The University of Queensland

Kirrenderri, heart of the Channel Country: a University of Queensland Anthropology Museum touring exhibition

Michael C. Westaway, Mandana Mapar, Tracey Hough, Shawnee Gorringe and Geoff Ginn eds. (2022). Kirrenderri, heart of the Channel Country: a University of Queensland Anthropology Museum touring exhibition. Brisbane, QLD Australia: UQ Anthropology Museum.

Papuan pasts: the origins of Papuan human remains collections in the world's museums, the issue of repatriation, and telling new stories with skeletal data

Kariwiga, Jason, Wrobel, Gabriel and Westaway, Michael C. (2023). Papuan pasts: the origins of Papuan human remains collections in the world's museums, the issue of repatriation, and telling new stories with skeletal data. The Routledge handbook of museums, heritage, and death. (pp. 177-190) edited by Trish Biers and Katie Stringer Clary. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003195870-17

Human evolution in Sunda and Sahul and the continuing contributions of Professor Colin Groves

Westaway, Michael C., Durband, Arthur and Lambert, David (2015). Human evolution in Sunda and Sahul and the continuing contributions of Professor Colin Groves. Taxonomic tapestries: the threads of evolutionary, behavioural and conservation research. (pp. 249-276) edited by Alison M. Behie and Marc F. Oxenham. Acton, ACT, Australia: ANU Press.

First Australians: Origins

Westaway, Michael C. and Lambert, David (2014). First Australians: Origins. Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. (pp. 2787-2800) New York, NY United States: Springer New York. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2_667

Perspectives on the Origins of Modern Australians

Durband, Arthur C. and Westaway, Michael C. (2013). Perspectives on the Origins of Modern Australians. The Origins of Modern Humans: Biology Reconsidered. (pp. 123-150) edited by Smith, F. H. and Ahern, J. C. M.. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons.

Transdisciplinary approaches to understanding past Australian Aboriginal foodways

Westaway, Michael C., Wright, Nathan, Crowther, Alison, Silcock, Jennifer, Carter, Rodney, Moss, Patrick and Henry, Robert (2023). Transdisciplinary approaches to understanding past Australian Aboriginal foodways. Archaeology of Food and Foodways, 2 (1), 47-74. doi: 10.1558/aff.18161

Ula Thirra: a case study in the geomagnetic detection of combustion features in Channel Country of far south-western Queensland

Lowe, Kelsey M., Williams, Doug, Wright, Nathan, Gorringe, Shawnee, Gorringe, Josh, Andrews, Ian, Ustunkaya, Meltem Cemre, Gorringe, Betty and Westaway, Michael C. (2023). Ula Thirra: a case study in the geomagnetic detection of combustion features in Channel Country of far south-western Queensland. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 15 (3) 30, 1-17. doi: 10.1007/s12520-023-01722-7

Connections across the Coral Sea

Westaway, Michael C. (2023). Connections across the Coral Sea. Antiquity, 97 (394), 1-7. doi: 10.15184/aqy.2023.83

Evaluating Mid-to Late Holocene Economic Intensification through Analysis of a Mollusk Assemblage on the Tropical North Australian Coast

Wright, Martin, Faulkner, Patrick and Westaway, Michael (2023). Evaluating Mid-to Late Holocene Economic Intensification through Analysis of a Mollusk Assemblage on the Tropical North Australian Coast. Human Behavioral Ecology and Coastal Environments, 199-228.

Indigenous fish traps and fish weirs on the Darling (Baaka) River, south‐eastern Australia, and their influence on the ecology and morphology of the river and floodplains

Martin, Sarah, Chanson, Hubert, Bates, Badger, Keenan‐Jones, Duncan and Westaway, Michael C. (2022). Indigenous fish traps and fish weirs on the Darling (Baaka) River, south‐eastern Australia, and their influence on the ecology and morphology of the river and floodplains. Archaeology in Oceania, 58 (1), 91-114. doi: 10.1002/arco.5279

Re-evaluating the evidence for late-surviving megafauna at Nombe rockshelter in the New Guinea highlands

Prideaux, Gavin J., Kerr, Isaac A. R., van Zoelen, Jacob D., Grün, Rainer, van der Kaars, Sander, Oertle, Annette, Douka, Katerina, Grono, Elle, Barron, Aleese, Mountain, Mary-Jane, Westaway, Michael C. and Denham, Tim (2022). Re-evaluating the evidence for late-surviving megafauna at Nombe rockshelter in the New Guinea highlands. Archaeology in Oceania, 57 (3), 223-248. doi: 10.1002/arco.5274

