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CATEGORIES:Pitt-Rivers Archaeological Science Seminar Series
SUMMARY:65\,000 years of changing plant food and landscape
  use at Madjedbebe\, Mirarr Country\, northern Aus
 tralia -  Anna Florin\, University of Cambridge
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URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/169076
DESCRIPTION:Recent re-excavations at Madjedbebe rockshelter no
 t only confirmed its antiquity\, but also included
  the application of a diverse array of scientific 
 techniques to explore the nature of occupation at 
 the site over the past 65\,000 years. Here we pres
 ent the results of archaeobotanical analysis\, exp
 loring diachronic changes in diet\, plant processi
 ng practices\, landscape use and seasonal mobility
 . We show that a diverse diet of fruits\, nuts\, s
 eeds\, palm and underground storage organs was con
 sumed from earliest occupation\, with intensive pl
 ant food processing evidenced. The diet varied thr
 ough time as foraging strategies were altered in r
 esponse to changes in environment and demography. 
 This included a broadening of the diet during drie
 r glacial stages\, as well as changes in the seaso
 nal round and incorporation of new foods with the 
 formation of freshwater wetlands following sea lev
 el rise in the late Holocene. The foundations of t
 he economy evidenced at Madjedbebe\, including sea
 sonal mobility\, a broad diet and requisite plant 
 processing and grinding technologies\, were mainta
 ined through time. This points to a resilient econ
 omic system in the face of pronounced environmenta
 l change.\n\nRegister online: https://cam-ac-uk.zo
 om.us/meeting/register/tJ0oceuqpzIoHN3thyPi5YRe4a0
 _i9XIcDVZ\n
LOCATION:Online via zoom
CONTACT:Ruairidh Macleod
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