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SUMMARY:65\,000 years of changing plant food and landscape use at Madjedbe
 be\, Mirarr Country\, northern Australia -  Anna Florin\, University of Ca
 mbridge
DTSTART:20220225T131500Z
DTEND:20220225T140000Z
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CONTACT:Ruairidh Macleod
DESCRIPTION:Recent re-excavations at Madjedbebe rockshelter not only confi
 rmed its antiquity\, but also included the application of a diverse array 
 of scientific techniques to explore the nature of occupation at the site o
 ver the past 65\,000 years. Here we present the results of archaeobotanica
 l analysis\, exploring diachronic changes in diet\, plant processing pract
 ices\, landscape use and seasonal mobility. We show that a diverse diet of
  fruits\, nuts\, seeds\, palm and underground storage organs was consumed 
 from earliest occupation\, with intensive plant food processing evidenced.
  The diet varied through time as foraging strategies were altered in respo
 nse to changes in environment and demography. This included a broadening o
 f the diet during drier glacial stages\, as well as changes in the seasona
 l round and incorporation of new foods with the formation of freshwater we
 tlands following sea level rise in the late Holocene. The foundations of t
 he economy evidenced at Madjedbebe\, including seasonal mobility\, a broad
  diet and requisite plant processing and grinding technologies\, were main
 tained through time. This points to a resilient economic system in the fac
 e of pronounced environmental change.\n\nRegister online: https://cam-ac-u
 k.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0oceuqpzIoHN3thyPi5YRe4a0_i9XIcDVZ\n
LOCATION:Online via zoom
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