialised Australian nut-cracking tool Published In PLoS One Volume 14 Pages e0222680-1 - e0222680-31 ISSN 1932-6203 Altmetric
2018	Food or fibercraft? Grinding stones and Aboriginal use of Triodia grass (spinifex) Published In Quaternary International Volume 468 Pages 271 - 283 ISSN 1873-4553 Altmetric
2018	Raman spectroscopy of lipid micro-residues on Middle Palaeolithic stone tools from Denisova Cave, Siberia Published In Journal of Archaeological Science Volume 95 Pages 52 - 63 ISSN 0305-4403 Altmetric
2018	Reply to comments on Clarkson et al. (2017) ‘Human occupation of northern Australia by 65,000 years ago’ Published In Australian Archaeology Volume 84 Pages 84 - 89 ISSN 0312-2417 Altmetric
2018	Sandstone grinding/pounding tools: Use-trace reference libraries and Australian archaeological applications Published In Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports Volume 20 Pages 97 - 114 Altmetric
2018	Testing predictions for symmetry, variability and chronology of backed artefact production in Australia's Western Desert Published In Archaeology in Oceania Volume Online First Pages 1 - 12 ISSN 0003-8121 Altmetric
2017	A 130,000-year-old archaeological site in southern California, USA Published In Nature Volume 544 Pages 479 - 483 ISSN 0028-0836 Altmetric
2017	Buried tools and pigments tell a new history of humans in Australia for 65,000 years Published In The Conversation Volume 20 July Pages 1 - 8
2017	Grinding grounds: function and distribution of grinding stones from an open site in the Pilbara, Western Australia Published In Quaternary International Volume 427 Pages 175 - 183 ISSN 1873-4553 Altmetric
2017	Human occupation of northern Australia by 65,000 years ago Published In Nature Volume 547 Pages 306 - 310 ISSN 0028-0836 Altmetric
2017	Movement of lithics by trampling: an experiment in the Madjedbebe sediments, northern Australia Published In Journal of Archaeological Science Volume 79 Pages 73 - 85 ISSN 0305-4403 Altmetric
2017	Viability of Raman microscopy to identify micro-residues related to tool-use and modern contaminants on prehistoric stone artefacts Published In Journal of Raman Spectroscopy Volume 48 Pages 1212 - 1221 ISSN 0377-0486 Altmetric
2016	Making sense of residues on flaked stone artefacts: learning from blind tests Published In PLoS One Volume 11 Pages e0150437-1 - e0150437-38 ISSN 1932-6203 Altmetric
2015	A stone age "Rosetta stone" Published In Australasian Science Volume 36 Pages 24 - 27
2015	Evidence for Pleistocene seed grinding at Lake Mungo, south-eastern Australia Published In Archaeology in Oceania Volume 50 Pages 3 - 19 ISSN 0003-8121 Altmetric
2015	The archaeology, chronology and stratigraphy of Madjedbebe (Malakunanja II): a site in northern Australia with early occupation Published In Journal of Human Evolution Volume 83 Pages 46 - 64 ISSN 0047-2484 Altmetric
2015	The logic of visitation: tool-use, technology and economy on Great Glennie Island, southeastern Australia Published In Quaternary International Volume 385 Pages 219 - 228 ISSN 1873-4553 Altmetric
2015	The scale of seed grinding at Lake Mungo Published In Archaeology in Oceania Volume 50 Pages 177 - 179 ISSN 0003-8121 Altmetric
2014	Ground-penetrating radar and burial practices in western Arnhem Land, Australia Published In Archaeology in Oceania Volume 49 Pages 148 - 157 ISSN 0003-8121 Altmetric
2012	High-throughput sequencing of ancient plant and mammal DNA preserved in herbivore middens Published In Quaternary Science Reviews: the international multidisciplinary research and review journal Volume 58 Pages 135 - 145 ISSN 1873-457X Altmetric
2012	Stone tool-use experiments to determine the function of grinding stones and denticulate sickles Published In Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association Volume 32 Pages 29 - 44 ISSN 0156-1316
2012	Usewear and phytoliths on bedrock grinding patches, Pilbara, north-western Australia Published In Artefact: Pacific rim archaeology Volume 35 Pages 75 - 87 ISSN 0044-9075
2011	Changing perspectives in Australian archaeology, part VIII. Burins, bones and base camps: a re-analysis of Aire Shelter 2, Glenaire, southern Victoria Published In Technical Reports of the Australian Museum, Online Volume 23 Pages 103 - 131 ISSN 1835-4211 Altmetric
2010	A functional analysis of grinding stones from an early holocene site at Donghulin, North China Published In Journal of Archaeological Science Volume 37 Pages 2630 - 2639 ISSN 0305-4403 Altmetric
2010	Human adaption and plant use in Highland New Guineea 49,000 to 44,000 years ago Published In Science Volume 330 Pages 78 - 81 ISSN 0036-8075 Altmetric
2010	What did grinding stones grind? New light on early Neolithic subsistence economy in the Middle Yellow River Valley, China Published In Antiquity: a quarterly review of archaeology Volume 84 Pages 816 - 833 ISSN 0003-598X
2009	Aboriginal settlement during the LGM at Brockman, Pilbara Region, Western Australia Published In Archaeology in Oceania Volume 44 Pages 32 - 39 ISSN 0003-8121 Altmetric
2009	Archaeobotany in Australia and New Guinea: practice, potential and prospects Published In Australian Archaeology Volume 68 Pages 1 - 10 ISSN 0312-2417
2008	Plant exploitation on Sahul: from colonisation to the emergence of regional specialisation during the Holocene Published In Quaternary International Volume 202 Pages 29 - 40 ISSN 1873-4553 Altmetric

