The University of Queensland

TA 30 - Archaeological Science Under a Microscope : Studies in Residue and Ancient DNA Analysis in Honour of Thomas H. Loy

TA 30 - Archaeological Science Under a Microscope : Studies in Residue and Ancient DNA Analysis in Honour of Thomas H. Loy. Edited by Haslam, Michael, Kirkwood, Luke, Robertson, Gail, Crowther, Alison and Nugent, Sue Canberra, ACT Australia: ANU Press, 2009. doi:10.26530/oapen_459754

Taphonomy of Plant Micro-remains in Environmental Archaeology

Crowther, Alison (2020). Taphonomy of Plant Micro-remains in Environmental Archaeology. In Claire Smith (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology (Second Edition) (pp. 1-13) New York, NY United States: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-51726-1_2511-1

Starch granule analysis

Crowther, Alison (2018). Starch granule analysis. In The encyclopedia of archaeological sciences (pp. 1-5) Hoboken, NJ, United States: John Wiley & Sons. doi:10.1002/9781119188230.saseas0550

The domestication, spread and uses of sorghum as a crop

Shapter, F. M., Crowther, A., Fox, G., Godwin, I. D., Watson-Fox, L., Hannah, I. J. C. and Norton, S. L. (2018). The domestication, spread and uses of sorghum as a crop. In Bill Rooney (Ed.), Achieving sustainable cultivation of sorghum Volume 2: sorghum utilization around the world (pp. 31-64) Cambridge, United Kingdom: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing. doi:10.19103/as.2017.0015.01

Ships of the desert, camels of the ocean: an Indian Ocean perspective on Trans-Saharan trading systems

Horton, Mark, Crowther, Alison and Boivin, Nicole (2017). Ships of the desert, camels of the ocean: an Indian Ocean perspective on Trans-Saharan trading systems. In Trade in the ancient Sahara and beyond (pp. 131-155) Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108161091.006

Old World Globalization and Food Exchanges

Boivin, N., Fuller, D. Q. and Crowther, A. (2015). Old World Globalization and Food Exchanges. In Methany, K. B. and Beaudry, M. C. (Ed.), Archaeology of Food (pp. 350-356) Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield.

Morphometric analysis of calcium oxalate raphides and assessment of their taxonomic value for archaeological microfossil studies

Crowther, Alison (2009). Morphometric analysis of calcium oxalate raphides and assessment of their taxonomic value for archaeological microfossil studies. In Michael Haslam, Gail Robertson, Alison Crowther, Sue Nugent and Luke Kirkwood (Ed.), Archaeological Science Under the Microscope: Studies in residue and ancient DNA analysis in honour of Thomas H. Loy (pp. 102-128) Canberra, ACT Australia: ANU E Press.

Re-viewing raphides: Issues with the identification and interpretation of calcium oxalate crystals in microfossil assemblages

Crowther, Alison (2009). Re-viewing raphides: Issues with the identification and interpretation of calcium oxalate crystals in microfossil assemblages. In Andrew S. Fairbairn, Sue O'Connor and Benjamin Marwick (Ed.), New Directions in Archaeological Science (pp. 105-118) Canberra, ACT Australia: ANU E Press.

terra australis 30 ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE UNDER A MICROSCOPE Studies in Residue and ancient DNA Analysis in Honour of Thomas H. Loy PREFACE

Haslam, Michael and Crowther, Alison (2009). terra australis 30 ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE UNDER A MICROSCOPE Studies in Residue and ancient DNA Analysis in Honour of Thomas H. Loy PREFACE. In Haslam, M, Robertson, G, Crowther, A, Nugent, S and Kirkwood, L (Ed.), terra australis 30 ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE UNDER A MICROSCOPE Studies in Residue and ancient DNA Analysis in Honour of Thomas H. Loy PREFACE (pp. 1-3) CANBERRA ACT: AUSTRALIAN NATL UNIV.