Gilparrka Almira, a rock art site in Mithaka Country, southwest Queensland: cultural connections, dreaming tracks and trade routes

Franklin, Natalie R., Giorgi, Marisa, Habgood, Phillip J., Wright, Nathan, Gorringe, Josh, Gorringe, Betty, Gorringe, Brett and Westaway, Michael C. (2021). Gilparrka Almira, a rock art site in Mithaka Country, southwest Queensland: cultural connections, dreaming tracks and trade routes. Archaeology in Oceania, 56 (3), 284-303. doi: 10.1002/arco.5244

Isotopic analyses of prehistoric human remains from the Flinders Group, Queensland, Australia, support an association between burial practices and status

Adams, Shaun, Westaway, Michael C., McGahan, David, Williams, Doug, Zhao, Jian-Xin, Feng, Yuexing, Nguyen, Ai, Pearce, John, Flinders, Clarence and Collard, Mark (2021). Isotopic analyses of prehistoric human remains from the Flinders Group, Queensland, Australia, support an association between burial practices and status. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 13 (7) 121. doi: 10.1007/s12520-021-01376-3

What can Australia do to prevent human rights abuses in West Papua?

Webb-Gannon, Camellia, Westaway, Michael, Swift, Jaime, Wright, Nathan and Adams, Richard (2021). What can Australia do to prevent human rights abuses in West Papua?. Asia-Pasific Journal: Japan Focus, 19 (10) 5601, 1-15.

A contextualised review of genomic evidence for gene flow events between Papuans and Indigenous Australians in Cape York, Queensland

Wasef, Sally, Wrobel, Gabriel, Wright, Nathan, Wright, Joanne L., Adams, Shaun, Kariwiga, Jason, Leavesley, Matthew, Collard, Mark and Westaway, Michael C. (2021). A contextualised review of genomic evidence for gene flow events between Papuans and Indigenous Australians in Cape York, Queensland. Quaternary International, 603, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2021.02.011

Hidden in plain sight: the archaeological landscape of Mithaka Country, south-west Queensland

Westaway, Michael C., Williams, Douglas, Lowe, Kelsey, Wright, Nathan J., Kerkhove, Ray, Silcock, Jennifer, Gorringe, Joshua, Miszkiewicz, Justina, Wood, Rachel, Adams, Richard, Manne, Tiina, Adams, Shaun, Miscamble, Tony, Stout, Justin, Wrobel, Gabriel D., Kemp, Justine, Hendry, Brooke, Gorringe, Max, Gorringe, Betty, Lander, Keiron, Gorringe, Shawnee, Andrews, Ian and Collard, Mark (2021). Hidden in plain sight: the archaeological landscape of Mithaka Country, south-west Queensland. Antiquity, 95 (382) PII S0003598X21000314, 1-18. doi: 10.15184/aqy.2021.31

A Community Bioarchaeology Project in the Flinders Group, Queensland, Australia

Adams, Shaun, Collard, Mark, Williams, Doug, Flinders, Clarence, Wasef, Sally and Westaway, Michael C. (2020). A Community Bioarchaeology Project in the Flinders Group, Queensland, Australia. Archaeologies, 16 (3), 436-459. doi: 10.1007/s11759-020-09411-w

Insights Into Aboriginal Australian Mortuary Practices: Perspectives From Ancient DNA

Wasef, Sally, Wright, Joanne L., Adams, Shaun, Westaway, Michael C., Flinders, Clarence, Willerslev, Eske and Lambert, David (2020). Insights Into Aboriginal Australian Mortuary Practices: Perspectives From Ancient DNA. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8 217. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2020.00217

Last appearance of Homo erectus at Ngandong, Java, 117,000–108,000 years ago

Rizal, Yan, Westaway, Kira E., Zaim, Yahdi, van den Bergh, Gerrit D., Bettis, E. Arthur, Morwood, Michael J., Huffman, O. Frank, Grün, Rainer, Joannes-Boyau, Renaud, Bailey, Richard M., Sidarto,, Westaway, Michael C., Kurniawan, Iwan, Moore, Mark W., Storey, Michael, Aziz, Fachroel, Suminto,, Zhao, Jian-xin, Aswan, Sipola, Maija E., Larick, Roy, Zonneveld, John-Paul, Scott, Robert, Putt, Shelby and Ciochon, Russell L. (2020). Last appearance of Homo erectus at Ngandong, Java, 117,000–108,000 years ago. Nature, 577 (7790), 381-385. doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1863-2

