Applications of microCT imaging to archaeobotanical research

A Barron - Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 2024 - Springer
The potential applications of microCT scanning in the field of archaeobotany are only just
beginning to be explored. The imaging technique can extract new archaeobotanical …

Towards an accurate and precise chronology for the colonization of Australia: the example of Riwi, Kimberley, Western Australia

R Wood, Z Jacobs, D Vannieuwenhuyse, J Balme… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
An extensive series of 44 radiocarbon (14C) and 37 optically stimulated luminescence
(OSL) ages have been obtained from the site of Riwi, south central Kimberley (NW …

Identifying archaeological parenchyma in three dimensions: Diagnostic assessment of five important food plant species in the Indo‐Pacific region

A Barron, J Pritchard, T Denham - Archaeology in Oceania, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Archaeobotanical evidence for the exploitation of vegetatively propagated underground
storage organs (USOs) in the tropical regions of Australia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific is …

Home is where the hearth is: anthracological and microstratigraphic analyses of Pleistocene and Holocene combustion features, Riwi Cave (Kimberley, Western …

R Whitau, D Vannieuwenhuyse, E Dotte-Sarout… - … Method and Theory, 2018 - Springer
The manipulation of fire is a technological act. The identification of the archaeological
signatures of the controlled use of fire has important implications not only for the estimations …

Long‐term occupation on the edge of the desert: Riwi Cave in the southern Kimberley, Western Australia

J Balme, S O'connor, T Maloney… - Archaeology in …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aboriginal people occupied Riwi, a limestone cave in the south‐central Kimberley region at
the edge of the Great Sandy Desert of Western Australia, from about 46000 years ago …

Wood charcoal analysis at Riwi cave, Gooniyandi country, Western Australia

R Whitau, J Balme, S O'Connor, R Wood - Quaternary International, 2017 - Elsevier
Wood charcoals excavated from archaeological sites provide a useful tool for
palaeoenvironmental reconstruction, particularly in arid and semi-arid zones, where suitable …

A microCT protocol for the visualisation and identification of domesticated plant remains within pottery sherds

A Barron, T Denham - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2018 - Elsevier
In tropical, arid and semi-arid environments, archaeobotanical preservation is often
relatively poor and, historically, archaeobotanical extraction techniques have been …

Island survival: The anthracological and archaeofaunal evidence for colonial‐era events on Barrow Island, north‐west Australia

C Byrne, T Dooley, T Manne, A Paterson… - Archaeology in …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The establishment of north‐west Australia's nineteenth‐century pearlshell fisheries led to the
first occupation of many arid offshore islands since the early mid‐Holocene. The nature of …

An assessment of microCT technology for the investigation of charred archaeological parenchyma from house sites at Kuk Swamp, Papua New Guinea

J Pritchard, T Lewis, L Beeching, T Denham - Archaeological and …, 2019 - Springer
Archaeological parenchyma is analysed using microCT to enable virtual histological
examination and taxonomic identification to species level. MicroCT images are compared …

A 600-year-old boomerang fragment from Riwi Cave (south central Kimberley, Western Australia)

MC Langley, IE Dilkes-Hall, J Balme… - Australian …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
A small fragment of a carefully shaped wooden artefact was recovered from Riwi Cave
(south central Kimberley, Western Australia) during 2013 excavations. Directly dated to …