The domestication syndrome in vegetatively-propagated field crops

Denham, Tim, Barton, Huw, Castillo, Cristina, Crowther, Alison, Dotte-Sarout, Emilie, Florin, Anna, Pritchard, Jenifer, Barron, Aleese, Zhang, Yekun and Fuller, Dorian Q. (2020) The domestication syndrome in vegetatively-propagated field crops. Annals of Botany, . doi:10.1093/aob/mcz212

Asian crop dispersal in Africa and late holocene human adaptation to tropical environments

Power, Robert C., Güldemann, Tom, Crowther, Alison and Boivin, Nicole (2019) Asian crop dispersal in Africa and late holocene human adaptation to tropical environments. Journal of World Prehistory, 32 4: 353-392. doi:10.1007/s10963-019-09136-x

Archaeological assessment reveals Earth’s early transformation through land use

Stephens, Lucas, Fuller, Dorian, Boivin, Nicole, Rick, Torben, Gauthier, Nicolas, Kay, Andrea, Marwick, Ben, Armstrong, Chelsey Geralda Denise, Barton, C. Michael, Denham, Tim, Douglass, Kristina, Driver, Jonathan, Janz, Lisa, Roberts, Patrick, Rogers, J. Daniel, Thakar, Heather, Altaweel, Mark, Johnson, Amber L., Vattuone, Maria Marta Sampietro, Aldenderfer, Mark, Archila, Sonia, Artioli, Gilberto, Bale, Martin T., Beach, Timothy, Borrell, Ferran, Braje, Todd, Buckland, Philip I., Cano, Nayeli Guadalupe Jiménez, Capriles, José M., Castillo, Agustín Diez, Çilingiroğlu, Çiler, Cleary, Michelle Negus, Conolly, James, Coutros, Peter R., Covey, R. Alan, Cremaschi, Mauro, Crowther, Alison, Der, Lindsay, di Lernia, Savino, Doershuk, John F., Doolittle, William E., Edwards, Kevin J., Erlandson, Jon M., Evans, Damian, Fairbairn, Andrew, Faulkner, Patrick, Feinman, Gary, Fernandes, Ricardo, Fitzpatrick, Scott M., Fyfe, Ralph, Garcea, Elena, Goldstein, Steve, Goodman, Reed Charles, Guedes, Jade Dalpoim, Herrmann, Jason, Hiscock, Peter, Hommel, Peter, Horsburgh, K. Ann, Hritz, Carrie, Ives, John W., Junno, Aripekka, Kahn, Jennifer G., Kaufman, Brett, Kearns, Catherine, Kidder, Tristram R., Lanoë, François, Lawrence, Dan, Lee, Gyoung-Ah, Levin, Maureece J., Lindskoug, Henrik B., López-Sáez, José Antonio, Macrae, Scott, Marchant, Rob, Marston, John M., McClure, Sarah, McCoy, Mark D., Ventresca Miller, Alicia, Morrison, Michael, Matuzeviciute, Giedre Motuzaite, Müller, Johannes, Nayak, Ayushi, Noerwidi, Sofwan, Peres, Tanya M., Peterson, Christian E., Proctor, Lucas, Randall, Asa R., Renette, Steve, Schug, Gwen Robbins, Ryzewski, Krysta, Saini, Rakesh, Scheinsohn, Vivian, Schmidt, Peter, Sebillaud, Pauline, Seitsonen, Oula, Simpson, Ian A., Sołtysiak, Arkadiusz, Speakman, Robert J., Spengler, Robert N., Steffen, Martina L., Storozum, Michael J., Strickland, Keir M., Thompson, Jessica, Thurston, T L, Ulm, Sean, Ustunkaya, M. Cemre, Welker, Martin H., West, Catherine, Williams, Patrick Ryan, Wright, David K., Wright, Nathan, Zahir, Muhammad, Zerboni, Andrea, Beaudoin, Ella, Garcia, Santiago Munevar, Powell, Jeremy, Thornton, Alexa, Kaplan, Jed O., Gaillard, Marie-José, Goldewijk, Kees Klein, Ellis, Erle and ArchaeoGLOBE Project (2019) Archaeological assessment reveals Earth’s early transformation through land use. Science, 365 6456: 897-902. doi:10.1126/science.aax1192

Towards a historical ecology of intertidal foraging in the mafia archipelago: archaeomalacology and implications for marine resource management

Faulkner, Patrick, Harris, Matthew, Haji, Othman, Crowther, Alison, Horton, Mark C. and Boivin, Nicole L. (2019) Towards a historical ecology of intertidal foraging in the mafia archipelago: archaeomalacology and implications for marine resource management. Journal of Ethnobiology, 39 2: 182-203. doi:10.2993/0278-0771-39.2.182

Structural characterization and decontamination of dental calculus for ancient starch research

Soto, María, Inwood, Jamie, Clarke, Siobhán, Crowther, Alison, Covelli, Danielle, Favreau, Julien, Itambu, Makarius, Larter, Steve, Lee, Patrick, Lozano, Marina, Maley, Jason, Mwambwiga, Aloyce, Patalano, Robert, Sammynaiken, Ramaswami, Vergès, Josep M, Zhu, Jianfeng and Mercader, Julio (2019) Structural characterization and decontamination of dental calculus for ancient starch research. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, . doi:10.1007/s12520-019-00830-7