Giving it a burl: towards the integration of genetics, isotope chemistry, and osteoarchaeology in Cape York, Tropical North Queensland, Australia

Collard, Mark, Wasef, Sally, Adams, Shaun, Wright, Kirsty, Mitchell, R. John, Wright, Joanne L., Wrobel, Gabriel, Nagle, Nano, Miller, Adrian, Wood, Rachel, Pietsch, Timothy J., Van Holst Pellekaan, Sheila, Flinders, Clarence and Westaway, Michael C. (2019). Giving it a burl: towards the integration of genetics, isotope chemistry, and osteoarchaeology in Cape York, Tropical North Queensland, Australia. World Archaeology, 51 (4), 602-619. doi: 10.1080/00438243.2019.1686418

The first hominin fleet

Westaway, Michael C. (2019). The first hominin fleet. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 3 (7), 999-1000. doi: 10.1038/s41559-019-0928-9

A strontium isoscape of north-east Australia for human provenance and repatriation

Adams, Shaun, Grün, Rainer, McGahan, David, Zhao, Jian-Xin, Feng, Yuexing, Nguyen, Ai, Willmes, Malte, Quaresimin, Michael, Lobsey, Brett, Collard, Mark and Westaway, Michael C. (2019). A strontium isoscape of north-east Australia for human provenance and repatriation. Geoarchaeology, 34 (3), 231-251. doi: 10.1002/gea.21728

A palaeontological perspective on the proposal to reintroduce Tasmanian devils to mainland Australia to suppress invasive predators

Westaway, Michael C., Price, Gilbert, Miscamble, Tony, McDonald, Jane, Cramb, Jonathon, Ringma, Jeremy, Grün, Rainer, Jones, Darryl and Collard, Mark (2019). A palaeontological perspective on the proposal to reintroduce Tasmanian devils to mainland Australia to suppress invasive predators. Biological Conservation, 232, 187-193. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2019.02.002

Ancient nuclear genomes enable repatriation of Indigenous human remains

Wright, Joanne L., Wasef, Sally, Heupink, Tim H., Westaway, Michael C., Rasmussen, Simon, Pardoe, Colin, Fourmile, Gudju Gudju, Young, Michael, Johnson, Trish, Slade, Joan, Kennedy, Roy, Winch, Patsy, Pappin, Mary, Wales, Tapij, Bates, William Badger, Hamilton, Sharnie, Whyman, Neville, Pellekaan, Sheila van Holst, McAllister, Peter J., Tacon, Paul S. C., Curnoe, Darren, Li, Ruiqiang, Millar, Craig, Subramanian, Sankar, Willerslev, Eske, Malaspinas, Anna-Sapfo, Sikora, Martin and Lambert, David M. (2018). Ancient nuclear genomes enable repatriation of Indigenous human remains. Science Advances, 4 (12), eaau5064. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aau5064

Big data little help in megafauna mysteries

Price, Gilbert J., Louys, Julien, Faith, J. Tyler, Lorenzen, Eline and Westaway, Michael C. (2018). Big data little help in megafauna mysteries. Nature, 558 (7708), 23-25. doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-05330-7

Disentangling immediate adaptive introgression from selection on standing introgressed variation in humans

Jagoda, Evelyn, Lawson, Daniel J., Wall, Jeffrey D., Lambert, David, Muller, Craig, Westaway, Michael, Leavesley, Matthew, Capellini, Terence D., Lahr, Marta Mirazon, Gerbault, Pascale, Thomas, Mark G., Migliano, Andrea Bamberg, Willerslev, Eske, Metspalu, Mait and Pagani, Luca (2018). Disentangling immediate adaptive introgression from selection on standing introgressed variation in humans. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 35 (3), 623-630. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msx314

Truth-telling in the wake of European contact: historical investigation of Aboriginal skeletal remains from Normanton

Adams, Shaun, Martin, Richard, Phillips, Susan, Macgregor, Colin and Westaway, Michael (2018). Truth-telling in the wake of European contact: historical investigation of Aboriginal skeletal remains from Normanton. Archaeologies, 14 (3), 412-442. doi: 10.1007/s11759-018-9354-x