Chapter

Year	Title
2016	Uncertain evidence for weapons and craft tools: functional Investigations of Australian microliths Published In Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Stone Age Weaponry Publisher Netherlands: Springer Pages 159 - 166 ISBN 9789401776011 Altmetric
2014	Residues and usewear Published In Archaeology in Practice: a Student Guide to Archaeological Analyses Publisher http://au.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470657162.html: John Wiley & Sons Pages 232 - 263
2014	Usewear on the platform: ‘use-flakes’ and ‘retouch-flakes’ from northern Australia and Timor Published In An Integration of the Use-Wear and Residue Analysis for the Identification of the Function of Archaeological Stone Tools: Proceedings of the International Workshop, Rome, March 5th–7th, 2012 Publisher http://www.archaeopress.com/Public/displayProductDetail.asp?id={9649BF35-1F27-4258-BBBD-536BB29C1166}: Archaeopress Pages 77 - 90
2009	Australasia Published In The Oxford Handbook of Archaeology Publisher Oxford University Press Pages 866 - 897
2009	Deadly weapons: backed microliths from Narrabeen, New South Wales Published In Archaeological Science Under a Microscope: Studies in Residue and ancient DNA Analysis in Honour of Thomas H. Loy Publisher ANU E Press Pages 258 - 270
2009	Starch residues on grinding stones in private collections: a study of morahs from the tropical rainforests of NE Queensland Published In Archaeological Science Under a Microscope: Studies in Residue and ancient DNA Analysis in Honour of Thomas H. Loy Publisher Terra Australis (ANU Press) Pages 218 - 227
2009	Stones, Stories and Science Published In Archaeological Science Under a Microscope Studies in Residue and ancient DNA Analysis in Honour of Thomas H. Loy Publisher ANU E Press Pages 4 - 7

Investigator On

Year	Title
2012 - 2014	Indigenous heritage: working ancient wetlands for social benefit and cultural understanding Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2013	Dating the use of ancient stone tools Awarded by: Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE) Funding Scheme: Research Award
2011	Modern Human Origins and Early Behavioural Complexity in Australia and South East Asia Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

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6602230399

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