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
2020	Emergence of a Neolithic in highland New Guinea by 5000 to 4000 years ago Published In Science Advances
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
2020	How a stone wedged in a gum tree shows the resilience of Aboriginal culture in Australia Published In The Conversation
2020	The first Australian plant foods at Madjedbebe, 65,000–53,000 years ago Published In Nature Communications
2020	Wala-gaay Guwingal: A twentieth century Aboriginal culturally modified tree with an embedded stone tool Published In Australian Archaeology
2019	An unusual, incised ground stone artefact from southwestern Victoria, Australia: its function and potential symbolic significance Published In Australian Archaeology
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
2019	Combined organic biomarker and use-wear analyses of stone artefacts from Liang Bua, Flores, Indonesia Published In Scientific Reports
2019	Quandong stones: A specialised Australian nut-cracking tool Published In PLoS One
2018	Food or fibercraft? Grinding stones and Aboriginal use of Triodia grass (spinifex) Published In Quaternary International
2018	Raman spectroscopy of lipid micro-residues on Middle Palaeolithic stone tools from Denisova Cave, Siberia Published In Journal of Archaeological Science
2018	Reply to comments on Clarkson et al. (2017) ‘Human occupation of northern Australia by 65,000 years ago’ Published In Australian Archaeology
2018	Sandstone grinding/pounding tools: Use-trace reference libraries and Australian archaeological applications Published In Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
2018	Testing predictions for symmetry, variability and chronology of backed artefact production in Australia's Western Desert Published In Archaeology in Oceania
2017	A 130,000-year-old archaeological site in southern California, USA Published In Nature
2017	Buried tools and pigments tell a new history of humans in Australia for 65,000 years Published In The Conversation
2017	Grinding grounds: function and distribution of grinding stones from an open site in the Pilbara, Western Australia Published In Quaternary International
2017	Human occupation of northern Australia by 65,000 years ago Published In Nature
2017	Movement of lithics by trampling: an experiment in the Madjedbebe sediments, northern Australia Published In Journal of Archaeological Science
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
2016	Making sense of residues on flaked stone artefacts: learning from blind tests Published In PLoS One
2015	A stone age "Rosetta stone" Published In Australasian Science
2015	Evidence for Pleistocene seed grinding at Lake Mungo, south-eastern Australia Published In Archaeology in Oceania
2015	The archaeology, chronology and stratigraphy of Madjedbebe (Malakunanja II): a site in northern Australia with early occupation Published In Journal of Human Evolution
2015	The logic of visitation: tool-use, technology and economy on Great Glennie Island, southeastern Australia Published In Quaternary International
2015	The scale of seed grinding at Lake Mungo Published In Archaeology in Oceania
2014	Ground-penetrating radar and burial practices in western Arnhem Land, Australia Published In Archaeology in Oceania
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
2012	Stone tool-use experiments to determine the function of grinding stones and denticulate sickles Published In Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association
2012	Usewear and phytoliths on bedrock grinding patches, Pilbara, north-western Australia Published In Artefact: Pacific rim archaeology
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
2010	A functional analysis of grinding stones from an early holocene site at Donghulin, North China Published In Journal of Archaeological Science
2010	Human adaption and plant use in Highland New Guineea 49,000 to 44,000 years ago Published In Science
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
2009	Aboriginal settlement during the LGM at Brockman, Pilbara Region, Western Australia Published In Archaeology in Oceania
2009	Archaeobotany in Australia and New Guinea: practice, potential and prospects Published In Australian Archaeology
2008	Plant exploitation on Sahul: from colonisation to the emergence of regional specialisation during the Holocene Published In Quaternary International

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
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
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}
2009	Australasia Published In The Oxford Handbook of Archaeology
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
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
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

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
2020	Emergence of a Neolithic in highland New Guinea by 5000 to 4000 years ago Published In Science Advances
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
2020	How a stone wedged in a gum tree shows the resilience of Aboriginal culture in Australia Published In The Conversation
2020	The first Australian plant foods at Madjedbebe, 65,000–53,000 years ago Published In Nature Communications
2020	Wala-gaay Guwingal: A twentieth century Aboriginal culturally modified tree with an embedded stone tool Published In Australian Archaeology
2019	An unusual, incised ground stone artefact from southwestern Victoria, Australia: its function and potential symbolic significance Published In Australian Archaeology
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
2019	Combined organic biomarker and use-wear analyses of stone artefacts from Liang Bua, Flores, Indonesia Published In Scientific Reports
2019	Quandong stones: A specialised Australian nut-cracking tool Published In PLoS One
2018	Food or fibercraft? Grinding stones and Aboriginal use of Triodia grass (spinifex) Published In Quaternary International
2018	Raman spectroscopy of lipid micro-residues on Middle Palaeolithic stone tools from Denisova Cave, Siberia Published In Journal of Archaeological Science
2018	Reply to comments on Clarkson et al. (2017) ‘Human occupation of northern Australia by 65,000 years ago’ Published In Australian Archaeology
2018	Sandstone grinding/pounding tools: Use-trace reference libraries and Australian archaeological applications Published In Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
2018	Testing predictions for symmetry, variability and chronology of backed artefact production in Australia's Western Desert Published In Archaeology in Oceania
2017	A 130,000-year-old archaeological site in southern California, USA Published In Nature
2017	Buried tools and pigments tell a new history of humans in Australia for 65,000 years Published In The Conversation
2017	Grinding grounds: function and distribution of grinding stones from an open site in the Pilbara, Western Australia Published In Quaternary International
2017	Human occupation of northern Australia by 65,000 years ago Published In Nature
2017	Movement of lithics by trampling: an experiment in the Madjedbebe sediments, northern Australia Published In Journal of Archaeological Science
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
2016	Making sense of residues on flaked stone artefacts: learning from blind tests Published In PLoS One
2015	A stone age "Rosetta stone" Published In Australasian Science
2015	Evidence for Pleistocene seed grinding at Lake Mungo, south-eastern Australia Published In Archaeology in Oceania
2015	The archaeology, chronology and stratigraphy of Madjedbebe (Malakunanja II): a site in northern Australia with early occupation Published In Journal of Human Evolution
2015	The logic of visitation: tool-use, technology and economy on Great Glennie Island, southeastern Australia Published In Quaternary International
2015	The scale of seed grinding at Lake Mungo Published In Archaeology in Oceania
2014	Ground-penetrating radar and burial practices in western Arnhem Land, Australia Published In Archaeology in Oceania
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
2012	Stone tool-use experiments to determine the function of grinding stones and denticulate sickles Published In Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association
2012	Usewear and phytoliths on bedrock grinding patches, Pilbara, north-western Australia Published In Artefact: Pacific rim archaeology
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
2010	A functional analysis of grinding stones from an early holocene site at Donghulin, North China Published In Journal of Archaeological Science
2010	Human adaption and plant use in Highland New Guineea 49,000 to 44,000 years ago Published In Science
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
2009	Aboriginal settlement during the LGM at Brockman, Pilbara Region, Western Australia Published In Archaeology in Oceania
2009	Archaeobotany in Australia and New Guinea: practice, potential and prospects Published In Australian Archaeology
2008	Plant exploitation on Sahul: from colonisation to the emergence of regional specialisation during the Holocene Published In Quaternary International

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
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
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}
2009	Australasia Published In The Oxford Handbook of Archaeology
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
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
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

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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