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SUMMARY:65\,000 years of human-environment interaction: An archaeobotanica
 l investigation of human occupation at Madjedbebe\, northern Australia - S
 . Anna Florin\, University of Queensland
DTSTART:20190517T121500Z
DTEND:20190517T130000Z
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CONTACT:Emily Tilby
DESCRIPTION:Recent re-excavations at Madjedbebe\, western Arnhem Land\, no
 t only confirmed the antiquity and significance of this northern Australia
 n rockshelter\, but also included the application of a diverse array of sc
 ientific techniques to explore the nature of occupation at the site. As pa
 rt of this research program\, thorough and systematic archaeobotanical rec
 overy was implemented\, all features and two one-metre-squared trenches un
 dergoing flotation. The assemblage recovered is unique within Australasian
  archaeology\, spanning the entirety of the 65\,000-year sequence of occup
 ation at the rockshelter. This presentation discusses the results of the a
 nalysis of the plant macrofossil assemblage from all phases of occupation 
 at the site. The remains of underground storage organs (USOs)\, fruits\, n
 uts\, seeds and other plant foods recovered allow for questions of diachro
 nic change in diet breadth\, landscape use and plant processing to be expl
 ored at this key site for the dispersion of Homo sapiens globally.
LOCATION:South Lecture Room\, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Resear
 ch\, Downing Site
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