Specialized rainforest hunting by Homo sapiens ~45,000 years ago

Wedage, Oshan, Amano, Noel, Langley, Michelle C., Douka, Katerina, Blinkhorn, James, Crowther, Alison, Deraniyagala, Siran, Kourampas, Nikos, Simpson, Ian, Perera, Nimal, Picin, Andrea, Boivin, Nicole, Petraglia, Michael and Roberts, Patrick (2019) Specialized rainforest hunting by Homo sapiens ~45,000 years ago. Nature Communications, 10 1: . doi:10.1038/s41467-019-08623-1

Late Pleistocene to Holocene human palaeoecology in the tropical environments of coastal eastern Africa

Roberts, Patrick, Prendergast, Mary, Janzen, Anneke, Shipton, Ceri, Blinkhorn, James, Zech, Jana, Crowther, Alison, Sawchuk, Elizabeth, Stewart, Mathew, Ndiema, Emmanuel, Petraglia, Michael and Boivin, Nicole (2019) Late Pleistocene to Holocene human palaeoecology in the tropical environments of coastal eastern Africa. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, .

Publisher Correction: 78,000-year-old record of middle and later stone age innovation in an East African tropical forest

Shipton, Ceri, Roberts, Patrick, Archer, Will, Armitage, Simon J., Bita, Caesar, Blinkhorn, James, Courtney-Mustaphi, Colin, Crowther, Alison, Curtis, Richard, Errico, Francesco D', Douka, Katerina, Faulkner, Patrick, Groucutt, Huw S., Helm, Richard, Herries, Andy I. R., Jembe, Severinus, Kourampas, Nikos, Lee-Thorp, Julia, Marchant, Rob, Mercader, Julio, Marti, Africa Pitarch, Prendergast, Mary E., Rowson, Ben, Tengeza, Amini, Tibesasa, Ruth, White, Tom S., Petraglia, Michael D. and Boivin, Nicole (2018) Publisher Correction: 78,000-year-old record of middle and later stone age innovation in an East African tropical forest. Nature Communications, 9 1: 2242. doi:10.1038/s41467-018-04753-0

Spice and rice: pepper, cloves and everyday cereal foods at the ancient port of Mantai, Sri Lanka

Kingwell-Banham, Eleanor, Bohingamuwa, Wijerathne, Perera, Nimal, Adikari, Gamini, Crowther, Alison, Fuller, Dorian Q. and Boivin, Nicole (2018) Spice and rice: pepper, cloves and everyday cereal foods at the ancient port of Mantai, Sri Lanka. Antiquity, 92 366: 1478-1491. doi:10.15184/aqy.2018.168

Exaggerated expectations in ancient starch research and the need for new taphonomic and authenticity criteria

Mercader, Julio, Akeju, Tolutope, Brown, Melisa, Bundala, Mariam, Collins, Matthew J., Copeland, Les, Crowther, Alison, Dunfield, Peter, Henry, Amanda, Inwood, Jamie, Itambu, Makarius, Kim, Joong-Jae, Larter, Steve, Longo, Laura, Oldenburg, Thomas, Patalano, Robert, Sammynaiken, Ramaswami, Soto, Maria, Tyler, Robert and Xhauflair, Hermine (2018) Exaggerated expectations in ancient starch research and the need for new taphonomic and authenticity criteria. Facets, 3 1: 777-798. doi:10.1139/facets-2017-0126

78,000-year-old record of Middle and Later stone age innovation in an East African tropical forest

Shipton, Ceri, Roberts, Patrick, Archer, Will, Armitage, Simon J., Bita, Caesar, Blinkhorn, James, Courtney-Mustaphi, Colin, Crowther, Alison, Curtis, Richard, d' Errico, Francesco, Douka, Katerina, Faulkner, Patrick, Groucutt, Huw S., Helm, Richard, Herries, Andy I. R., Jembe, Severinus, Kourampas, Nikos, Lee-Thorp, Julia, Marchant, Rob, Mercader, Julio, Marti, Africa Pitarch, Prendergast, Mary E., Rowson, Ben, Tengeza, Amini, Tibesasa, Ruth, White, Tom S., Petraglia, Michael D. and Boivin, Nicole (2018) 78,000-year-old record of Middle and Later stone age innovation in an East African tropical forest. Nature Communications, 9 1: 1832. doi:10.1038/s41467-018-04057-3