At least 17,000 years of coexistence: Modern humans and megafauna at the Willandra Lakes, South-Eastern Australia

Westaway, Michael C., Olley, Jon and Grun, Rainer (2017). At least 17,000 years of coexistence: Modern humans and megafauna at the Willandra Lakes, South-Eastern Australia. Quaternary Science Reviews, 157, 206-211. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.11.031

A genomic history of Aboriginal Australia

Malaspinas, Anna-Sapfo, Westaway, Michael C., Muller, Craig, Sousa, Vitor C., Lao, Oscar, Alves, Isabel, Bergström, Anders, Athanasiadis, Georgios, Cheng, Jade Y., Crawford, Jacob E., Heupink, Tim H. and Willerslev, Eske (2016). A genomic history of Aboriginal Australia. Nature, 539 (7624), 207-214. doi: 10.1038/nature18299

The death of Kaakutja: a case of peri-mortem weapon trauma in an Aboriginal man from north-western New South Wales, Australia

Westaway, Michael, Williams, Douglas, Wright, Richard, Wood, Rachel, Olley, Jon, Swift, Jaime, Martin, Sarah, Kemp, Justine, Rolton, Shane and Bates, William (2016). The death of Kaakutja: a case of peri-mortem weapon trauma in an Aboriginal man from north-western New South Wales, Australia. Antiquity, 90 (353), 1318-1333. doi: 10.15184/aqy.2016.173

The need to overcome risks associated with combining inadequate paleozoological records and conservation biology

Westaway, Michael Carrington and Lyman, R. Lee (2016). The need to overcome risks associated with combining inadequate paleozoological records and conservation biology. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113 (33), E4757-E4758. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1609950113

Ancient mtDNA sequences from the First Australians revisited

Heupink, Tim H., Subramanian, Sankar, Wright, Joanne L., Endicott, Phillip, Westaway, Michael Carrington, Huynen, Leon, Parson, Walther, Millar, Craig D., Willerslev, Eske and Lambert, David M. (2016). Ancient mtDNA sequences from the First Australians revisited. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113 (25), 6892-6897. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1521066113

Skeletal arsenic of the pre-Columbian population of Caleta Vitor, northern Chile

Swift, Jaime, Cupper, Matthew L., Greig, Alan, Westaway, Michael C., Carter, Chris, Santoro, Calogero M., Wood, Rachel, Jacobsen, Geraldine E. and Bertuch, Fiona (2015). Skeletal arsenic of the pre-Columbian population of Caleta Vitor, northern Chile. Journal of Archaeological Science, 58, 31-45. doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2015.03.024

Mandibular evidence supports Homo floresiensis as a distinct species

Westaway, Michael Carrington, Durband, Arthur C., Groves, Colin P. and Collard, Mark (2015). Mandibular evidence supports Homo floresiensis as a distinct species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112 (7), E604-E605. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1418997112

Genomic structure in Europeans dating back at least 36,200 years

Seguin-Orlando, Andaine, Korneliussen, Thorfinn S., Sikora, Martin, Malaspinas, Anna-Sapfo, Manica, Andrea, Moltke, Ida, Albrechtsen, Anders, Ko, Amy, Margaryan, Ashot, Moiseyev, Vyacheslav, Goebel, Ted, Westaway, Michael, Lambert, David, Khartanovich, Valeri, Wall, Jeffrey D., Nigst, Philip R., Foley, Robert A., Lahr, Marta Mirazon, Nielsen, Rasmus, Orlando, Ludovic and Willerslev, Eske (2014). Genomic structure in Europeans dating back at least 36,200 years. Science, 346 (6213), 1113-1118. doi: 10.1126/science.aaa0114

The Willandra Fossil Trackway: Assessment of ground penetrating radar survey results and additional OSL dating at a unique Australian site

Westaway, Michael C., Cupper, Matthew L., Johnston, Harvey and Graham, Ian (2013). The Willandra Fossil Trackway: Assessment of ground penetrating radar survey results and additional OSL dating at a unique Australian site. Australian Archaeology (76), 84-89.