Drivers and trajectories of land cover change in East Africa: human and environmental interactions from 6000 years ago to present

Marchant, Rob, Richer, Suzi, Boles, Oliver, Capitani, Claudia, Courtney-Mustaphi, Colin J., Lane, Paul, Prendergast, Mary E., Stump, Daryl, De Cort, Gijs, Kaplan, Jed O., Phelps, Leanne, Kay, Andrea, Olago, Dan, Petek, Nik, Platts, Philip J., Punwong, Paramita, Widgren, Mats, Wynne-Jones, Stephanie, Ferro-Vázquez, Cruz, Benard, Jacquiline, Boivin, Nicole, Crowther, Alison, Cuní-Sanchez, Aida, Deere, Nicolas J., Ekblom, Anneli, Farmer, Jennifer, Finch, Jemma, Fuller, Dorian, Gaillard-Lemdahl, Marie-José, Gillson, Lindsey, Githumbi, Esther, Kabora, Tabitha, Kariuki, Rebecca, Kinyanjui, Rahab, Kyazike, Elizabeth, Lang, Carol, Lejju, Julius, Morrison, Kathleen D., Muiruri, Veronica, Mumbi, Cassian, Muthoni, Rebecca, Muzuka, Alfred, Ndiema, Emmanuel, Kabonyi Nzabandora, Chantal, Onjala, Isaya, Schrijver, Annemiek Pas, Rucina, Stephen, Shoemaker, Anna, Thornton-Barnett, Senna, van der Plas, Geert, Watson, Elizabeth E., Williamson, David and Wright, David (2018) Drivers and trajectories of land cover change in East Africa: human and environmental interactions from 6000 years ago to present. Earth-Science Reviews, 178 322-378. doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2017.12.010

The Comoros Show the Earliest Austronesian Gene Flow into the Swahili Corridor

Brucato, Nicolas, Fernandes, Veronica, Mazières, Stéphane, Kusuma, Pradiptajati, Cox, Murray P, Ng'ang'a, Joseph Wainaina, Omar, Mohammed, Simeone-Senelle, Marie-Claude, Frassati, Coralie, Alshamali, Farida, Fin, Bertrand, Boland, Anne, Deleuze, Jean-Francois, Stoneking, Mark, Adelaar, Alexander, Crowther, Alison, Boivin, Nicole, Pereira, Luisa, Bailly, Pascal, Chiaroni, Jacques and Ricaut, François-Xavier (2018) The Comoros Show the Earliest Austronesian Gene Flow into the Swahili Corridor. American journal of human genetics, 102 1: 58-68. doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2017.11.011

Long-term trends in terrestrial and marine invertebrate exploitation on the eastern African coast: insights from Kuumbi Cave, Zanzibar

Faulkner, Patrick, Harris, Matthew, Haji, Othman, Ali, Abdallah K., Crowther, Alison, Shipton, Ceri, Horton, Mark C. and Boivin, Nicole L. (2018) Long-term trends in terrestrial and marine invertebrate exploitation on the eastern African coast: insights from Kuumbi Cave, Zanzibar. Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology, . doi:10.1080/15564894.2018.1501442

Reconstructing Prehistoric African Population Structure

Skoglund, Pontus , Thompson, Jessica C. , Prendergast, Mary E. , Mittnik, Alissa , Sirak, Kendra , Hajdinjak, Mateja , Salie, Tasneem , Rohland, Nadin , Mallick, Swapan , Peltzer, Alexander , Heinze, Anja , Olalde, Iñigo , Ferry, Matthew , Harney, Eadaoin , Michel, Megan , Stewardson, Kristin , Cerezo-Román, Jessica I. , Chiumia, Chrissy , Crowther, Alison , Gomani-Chindebvu, Elizabeth , Gidna, Agness O. , Grillo, Katherine M. , Helenius, I. Taneli , Hellenthal, Garrett , Helm, Richard , Horton, Mark , López, Saioa , Mabulla, Audax Z. P. , Parkington, John , Shipton, Ceri , Thomas, Mark G. , Tibesasa, Ruth , Welling, Menno , Hayes, Vanessa M. , Kennett, Douglas J. , Ramesar, Raj , Meyer, Matthias , Pääbo, Svante , Patterson, Nick , Morris, Alan G. , Boivin, Nicole , Pinhasi, Ron , Krause, Johannes and Reich, David (2017) Reconstructing Prehistoric African Population Structure. Cell, 171 1: 59-71. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2017.08.049

Characterising marine mollusc exploitation in the eastern African Iron Age: archaeomalacological evidence from Unguja Ukuu and Fukuchani, Zanzibar

Faulkner, Patrick, Harris, Matthew, Ali, Abdallah K., Haji, Othman, Crowther, Alison, Horton, Mark C. and Boivin, Nicole L. (2017) Characterising marine mollusc exploitation in the eastern African Iron Age: archaeomalacological evidence from Unguja Ukuu and Fukuchani, Zanzibar. Quaternary International, 471 66-80. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2017.08.051

Reconstructing Asian faunal introductions to eastern Africa from multi-proxy biomolecular and archaeological datasets

Prendergast, Mary E., Buckley, Michael, Crowther, Alison, Frantz, Laurent, Eager, Heidi, Lebrasseur, Ophelie, Hutterer, Rainer, Hulme-Beaman, Ardern, Van Neer, Wim, Douka, Katerina, Veall, Margaret-Ashley, Morales, Eriendira M. Quintana, Schuenemann, Verena J., Reiter, Ella, Allen, Richard, Dimopoulos, Evangelos A., Helm, Richard M., Shipton, Ceri, Mwebi, Ogeto, Denys, Christiane, Horton, Mark, Wynne-Jones, Stephanie, Fleisher, Jeffrey, Radimilahy, Chantal, Wright, Henry, Searle, Jeremy B., Krause, Johannes, Larson, Greger and Boivin, Nicole L. (2017) Reconstructing Asian faunal introductions to eastern Africa from multi-proxy biomolecular and archaeological datasets. PLoS One, 12 8: e0182565. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0182565

Zanzibar and Indian Ocean trade in the first millennium CE: the glass bead evidence

Wood, Marilee, Panighello, Serena, Orsega, Emilio F., Robertshaw, Peter, van Elteren, Johannes T., Crowther, Alison, Horton, Mark and Boivin, Noivin (2017) Zanzibar and Indian Ocean trade in the first millennium CE: the glass bead evidence. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 9 5: 879-901. doi:10.1007/s12520-015-0310-z

The palaeogenetics of cat dispersal in the ancient world

Ottoni, Claudio, Van Neer, Wim, De Cupere, Bea, Daligault, Julien, Guimaraes, Silvia, Peters, Joris, Spassov, Nikolai, Prendergast, Mary E., Boivin, Nicole, Morales-Muñiz, Arturo, Bălăşescu, Adrian, Becker, Cornelia, Benecke, Norbert, Boroneant, Adina, Buitenhuis, Hijlke, Chahoud, Jwana, Crowther, Alison, Llorente, Laura, Manaseryan, Nina, Monchot, Hervé, Onar, Vedat, Osypińska, Marta, Putelat, Olivier, Quintana Morales, Eréndira M., Studer, Jacqueline, Wierer, Ursula, Decorte, Ronny, Grange, Thierry and Geigl, Eva-Maria (2017) The palaeogenetics of cat dispersal in the ancient world. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 1 139: . doi:10.1038/s41559-017-0139

Dietary diversity on the Swahili coast: the fauna from two Zanzibar trading locales

Prendergast, M. E., Quintana Morales, E. M., Crowther, A., Horton, M. C. and Boivin, N. L. (2017) Dietary diversity on the Swahili coast: the fauna from two Zanzibar trading locales. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 27 4: 621-637. doi:10.1002/oa.2585

Subsistence mosaics, forager-farmer interactions, and the transition to food production in eastern Africa

Crowther, Alison, Prendergast, Mary E., Fuller, Dorian Q. and Boivin, Nicole (2017) Subsistence mosaics, forager-farmer interactions, and the transition to food production in eastern Africa. Quaternary International, 489 101-120. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2017.01.014

Reply to Ellis et al.: human niche construction and evolutionary theory

Erlandson, Jon M., Zeder, Melinda A., Boivin, Nicole L., Crowther, Alison, Denham, Tim, Fuller, Dorian Q., Larson, Greger and Petraglia, Michael D. (2016) Reply to Ellis et al.: human niche construction and evolutionary theory. National Academy of Sciences. Proceedings, 113 31: E4437-E4438. doi:10.1073/pnas.1609617113

Reply to Westaway and Lyman: emus, dingoes, and archaeology’s role in conservation biology