Retention of hunter-gatherer economies among maritime foragers from Caleta Vitor, northern Chile, during the late Holocene: evidence from stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic analysis of skeletal remains

Roberts, Amy, Pate, F. Donald, Petruzzelli, Bianca, Carter, Chris, Westaway, Michael C., Santoro, Calogero M., Swift, Jaime, Maddern, Todd, Jacobsen, Geraldine E., Bertuch, Fiona and Rothhammer, Francisco (2013). Retention of hunter-gatherer economies among maritime foragers from Caleta Vitor, northern Chile, during the late Holocene: evidence from stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic analysis of skeletal remains. Journal of Archaeological Science, 40 (5), 2360-2372. doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.01.009

Joint Loads in Marsupial Ankles Reflect Habitual Bipedalism versus Quadrupedalism

Carlson, Kristian J., Jashashvili, Tea, Houghton, Kimberley, Westaway, Michael C. and Patel, Biren A. (2013). Joint Loads in Marsupial Ankles Reflect Habitual Bipedalism versus Quadrupedalism. PLoS ONE, 8 (3), e58811. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058811

Interproximal grooving of lower second molars in WLH 4

Durband, Arthur C., Westaway, Michael C. and Rayner, Daniel R. T. (2012). Interproximal grooving of lower second molars in WLH 4. Australian Archaeology, 75 (75), 118-120. doi: 10.1080/03122417.2012.11681955

Sydney B.J. Skertchly and the early history of Pleistocene archaeology at the Queensland Museum

Westaway, Michael C. (2012). Sydney B.J. Skertchly and the early history of Pleistocene archaeology at the Queensland Museum. Bulletin of the History of Archaeology, 22 (1), 14-18. doi: 10.5334/bha.22114

Crocodile ecology and the taphonomy of early Australasian sites

Westaway, Michael C., Thompson, Jessica C., Wood, Walter B. and Njau, Jackson (2011). Crocodile ecology and the taphonomy of early Australasian sites. Environmental Archaeology, 16 (2), 124-136. doi: 10.1179/174963111X13110803260930

Fortress Queensland 1942-45

Ginn, Geoff and Westaway, Michael (2010). Fortress Queensland 1942-45. Queensland Historical Atlas: Histories, Cultures, Landscapes

From the PPNA to the PPNB : new views from the Southern Levant after excavations at Zahrat adh-Dhra' 2 in Jordan

Edwards, Phillip C., Meadows, John, Sayej, Ghattas and Westaway, Michael (2004). From the PPNA to the PPNB : new views from the Southern Levant after excavations at Zahrat adh-Dhra' 2 in Jordan. Paléorient, 30 (2), 21-60. doi: 10.3406/paleo.2004.1010

A new test of the sex of the Lake Mungo 3 skeleton

Durband, Arthur C., Rayner, Daniel R. T. and Westaway, Michael (2009). A new test of the sex of the Lake Mungo 3 skeleton. Conference on Legacy of an Ice Age, Mungo National Park, Australia, 6-9 September 2006. Richmond, VIC, Australia: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1002/j.1834-4453.2009.tb00050.x

Late Quaternary environments of South East Queensland

Moss, Patrick, McGowan, Hamish, Westaway, Michael, Petherick, Lynda and Daus, Tamara (2009). Late Quaternary environments of South East Queensland. 10th INTECOL 2009. Ecology in a Changing Climate: Two Hemispheres - One Globe. The 10th International Congress of Ecology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 16-21 August 2009.

The mark of Ancient Java is on none of them

Westaway, Michael C. and Groves, Colin P. (2009). The mark of Ancient Java is on none of them. Conference on Legacy of an Ice Age, Mungo National Park, Australia, 6-9 September 2006 . Richmond, VIC, Australia: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1002/j.1834-4453.2009.tb00051.x

Investigation, documentation and repatriation of Aboriginal skeletal remains: Case studies from the Goolum Goolum Aboriginal Co-operative Community Boundary, Victoria, Australia

Westaway, M. and Burns, A. (2001). Investigation, documentation and repatriation of Aboriginal skeletal remains: Case studies from the Goolum Goolum Aboriginal Co-operative Community Boundary, Victoria, Australia. Conference on Human Remains - Conservation, Retrieval and Analysis, Williamsburg, VA United States, 7-11 November 1999. Oxford, United Kingdom: Archaeopress.

Isotope analysis helps tell the stories of Aboriginal people living under early colonial expansion

Adams, Shaun, McGahan, David, Collard, Mark, Westaway, Michael and Martin, Richard (2023, 05 01). Isotope analysis helps tell the stories of Aboriginal people living under early colonial expansion The Conversation