Zeder, Melinda A., Denham, Tim, Erlandson, Jon M., Boivin, Nicole L., Crowther, Alison, Fuller, Dorian Q., Larson, Greger and Petraglia, Michael D. (2016) Reply to Westaway and Lyman: emus, dingoes, and archaeology’s role in conservation biology. National Academy of Sciences. Proceedings, 113 33: E4759-E4760. doi:10.1073/pnas.1610697113

Ancient crops provide first archaeological signature of the westward Austronesian expansion

Crowther, Alison, Lucas, Leilani, Helm, Richard, Horton, Mark, Shipton, Ceri, Wright, Henry T., Walshaw, Sarah, Pawlowicz, Matthew, Radimilahy, Chantal, Douka, Katerina, Picornell-Gelabert, Llorenc, Fuller, Dorian Q. and Boivin, Nicole L. (2016) Ancient crops provide first archaeological signature of the westward Austronesian expansion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113 24: 6635-6640. doi:10.1073/pnas.1522714113

Reinvestigation of Kuumbi Cave, Zanzibar, reveals Later Stone Age coastal habitation, early Holocene abandonment and Iron Age reoccupation

Shipton, Ceri, Crowther, Alison, Kourampas, Nikos, Prendergast, Mary E., Horton, Mark, Douka, Katerina, Schwenninger, Jean-Luc, Faulkner, Patrick, Morales, Erendira M. Quintana, Langley, Michelle C., Tibesasa, Ruth, Picornell-Gelabert, Llorenc, Wilmsen, Edwin N., Doherty, Chris, Veall, Margaret-Ashley, Ali, Abdallah K., Petraglia, Michael D. and Boivin, Nicole (2016) Reinvestigation of Kuumbi Cave, Zanzibar, reveals Later Stone Age coastal habitation, early Holocene abandonment and Iron Age reoccupation. Azania, 51 2: 197-233. doi:10.1080/0067270X.2016.1173308

Coastal subsistence, maritime trade, and the colonization of small offshore islands in eastern African prehistory

Crowther, Alison, Faulkner, Patrick, Prendergast, Mary E., Quintana Morales, Erendira M., Horton, Mark, Wilmsen, Edwin, Kotarba-Morley, Anna M., Christie, Annalisa, Petek, Nik, Tibesasa, Ruth, Doula, Katerina, Picornell-Gelabert, Llorenç, Carah, Xavier and Boivin, Nicole (2016) Coastal subsistence, maritime trade, and the colonization of small offshore islands in eastern African prehistory. Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology, 11 2: 211-237. doi:10.1080/15564894.2016.1188334

Ecological consequences of human niche construction: examining long-term anthropogenic shaping of global species distributions

Boivin, Nicole L., Zeder, Melinda A., Fuller, Dorian Q., Crowther, Alison, Larson, Greger, Erlandson, Jon M., Denham, Tim and Petraglia, Michael D. (2016) Ecological consequences of human niche construction: examining long-term anthropogenic shaping of global species distributions. National Academy of Sciences. Proceedings, 113 23: 6388-6396. doi:10.1073/pnas.1525200113

Poison arrows and bone utensils in late Pleistocene eastern Africa: evidence from Kuumbi Cave, Zanzibar

Langley, Michelle C., Prendergast, Mary E., Shipton, Ceri, Morales, Erendira M. Quintana, Crowther, Alison and Boivin, Nicole (2016) Poison arrows and bone utensils in late Pleistocene eastern Africa: evidence from Kuumbi Cave, Zanzibar. Azania, 51 2: 155-177. doi:10.1080/0067270X.2016.1173302

Comment on 'Millets and herders: the origins of plant cultivation in semiarid North Gujarat (India)' by Juan Jose Garcia-Granero, Carla Lancelotti, Marco Madella, and P. Ajithprasad

Crowther, Alison (2016) Comment on 'Millets and herders: the origins of plant cultivation in semiarid North Gujarat (India)' by Juan Jose Garcia-Granero, Carla Lancelotti, Marco Madella, and P. Ajithprasad. Current Anthropology, 57 2: 166-167.

Continental Island Formation and the Archaeology of Defaunation on Zanzibar, Eastern Africa

Prendergast, Mary E., Rouby, Helene, Punning, Paramita, Marchant, Robert, Crowther, Alison, Kourampas, Nikos, Shipton, Ceri, Walsh, Martin., Lambeck, Kurt and Boivin, Nicole L. (2016) Continental Island Formation and the Archaeology of Defaunation on Zanzibar, Eastern Africa. PLoS ONE, 11 2: e0149565-e0149565. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0149565

Late quaternary speleogenesis and landscape evolution in a tropical carbonate island: Pango la kuumbi (kuumbi cave), zanzibar

Kourampas, Nikos, Shipton, Ceri, Mills, William, Tibesasa, Ruth, Horton, Henrietta, Horton, Mark, Prendergast, Mary, Crowther, Alison, Douka, Katerina, Faulkner, Patrick, Picornell, Llorenc and Boivin, Nicole (2015) Late quaternary speleogenesis and landscape evolution in a tropical carbonate island: Pango la kuumbi (kuumbi cave), zanzibar. International Journal of Speleology, 44 3: 293-314. doi:10.5038/1827-806X.44.3.7

Use of Zanzibar copal (Hymenaea verrucosa Gaertn.) as incense at Unguja Ukuu, Tanzania in the 7-8th century CE: chemical insights into trade and Indian Ocean interactions

Crowther, Alison, Veall, Margaret-Ashley, Boivin, Nicole, Horton, Mark, Kotarba-Morley, Anne, Fuller, Dorian Q., Fenn, Thomas, Haji, Othman and Matheson, Carney D. (2015) Use of Zanzibar copal (Hymenaea verrucosa Gaertn.) as incense at Unguja Ukuu, Tanzania in the 7-8th century CE: chemical insights into trade and Indian Ocean interactions. Journal of Archaeological Science, 53 374-390. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2014.10.008

Indian Ocean food globalisation and Africa

Boivin, Nicole, Crowther, Alison, Prendergast, Mary and Fuller, Dorian Q. (2014) Indian Ocean food globalisation and Africa. African Archaeological Review, 31 4: 547-581. doi:10.1007/s10437-014-9173-4

Documenting contamination in ancient starch laboratories

Crowther, Alison, Haslam, Michael, Oakden, Nikki, Wald, Dale and Mercader, Julio (2014) Documenting contamination in ancient starch laboratories. Journal of Archaeological Science, 49 1: 90-104. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2014.04.023

Iron Age agriculture, fishing and trade in the Mafia Archipelago, Tanzania: new data from Ukunju Cave

Crowther, Alison, Horton, Mark, Kortarba-Morley, Anna, Prendergast, Mary, Quintana-Morales, Eréndira, Wood, Marilee, Shipton, Ceri, Fuller, Dorian Q., Tibesasa, Ruth, Mills, William and Boivin, Nicole (2014) Iron Age agriculture, fishing and trade in the Mafia Archipelago, Tanzania: new data from Ukunju Cave. Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa, 49 1: 21-44. doi:10.1080/0067270X.2013.878104

Intersections, networks and the genesis of social complexity on the Nyali Coast of East Africa

Shipton, C., Helm, R., Boivin, N., Crowther, A., Austin, P. and Fuller, D. Q. (2013) Intersections, networks and the genesis of social complexity on the Nyali Coast of East Africa. African Archaeological Review, 30 4: 427-453. doi:10.1007/s10437-013-9140-5

East Africa and Madagascar in the Indian Ocean world

Boivin, Nicole, Crowther, Alison, Helm, Richard and Fuller, Dorian Q. (2013) East Africa and Madagascar in the Indian Ocean world. Journal of World Prehistory, 26 3: 213-281. doi:10.1007/s10963-013-9067-4

Dhaba: An initial report on an Acheulean, Middle Palaeolithic and microlithic locality in the Middle Son Valley, north-central India

Haslam, Michael, Harris, Clair, Clarkson, Chris, Pal, J. N., Shipton, Ceri, Crowther, Alison, Koshy, Jinu, Bora, Janardhana, Ditchfield, Peter, Ram, Harindra Prasad, Price, Kathryn, Dubey, A. K. and Petraglia, Michael (2012) Dhaba: An initial report on an Acheulean, Middle Palaeolithic and microlithic locality in the Middle Son Valley, north-central India. Quaternary International, 258 191-199. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2011.09.007

Exploring agriculture, interaction and trade on the eastern African littoral: preliminary results from Kenya

Helm, Richard, Crowther, Alison, Shipton, Ceri, Tengeza, Amini and Boivin, Nicole (2012) Exploring agriculture, interaction and trade on the eastern African littoral: preliminary results from Kenya. Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa, 47 1: 39-63. doi:10.1080/0067270X.2011.647947

Old World globalization and the Columbian exchange: Comparison and contrast

Boivin, Nicole, Fuller, Dorian Q. and Crowther, Alison (2012) Old World globalization and the Columbian exchange: Comparison and contrast. World Archaeology, 44 3: 452-469. doi:10.1080/00438243.2012.729404

The differential survival of native starch during cooking and implications for archaeological analyses: A review

Crowther, Alison (2012) The differential survival of native starch during cooking and implications for archaeological analyses: A review. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 4 3: 221-235. doi:10.1007/s12520-012-0097-0

Archaeobotany in Australia and New Guinea: Practice, potential and prospects

Denham, Tim, Atchison, Jennifer, Austin, Jeremy, Bestel, Sheahan, Bowdery, Doreen, Crowther, Alison, Dolby, Nic, Fairbairn, Andrew, Field, Judith, Kennedy, Amanda, Lentfer, Carol, Matheson, Carney, Nugent, Sue, Parr, Jeff, Prebble, Matiu, Robertson, Gail, Specht, Jim, Torrence, Robin, Barton, Huw, Fullager, Richard, Haberle, Simon, Horrocks, Mark, Lewis, Tara and Matthews, Peter (2009) Archaeobotany in Australia and New Guinea: Practice, potential and prospects. Australian Archaeology, 68 1-10. doi:10.1080/03122417.2009.11681884

The oldest and longest enduring microlithic sequence in India: 35 000 years of modern human occupation and change at the Jwalapuram Locality 9 rockshelter

Clarkson, Chris, Petraglia, Michael, Korisettar, Ravi, Haslam, Michael, Boivin, Nicole, Crowther, Alison, Ditchfield, Peter, Fuller, Dorian, Miracle, Preston, Harris, Clair, Connell, Kate, James, Hannah and Koshy, Jinu (2009) The oldest and longest enduring microlithic sequence in India: 35 000 years of modern human occupation and change at the Jwalapuram Locality 9 rockshelter. Antiquity, 83 320: 326-348. doi:10.1017/S0003598X0009846X

Blind tests in microscopic residue analysis: Comments on Wadley et al. (2004)

Crowther, Alison and Haslam, Michael (2007) Blind tests in microscopic residue analysis: Comments on Wadley et al. (2004). Journal of Archaeological Science, 34 6: 997-1000. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2006.06.003

A Pacific Odyssey: Archaeology and Anthropology in the Western Pacific. Papers in Honour of Jim Specht.

Crowther, Alison (2005) A Pacific Odyssey: Archaeology and Anthropology in the Western Pacific. Papers in Honour of Jim Specht.. Australian Archaeology, 60 78-79.

Starch residues on undecorated Lapita pottery from Anir, New Ireland

Crowther, Alison (2005) Starch residues on undecorated Lapita pottery from Anir, New Ireland. Archaeology In Oceania, 40 2: 62-66. doi:10.1002/j.1834-4453.2005.tb00586.x

East Africa as a source for Fatimid rock crystal. Workshops from Kenya to Madagascar

Horton, Mark, Boivin, Nicole, Crowther, Alison, Gaskell, Ben, Radimilahy, Chantal and Wright, Henry (2017). East Africa as a source for Fatimid rock crystal. Workshops from Kenya to Madagascar. In: Alexandra Hilgner, Susanne Greiff and Dieter Quast, Gemstones in the First Millennium AD: Mines, Trade, Workshops and Symbolism. Gemstones in the First Millennium AD: Mines, Trade, Workshops and Symbolism, Mainz, Germany, (103-118). 20-22 October 2015.

Lab contamination avoidance in molecular palaeontology: Starch grain analysis

Mercader, Julio, Crowther, Alison, Haslam, Michael, Oakden, Nikki and Walde, Dale (2014). Lab contamination avoidance in molecular palaeontology: Starch grain analysis. In: 83rd Annual Meeting of the American-Association-of-Physical-Anthropologists, Calgary Canada, (183-183). Apr 08-12, 2014.

Re-viewing raphides: Issues with the identification and interpretation of calcium oxalate crystals in microfossil assemblages

Crowther, Alison (2009). Re-viewing raphides: Issues with the identification and interpretation of calcium oxalate crystals in microfossil assemblages. In: Fairbairn, A, OConnor, S and Marwick, B, 8th Australasian Archaeometry Conference (AAC), Canberra Australia, (105-118). Dec 12-15, 2005.

Investigating Lapita subsistence and pottery use through microscopic residues on ceramics: methodological issues, feasibility and potential

Alison Crowther (2009). Investigating Lapita subsistence and pottery use through microscopic residues on ceramics: methodological issues, feasibility and potential PhD Thesis, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland.