I research ancient agriculture, plant use and human environmental impact in Turkey, Italy (Pompeii) and Australasia via the analysis of archaeological plant remains (seeds, fruits leaves etc)
I started my archaeological career in 1988, working on the excavation of Blawearie Cairn in my native Northumberland (UK). I studies at the Institute of Archaeology, UCL (London) gaining BSc Archaeology (1991), MSc Bio and Geoarchaeology (1992) and PhD (2001), specialising in the study of plant macrofossil remains, such as seeds, fruits, leaves and wood, from archaeological sites to reconstruct past environments and economic practices. I also developed a large consulting portfolio, working as an environmental archaeologist for the Museum of London Archaeology Service (1993-1994) and UCL Geoarchaeology Unit (1992-1993) and as an independent contractor (1994-2001). From 1999-2001 I worked as a research assistant for the Catalhoyuk Research Project, based at Cambridge University and during that time moved to Australia. From 2001 - 2004 I worked at The Australian National University in Canberra as a research assistant to the Engendering Roman Spaces Project and then received a research fellowship at the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies. I moved to UQ in January 2006. My research interests are currently focused on the origins of agriculture in Central Anatolia (Turkey) and the later development of the region's state economies. I also work in Australasia where I have been developing plant macrofossil techniques to disentangle ancient tree-fruit use and the development of food production in Papua New Guinea.
Barker, Bryce, Lamb, Lara, Leavesley, Matthew, Manne, Tiina, Fairbairn, Andrew, Coe, Andrew, Lowe, Kelsey M., Beni, Teppsy, Neanda, Betty and Aubert, Maxime (2023). A Holocene sequence from Walufeni Cave, Southern Highlands Province, and its implications for the settlement of the Great Papuan Plateau, Papua New Guinea. Australian Archaeology, 89 (1), 1-19. doi: 10.1080/03122417.2023.2175960
Journal Article: Mobility and kinship in the world's first village societies
Pearson, Jessica, Evans, Jane, Lamb, Angela, Baird, Douglas, Hodder, Ian, Marciniak, Arkadiusz, Larsen, Clark Spencer, Knüsel, Christopher J., Haddow, Scott D., Pilloud, Marin A., Bogaard, Amy, Fairbairn, Andrew, Plug, Jo-Hannah, Mazzucato, Camilla, Mustafaoğlu, Gökhan, Feldman, Michal, Somel, Mehmet and Fernández-Domínguez, Eva (2023). Mobility and kinship in the world's first village societies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120 (4) e2209480119, 1-7. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2209480119
Fairbairn, Andrew S. and Florin, S. Anna (2022). Archaeological identification of fragmented nuts and fruits from key Asia-Pacific economic tree species using anatomical criteria: comparative analysis of Canarium, Pandanus and Terminalia. Archaeology in Oceania, 57 (3), 160-188. doi: 10.1002/arco.5273
Testing the Dark Emu hypothesis
(2022–2025) ARC Discovery Projects
(2019–2022) University of Sydney
(2019) UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
An archaeobotanical analysis of agricultural and economic change at Kaman-Kalehöyük during the Persian Empire
Doctor Philosophy
Plant exploitation and management on Mithaka Country, south-western Queensland: Developing frameworks for understanding cultivation, niche construction, and domestication in Australia
Master Philosophy
Biomarker Analysis of Neolithic Anatolian Ceramic Residues using GC/MS and Proteomics
Doctor Philosophy
Aird, Michael, Gorringe, Shawnee, Andrews, Ian, Griffiths, Tom, Fairbairn, Andrew, Habgood, Phillip, Franklin, Natalie, Hough, Tracey, Ginn, Geoff, Hiscock, Peter, Gorringe, Joshua, Kerkhove, Ray, Martin, Richard, Keenan-Jones, Duncan, Silcock, Jen, Lowe, Kelsey M., Westaway, Michael C., Louys, Julien, Willcock, Jane, Manne, Tiina, Williams, Doug, Mapar, Mandana and Wright, Nathan (2022). Kirrenderri, heart of the Channel Country: a University of Queensland Anthropology Museum touring exhibition. Brisbane, QLD Australia: UQ Anthropology Museum.
Levent Atici, Fikri Kulakoğlu, Gojko Barjamovic and Andrew Fairbairn eds. (2014). Current research at Kultepe/Kanesh: an interdisciplinary and integrative approach to trade networks, internationalism, and identity. Journal of Cuneiform Studies. Supplemental Series, Atlanta, GA, USA: Lockwood Press.
From foragers to farmers: Papers in honour of Gordon C. Hillman
Andrew S. Fairbairn and Ehud Weiss eds. (2009). From foragers to farmers: Papers in honour of Gordon C. Hillman. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxbow Books.
Agriculture in the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age of Asia Minor
Fairbairn, Andrew S. (2021). Agriculture in the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age of Asia Minor. A companion to ancient agriculture. (pp. 211-239) edited by David Hollander and Timothy Howe. Hoboken, NJ, United States: Wiley Blackwell. doi: 10.1002/9781118970959.ch11
Summerhayes, Glenn, Szabo, Katherine, Fairbairn, Andrew, Horrocks, Mark, McPherson, Shannon and Crowther, Alison (2019). Early Lapita subsistence: the evidence from Kamgot, Anir Islands, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea. Debating Lapita: distribution, chronology, society and subsistence. (pp. 379-402) edited by Stuart Bedford and Matthew Spriggs. Canberra, ACT, Australia: ANU.
Sobotkova, Adela, Ross, Shawn A., Ballsun-Stanton, Brian, Fairbairn, Andrew, Thompson, Jessica and Van Valkenburgh, Parker (2016). Measure twice, cut once: cooperative deployment of a generalized, archaeology-specific field data collection system. Mobilizing the past for a digital future: the potential of digital archaeology. (pp. 337-371) edited by Erin Walcek Averett, Jody Michael Gordon and Derek B. Counts. Grand Forks, ND United States: The Digital Press at the University of North Dakota.
Introduction: integrating current research at Kultepe-Kanesh
Atici, Levent, Kulakoğlu, Fikri, Barjamovic, Gojko and Fairbairn, Andrew (2014). Introduction: integrating current research at Kultepe-Kanesh. Current Research at Kültepe/Kanesh: An Interdisciplinary and Integrative Approach to Trade Networks, Internationalism, and Identity. (pp. 1-4) edited by Levent Atici, Fikri Kulakoğlu, Gojko Barjamovic and Andrew Fairbairn. Atlanta, GA, USA: Lockwood Press.
Plant processing technologies in archaeology
Fairbairn, Andrew S. (2014). Plant processing technologies in archaeology. Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. (pp. 5973-5978) edited by Claire Smith. New York, NY, United States: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2_86
Fairbairn, Andrew (2014). Preliminary archaeobotanical investigations of plant production, consumption, and trade at middle bronze age Kultepe-Kanesh. Current Research at Kültepe/Kanesh: An Interdisciplinary and Integrative Approach to Trade Networks, Internationalism, and Identity. (pp. 177-193) edited by Levent Atici, Fikri Kulakoğlu, Gojko Barjamovic and Andrew Fairbairn. Atlanta, GA, USA: Lockwood Press.
The Boncuklu project: the origins of sedentism, cultivation and herding in central Anatolia
Baird, Douglas, Fairbairn, Andrew, Martin, Louise and Middleton, Caroline (2012). The Boncuklu project: the origins of sedentism, cultivation and herding in central Anatolia. The neolithic in Turkey: new excavations and new research-central Turkey. (pp. 219-244) edited by Mehmet Özdoğan, Nezih Başgelen and Peter Kuniholm. Istanbul, Turkey: Archaeology & Art Publications.
Asouti, Eleni and Fairbairn, Andrew S. (2010). Farmers, gatherers or horticulturalists? Reconstructing landscapes of practice in the Early Neolithic. Landscapes in transition. (pp. 161-172) edited by B. Finlayson and G. Warren. Oxford, U.K.: Oxbow Books.
Beyond Economy: Seed Analysis in Landscape Archaeology
Fairbairn, Andrew S. (2008). Beyond Economy: Seed Analysis in Landscape Archaeology. Handbook of landscape archaeology. (pp. 442-450) edited by Bruno David and Julian Thomas. Walnut Creek, California: Left Coast Press. doi: 10.4324/9781315427737-57
Fairbairn, A. S. (2006). Seasonality. Çatalhöyük perspectives : reports from the 1995-99 seasons. (pp. 93-108) edited by Ian Hodder. London/ Cambridge, UK: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, British Institute at Ankara.
Macrobotanical investigations of the North, South and KOPAL areas at Catalhoyuk
Fairbairn, Andrew, Near, Julie and Martinoli, Daniele (2005). Macrobotanical investigations of the North, South and KOPAL areas at Catalhoyuk. Inhabiting Catalhoyuk: Reports from the 1995-1999 seasons. (pp. 137-201) edited by Ian Hodder. Cambridge, England, U.K.: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
Keeley, H., Allison, E., Branch, N., Cameron, N., Dobinson, S., Ellis, I., Ellison, P., Fairbairn, Andrew S., Green, C., Hunter, R., Lee, J., Locker, A., Lowe, J., Palmer, A., Robinson, E., Stewart, J. and Wilkinson, K. (2004). The environmental evidence. The Dover bronze age boat. (pp. 229-249) edited by Peter Clark. Swindon, U.K.: English Heritage.
Subsistence economy in Central Anatolia during the Neolithic: the archaeobotanical evidence
Asouti, E. and Fairbairn, Andrew S (2002). Subsistence economy in Central Anatolia during the Neolithic: the archaeobotanical evidence. The Neolithic of Central Anatolia, internal developments and external relations during the 9th-6th millennia cal BC. (pp. x-x) edited by Gerard, Frederic and Thissen, Laurens. İstanbul: Ege Yayınları.
Barker, Bryce, Lamb, Lara, Leavesley, Matthew, Manne, Tiina, Fairbairn, Andrew, Coe, Andrew, Lowe, Kelsey M., Beni, Teppsy, Neanda, Betty and Aubert, Maxime (2023). A Holocene sequence from Walufeni Cave, Southern Highlands Province, and its implications for the settlement of the Great Papuan Plateau, Papua New Guinea. Australian Archaeology, 89 (1), 1-19. doi: 10.1080/03122417.2023.2175960
Mobility and kinship in the world's first village societies
Pearson, Jessica, Evans, Jane, Lamb, Angela, Baird, Douglas, Hodder, Ian, Marciniak, Arkadiusz, Larsen, Clark Spencer, Knüsel, Christopher J., Haddow, Scott D., Pilloud, Marin A., Bogaard, Amy, Fairbairn, Andrew, Plug, Jo-Hannah, Mazzucato, Camilla, Mustafaoğlu, Gökhan, Feldman, Michal, Somel, Mehmet and Fernández-Domínguez, Eva (2023). Mobility and kinship in the world's first village societies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120 (4) e2209480119, 1-7. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2209480119
Fairbairn, Andrew S. and Florin, S. Anna (2022). Archaeological identification of fragmented nuts and fruits from key Asia-Pacific economic tree species using anatomical criteria: comparative analysis of Canarium, Pandanus and Terminalia. Archaeology in Oceania, 57 (3), 160-188. doi: 10.1002/arco.5273
Florin, S. Anna, Fairbairn, Andrew S., Nango, May, Djandjomerr, Djaykuk, Hua, Quan, Marwick, Ben, Reutens, David C., Fullagar, Richard, Smith, Mike, Wallis, Lynley A. and Clarkson, Chris (2022). 65,000 years of changing plant food and landscape use at Madjedbebe, Mirarr country, northern Australia. Quaternary Science Reviews, 284 107498, 107498. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107498
Lamb, Lara, Barker, Bryce, Leavesley, Matthew, Aubert, Maxime, Fairbairn, Andrew and Manne, Tiina (2021). Rock engravings and occupation sites in the Mount Bosavi Region, Papua New Guinea: Implications for our understanding of the human presence in the Southern Highlands. Archaeology in Oceania, 56 (3) arco.5247, 304-321. doi: 10.1002/arco.5247
Variable kinship patterns in Neolithic Anatolia revealed by ancient genomes
Yaka, Reyhan, Mapelli, Igor, Kaptan, Damla, Doğu, Ayça, Chyleński, Maciej, Erdal, Ömür Dilek, Koptekin, Dilek, Vural, Kıvılcım Başak, Bayliss, Alex, Mazzucato, Camilla, Fer, Evrim, Çokoğlu, Sevim Seda, Lagerholm, Vendela Kempe, Krzewińska, Maja, Karamurat, Cansu, Gemici, Hasan Can, Sevkar, Arda, Dağtaş, Nihan Dilşad, Kılınç, Gülşah Merve, Adams, Donovan, Munters, Arielle R., Sağlıcan, Ekin, Milella, Marco, Schotsmans, Eline M.J., Yurtman, Erinç, Çetin, Mehmet, Yorulmaz, Sevgi, Altınışık, N. Ezgi, Ghalichi, Ayshin ... Somel, Mehmet (2021). Variable kinship patterns in Neolithic Anatolia revealed by ancient genomes. Current Biology, 31 (11), 2455-2468. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.03.050
Roberts, Patrick, Buhrich, Alice, Caetano-Andrade, Victor, Cosgrove, Richard, Fairbairn, Andrew, Florin, S. Anna, Vanwezer, Nils, Boivin, Nicole, Hunter, Barry, Mosquito, Desley, Turpin, Gerry and Ferrier, Åsa (2021). Reimagining the relationship between Gondwanan forests and Aboriginal land management in Australia's “Wet Tropics”. iScience, 24 (3) 102190, 1-17. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.102190
Florin, S. Anna, Roberts, Patrick, Marwick, Ben, Patton, Nicholas R., Shulmeister, James, Lovelock, Catherine E., Barry, Linda A., Hua, Quan, Nango, May, Djandjomerr, Djaykuk, Fullagar, Richard, Wallis, Lynley A., Fairbairn, Andrew S. and Clarkson, Chris (2021). Pandanus nutshell generates a palaeoprecipitation record for human occupation at Madjedbebe, northern Australia. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 5 (3), 295-303. doi: 10.1038/s41559-020-01379-8
We don’t have as much agency as you think
Fairbairn, Andrew (2020). We don’t have as much agency as you think. Australian Archaeology, 86 (3), 297-298. doi: 10.1080/03122417.2020.1834183
Fairbairn, Andrew, Jacobsson, Piotr, Baird, Douglas, Jacobsen, Geraldine and Stroud, Elizabeth (2020). Settlement change on the western Konya Plain: refining Neolithic and Chalcolithic chronologies at Canhasan, Turkey. Antiquity, 94 (374), 342-360. doi: 10.15184/aqy.2020.13
The first Australian plant foods at Madjedbebe, 65,000–53,000 years ago
Florin, S. Anna, Fairbairn, Andrew S., Nango, May, Djandjomerr, Djaykuk, Marwick, Ben, Fullagar, Richard, Smith, Mike, Wallis, Lynley A. and Clarkson, Chris (2020). The first Australian plant foods at Madjedbebe, 65,000–53,000 years ago. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 924, 1-8. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-14723-0
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. ... ArchaeoGLOBE Project (2019). Archaeological assessment reveals Earth’s early transformation through land use. Science, 365 (6456), 897-902. doi: 10.1126/science.aax1192
Late Pleistocene human genome suggests a local origin for the first farmers of central Anatolia
Feldman, Michal, Fernandez-Dominguez, Eva, Reynolds, Luke, Baird, Douglas, Pearson, Jessica, Hershkovitz, Israel, May, Hila, Goring-Morris, Nigel, Benz, Marion, Gresky, Julia, Bianco, Raffaela A., Fairbairn, Andrew, Mustafaoglu, Gokhan, Stockhammer, Philipp W., Posth, Cosimo, Haak, Wolfgang, Jeong, Choongwon and Krause, Johannes (2019). Late Pleistocene human genome suggests a local origin for the first farmers of central Anatolia. Nature Communications, 10 (1) 1218, 1218. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-09209-7
Gordon C. Hillman: 20 July 1943 to 1 July 2018
Fairbairn, Andrew and Nesbitt, Mark (2019). Gordon C. Hillman: 20 July 1943 to 1 July 2018. Anatolian Studies, 69, III-IV. doi: 10.1017/S0066154619000012
Ceremonial plant consumption at Middle Bronze Age Büklükale, Kırıkkale Province, central Turkey
Fairbairn, Andrew S., Wright, Nathan J., Weeden, Mark, Barjamovic, Gojko, Matsumura, Kimiyoshi and Rasch, Ron (2018). Ceremonial plant consumption at Middle Bronze Age Büklükale, Kırıkkale Province, central Turkey. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 28 (3), 327-346. doi: 10.1007/s00334-018-0703-x
Comparing pollen and archaeobotanical data for Chalcolithic cereal agriculture at Çatalhöyük, Turkey
Eastwood, Warren J., Fairbairn, Andrew, Stroud, Elizabeth, Roberts, Neil, Lamb, Henry, Yiğitbaşıoğlu, Hakan, Şenkul, Çetin, Moss, Andrew, Turner, Rebecca and Boyer, Peter (2018). Comparing pollen and archaeobotanical data for Chalcolithic cereal agriculture at Çatalhöyük, Turkey. Quaternary Science Reviews, 202, 4-18. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.11.012
Muller, Antoine, Clarkson, Chris, Baird, Douglas and Fairbairn, Andrew (2018). Reduction intensity of backed blades: blank consumption, regularity and efficiency at the early Neolithic site of Boncuklu, Turkey. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 21, 721-732. doi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.08.042
Forager-farmer transitions from East Asia to Sahul: regional and global perspectives
Fairbairn, Andrew S. and Bar-Yosef, Ofer (2018). Forager-farmer transitions from East Asia to Sahul: regional and global perspectives. Quaternary International, 489 (Norw. Arch. Rev 17 1984), 1-3. doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2018.07.006
The preservation and interpretation of δ34S values in charred archaeobotanical remains
Nitsch, E. K., Lamb, A. L., Heaton, T. H. E., Vaiglova, P., Fraser, R., Hartman, G., Moreno-Jiménez, E., López-Piñeiro, A., Peña-Abades, D., Fairbairn, A., Eriksen, J. and Bogaard, A. (2018). The preservation and interpretation of δ34S values in charred archaeobotanical remains. Archaeometry, 61 (1), 161-178. doi: 10.1111/arcm.12388
Agricultural origins on the Anatolian plateau
Baird, Douglas, Fairbairn, Andrew, Jenkins, Emma, Martin, Louise, Middleton, Caroline, Pearson, Jessica, Asouti, Eleni, Edwards, Yvonne, Kabukcu, Ceren, Mustafaoğlu, Gökhan, Russell, Nerissa, Bar-Yosef, Ofer, Jacobsen, Geraldine, Wu, Xiaohong, Baker, Ambroise and Elliott, Sarah (2018). Agricultural origins on the Anatolian plateau. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115 (14), E3077-E3086. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1800163115
Anatolian wine in the middle bronze age
Barjamovic, Gojko and Fairbairn, Andrew (2018). Anatolian wine in the middle bronze age. Die Welt des Orients, 48 (2), 249-284.
Human occupation of northern Australia by 65,000 years ago
Clarkson, Chris, Jacobs, Zenobia, Marwick, Ben, Fullagar, Richard, Wallis, Lynley, Smith, Mike, Roberts, Richard G., Hayes, Elspeth, Lowe, Kelsey, Carah, Xavier, Florin, S. Anna, McNeil, Jessica, Cox, Delyth, Arnold, Lee J., Hua, Quan, Huntley, Jillian, Brand, Helen E. A., Manne, Tiina, Fairbairn, Andrew, Shulmeister, James, Lyle, Lindsey, Salinas, Makiah, Page, Mara, Connell, Kate, Park, Gayoung, Norman, Kasih, Murphy, Tessa and Pardoe, Colin (2017). Human occupation of northern Australia by 65,000 years ago. Nature, 547 (7663), 306-310. doi: 10.1038/nature22968
Bogaard, Amy, Filipovic, Dragana, Fairbairn, Andrew, Green, Laura, Stroud, Elizabeth, Fuller, Dorian and Charles, Michael (2017). Agricultural innovation and resilience in a long-lived early farming community: the 1,500-year sequence at Neolithic to early Chalcolithic Çatalhöyük, central Anatolia. Anatolian Studies, 67, 1-28. doi: 10.1017/S0066154617000072
Fletcher, A., Baird, D., Spataro, M. and Fairbairn, A. (2017). Early ceramics in Anatolia: implications for the production and Use of the earliest pottery. The evidence from Boncuklu Höyük. Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 27 (2), 1-19. doi: 10.1017/S0959774316000767
Dighton, Anne, Fairbairn, Andrew, Bourke, Stephen, Faith, Tyler and Habgood, Phillip (2016). Bronze Age olive domestication in the north Jordan valley: new morphological evidence for regional complexity in early arboricultural practice from Pella in Jordan. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 26 (4), 1-11. doi: 10.1007/s00334-016-0601-z
The animate house, the institutionalization of the household in Neolithic central Anatolia
Baird, Douglas, Fairbairn, Andrew and Martin, Louise (2016). The animate house, the institutionalization of the household in Neolithic central Anatolia. World Archaeology, 49 (5), 1-24. doi: 10.1080/00438243.2016.1215259
Fenwick, Rhona S. H., Fairbairn, Andrew S., Hua, Quan and Matsumura, Kimiyoshi (2016). Settlement reorganisation and the rebirth of the Ottoman Empire: Bayesian modelling narrows dates for post-medieval occupation at Kaman-Kalehöyük, Kırşehir Province, Turkey. International Journal of Historical Archaeology, 21 (2), 1-25. doi: 10.1007/s10761-016-0367-0
The demographic development of the first farmers in Anatolia
Kılınç, Gülşah Merve, Omrak, Ayça, Özer, Füsun, Günther, Torsten, Büyükkarakaya, Ali Metin, Bıçakçı, Erhan, Baird, Douglas, Dönertaş, Handan Melike, Ghalichi, Ayshin, Yaka, Reyhan, Koptekin, Dilek, Açan, Sinan Can, Parvizi, Poorya, Krzewińska, Maja, Daskalaki, Evangelia A., Yüncü, Eren, Dağtaş, Nihan Dilşad, Fairbairn, Andrew, Pearson, Jessica, Mustafaoğlu, Gökhan, Erdal, Yılmaz Selim, Çakan, Yasin Gökhan, Togan, İnci, Somel, Mehmet, Stora, Jan, Jakobsson, Mattias and Götherström, Anders (2016). The demographic development of the first farmers in Anatolia. Current Biology, 26 (19), 2659-2666. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.07.057
Wright, Nathan J., Fairbairn, Andrew S., Üstünkaya, M. Cemre and Faith, J. Tyler (2015). Explaining changing patterns of wood presence across the Bronze and Iron Age at Kaman-Kalehöyük, central Anatolia. Quaternary International, 431, 90-102. doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.11.121
Wright, Nathan J., Fairbairn, Andrew S., Faith, J. Tyler and Matsumura, Kimiyoshi (2015). Woodland modification in Bronze and Iron Age central Anatolia: an anthracological signature for the Hittite state?. Journal of Archaeological Science, 55, 219-230. doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2014.12.021
Fairbairn. Andrew S., Jenkins, Emma, Baird, Douglas and Jacobsen, Geraldine (2014). 9th millennium plant subsistence in the central Anatolian highlands: new evidence from Pinarbasi, Karaman Province, central Anatolia. Journal of Archaeological Science, 41, 801-812. doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.09.024
Baird, Douglas, Asouti, Eleni, Astruc, Laurence, Baysal, Adnan, Baysal, Emma, Carruthers, Denise, Fairbairn, Andrew, Kabukcu, Ceren, Jenkins, Emma, Lorentz, Kirsi, Middleton, Caroline, Pearson, Jessica and Pirie, Anne (2013). Juniper smoke, skulls and wolves' tails. The Epipalaeolithic of the Anatolian plateau in its South-west Asian context; insights from Pinarbaşi. Levant, 45 (2), 175-209. doi: 10.1179/0075891413Z.00000000024
Fairbairn, Andrew, Kulakoğlu, Fikri and Atici, Levent (2013). Archaeobotanical evidence for trade in hazelnut (Corylus sp.) at Middle Bronze Age Kültepe (c. 1950–1830 B.C.), Kayseri Province, Turkey. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 23 (2), 167-174. doi: 10.1007/s00334-013-0403-5
Keeping country: A web-based approach to Indigenous outreach in cultural heritage management
Fairbairn, Andrew, Ross, Annie, Ulm, Sean, Nichols, Stephen and Faulkner, Patrick (2013). Keeping country: A web-based approach to Indigenous outreach in cultural heritage management. Australian Archaeology, 77 (77), 127-134. doi: 10.1080/03122417.2013.11681985
Magyari, Eniko K., Chapman, John, Fairbairn, Andrew S., Francis, Mark and de Guzman, Margarita (2012). Neolithic human impact on the landscapes of North-East Hungary inferred from pollen and settlement records. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 21 (4-5), 279-302. doi: 10.1007/s00334-012-0350-6
Poromoi Tamu and the case of the drowning village: History, lost places and the stories we tell
David, Bruno, Lamb, Lara, Delannoy, Jean-Jacques, Pivoru, Frank, Rowe, Cassandra, Pivoru, Max, Frank, Tony, Frank, Nick, Fairbairn, Andrew and Pivoru, Ruth (2012). Poromoi Tamu and the case of the drowning village: History, lost places and the stories we tell. International Journal of Historical Archaeology, 16 (2), 319-345. doi: 10.1007/s10761-012-0183-0
Nawarla Gabarnmang, a 45,180±910 cal BP Site in Jawoyn country, southwest Arnhem Land Plateau
David, Bruno, Geneste, Jean-Michel, Wear, Ray L., Delannoy, Jean-Jacques, Katherine, Margaret, Gunn, R. G., Clarkson, Christopher, Plisson, Hughes, Lee, Preston, Petchey, Fiona, Rowe, Cassandra, Barker, Bryce, Lamb, Lara, Miller, Wes, Hoerle, Stephane, James, Daniel, Boche, Elisa, Aplin, Ken, McNiven, Ian J., Richards, Thomas, Fairbairn, Andrew and Matthews, Jacqueline (2011). Nawarla Gabarnmang, a 45,180±910 cal BP Site in Jawoyn country, southwest Arnhem Land Plateau. Australian Archaeology, 73 (73), 73-77. doi: 10.1080/03122417.2011.11961928
Ritual in the landscape: Evidence from Pinarbasi in the seventh-millennium cal BC Konya Plain
Baird, Douglas, Carruthers, Denise, Fairbairn, Andrew and Pearson, Jessica (2011). Ritual in the landscape: Evidence from Pinarbasi in the seventh-millennium cal BC Konya Plain. Antiquity, 85 (328), 380-394. doi: 10.1017/s0003598x0006782x
O'Connor, Sue, Barham, Anthony, Aplin, Ken, Dobney, Keith, Fairbairn, Andrew and Richards, Michael (2011). The power of paradigms: Examining the evidential basis for early to mid-Holocene pigs and pottery in Melanesia. Journal of Pacific Archaeology, 2 (2), 1-25.
McNiven, Ian J., David, Bruno, Aplin, Ken, Pivoru, Max, Pivoru, William, Sexton, Alex, Brown, Jonathan, Clarkson, Chris, Connell, Kate, Stanisic, John, Weisler, Marshall, Haberle, Simon, Fairbairn, Andrew and Kemp, Noel (2010). Historicising the present: Late Holocene emergence of a rainforest hunting camp, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea. Australian Archaeology, 71 (71), 41-56. doi: 10.1080/03122417.2010.11689383
Human adaptation and plant use in Highland New Guinea 49,000 to 44,000 years ago
Summerhayes, Glenn R., Leavesley, Matthew, Fairbairn, Andrew, Mandui, Herman, Field, Judith, Ford, Anne and Fullagar, Richard (2010). Human adaptation and plant use in Highland New Guinea 49,000 to 44,000 years ago. Science, 330 (6000), 78-81. doi: 10.1126/science.1193130
David, Bruno, Geneste, Jean-Michel, Aplin, Ken, Delannoy, Jean-Jacques, Araho, Nick, Clarkson, Chris, Connell, Kate, Haberle, Simon, Barker, Bryce, Lamb, Lara, Stanisic, John, Fairbairn, Andrew, Skelly, Robert and Rowe, Cassandra (2010). The Emo site (OAC), Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea: Resolving long-standing questions of antiquity and implications for the history of the ancestral Hiri maritime trade. Australian Archaeology, 70 (1), 39-54. doi: 10.1080/03122417.2010.11681910
The origins and spread of domesticated plants in Southwest Asia and Europe
Fairbairn, Andrew (2010). The origins and spread of domesticated plants in Southwest Asia and Europe. Environmental Archaeology, 15 (1), 99-100. doi: 10.1179/146141010X12640787648810
Impact of human colonization on the landscape: A view from the Western Pacific
Summerbayes, G.R., Leavesley, M. and Fairbairn, A. (2009). Impact of human colonization on the landscape: A view from the Western Pacific. Pacific Science, 63 (4), 725-745. doi: 10.2984/049.063.0412
Fairbairn, Andrew (2009). Rethinking agriculture: Archaeological and ethnoarchaeological perspectives. Edited by T. Denham, J. Iriarte and L. Vrydaghs. Archaeology in Oceania, 44 (2), 119-220.
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), 1-10. doi: 10.1080/03122417.2009.11681884
The Stone Mirror: A Novel of the Neolithic. Rob Swigart
Fairbairn, Andrew (2009). The Stone Mirror: A Novel of the Neolithic. Rob Swigart. Australian Archaeology, 68, 63-65.
Boggard, A., Charles, M., Twiss, K. C., Fairbairn, A., Yalman, N., Filipovic, D., Demirergi, D. A., Ertug, F., Russell, N. and Nenecke, J. (2009). Private pantries and celebrated surplus: Saving and sharing food at Neolithic Catalhoyuk, Central Anatolia. Antiquity, 83 (321), 649-668. doi: 10.1017/S0003598X00098896
Procedures for Measuring Women's Influence: Data Translation and Manipulation and Related Problems
Allison, P., Faulkner, P., Fairbairn, A. S. and Ellis, S. (2008). Procedures for Measuring Women's Influence: Data Translation and Manipulation and Related Problems. Internet archaeology, 24 doi: 10.11141/ia.24.6
Wild plant seed storage at Neolithic East, Turke
Fairbairn, Andrew S., Martinoli, Daniele E., Buttler, Ann and Hillman, Gordon (2007). Wild plant seed storage at Neolithic East, Turke. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 16 (6), 467-479. doi: 10.1007/s00334-006-0069-3
Fairbairn, Andrew (2007). Book Review: The goddess and the bull: Catalhoyuk: An archaeological journey to the dawn of civilization by Michael Balter. Australian Archaeology, 64 (64), 54-56.
Fairbairn, Andrew (2007). Seeds from the slums: archaeobotanical investigations at Mountain Street, Ultimo, Sydney, New South Wales. Australian Archaeology, 64 (64), 1-8. doi: 10.1080/03122417.2007.11681843
OJP, a terminal Pleistocene archaeological site from the Gulf Province lowlands, Papua New Guinea
David, B., Fairbairn, A., Aplin, K., Murepe, L., Green, M., Stanisic, J., Weisler, M., Simala, D., Kokents, T., Dop, J. and Muke, J. (2007). OJP, a terminal Pleistocene archaeological site from the Gulf Province lowlands, Papua New Guinea. Archaeology in Oceania, 42 (1), 31-33. doi: 10.1002/j.1834-4453.2007.tb00013.x
Pleistocene occupation of New Guinea's highland and subalpine environments
Fairbairn, AS, Hope, GS and Summerhayes, GR (2006). Pleistocene occupation of New Guinea's highland and subalpine environments. World Archaeology, 38 (3), 371-386. doi: 10.1080/00438240600813293
An archaeobotanical perspective on Holocene plant-use practices in lowland northern New Guinea
Fairbairn, Andrew (2005). An archaeobotanical perspective on Holocene plant-use practices in lowland northern New Guinea. World Archaeology, 37 (4), 487-502. doi: 10.1080/00438240500395748
A history of agricultural production at Neolithic Catalhoyuk East, Turkey
Fairbairn, Andrew (2005). A history of agricultural production at Neolithic Catalhoyuk East, Turkey. World Archaeology, 37 (2), 197-210. doi: 10.1080/00438240500094762
Extracting the social relevance of artefact distribution within Roman military forts
Allison, Penelope M., Fairbairn, Andrew S., Ellis, Stephen J.R. and Blackall, Christopher W. (2005). Extracting the social relevance of artefact distribution within Roman military forts. Internet Archaeology (17) doi: 10.11141/ia.17.4
Fairbairn, Andrew and Omura, Sachihiro (2005). Archaeological Identification and Significance of ÉSAG (Agricultural Storage Pits) at Kaman-Kalehöyük, Central Anatolia. Anatolian Studies, 55, 15-23. doi: 10.1017/S0066154600000636
Evidence for olive use and deforestation at Jebel Khalid
Fairbairn, A. and Asouti, E. (2005). Evidence for olive use and deforestation at Jebel Khalid. Mediterranean Archaeology, 18, 190-191.
Re-dating mid-Holocene betelnut (Areca catechu L.) and other plant use at Dongan, Papua New Guinea
Fairbairn, Andrew and Swadling, Pamela (2005). Re-dating mid-Holocene betelnut (Areca catechu L.) and other plant use at Dongan, Papua New Guinea. Radiocarbon, 47 (3), 377-382. doi: 10.1017/S0033822200035153
Fairbairn, Andrew (2003). Technical Notes on the Preparation of Leaf and Epidermis Specimens for Reference Collections and Archaeobotanical Investigations. Environmental Archaeology, 8 (2), 167-175.
Fairbairn A. (2003). Archaeobotany. Mediterranean Archaeology, 16, 182-183.
Macro-botanical evidence for plant use at Neolithic Catalhoyuk, south-central Anatolia, Turkey
Fairbairn, A, Asouti, E, Near, J and Martinoli, D (2002). Macro-botanical evidence for plant use at Neolithic Catalhoyuk, south-central Anatolia, Turkey. Vegetation History And Archaeobotany, 11 (1-2), 41-54. doi: 10.1007/s003340200005
UQ's RD Milns Antiquities Museum: Current and Future Directions
Donaldson, James, Fairbairn, Andrew and McWilliam, Janette (2021). UQ's RD Milns Antiquities Museum: Current and Future Directions. Mediterranean Archaeology Australasian Research Community Conference 2021, Online, 28-30 January 2021.
Fairbairn, Andrew and Wright, Nathan (2017). Grinding burning and trading at Kultepe: Archaebotanical evidence for economic differences between settlements in Anatolia's Middle Bronze Age. Kultepe International Meeting, Kultepe, Turkey, 26-30 July 2015. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols.
The Online Seed Atlas Database
Fairbairn, Andrew, Wright, Nathan, Smith, Stephanie, Mantei, Reiner and Carah, Xavier (2008). The Online Seed Atlas Database. Australian Archaeological Association, Annual Conference, Noosa, Australia, 3-6 December, 2008.
The archaeobotany of Taora, a mid-Holocene coastal rockshelter, Sandaun Province, PNG
Fairbairn, Andrew, O'Connor, Sue, Barham, Tony and Alpin, Ken (2008). The archaeobotany of Taora, a mid-Holocene coastal rockshelter, Sandaun Province, PNG. Australian Archaeological Association, Annual Conference, Noosa, Australia, 3-6 December, 2008.
Australian Archaeology. (2009). 68-69
Australian Archaeology. (2008). 66-67
Vegetation History and Archaeobotany
Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. (2008).
Vegetation History and Archaeobotany
Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. (2007).
Vegetation History and Archaeobotany
Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. (2006).
Testing the Dark Emu hypothesis
(2022–2025) ARC Discovery Projects
(2019–2022) University of Sydney
(2019) UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
Re-evaluating forager-farmer plant use in Anatolias Neolithic transition
(2018–2023) ARC Discovery Projects
(2018–2019) UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
(2018–2019) University of Adelaide
(2017–2018) UQ Research Facilities Infrastructure Grants
Operationalising research collections in archaeological science and museum studies
(2015–2016) UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
(2015) UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
Resource security trade and the development of urbanism in the pre-Classical world
(2014–2019) ARC Future Fellowships
(2014–2015) University of New South Wales
Building Capacity in Experimental and Scientific Archaeology at UQ
(2013) UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
(2012–2014) University of New South Wales
The emergence of farming beyond the Fertile Crescent at Boncuklu Hoyuk, Central Turkey
(2012–2014) ARC Discovery Projects
(2012) UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
(2012) Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Re-evaluation of the chronology of aceramic Neolithic Can Hasan III, Turkey
(2012) Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering
(2011–2012) UniQuest Pty Ltd
An absolute chronology of agricultural change at Ottoman Kaman-Kalehoyuk, Central Turkey
(2011) Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering
(2011) Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering
New directions and capacity building in archaeological and palaeoenvironmental research
(2011) UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
(2010–2011) UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
Dating the emergence of agriculture in the Konya Plain, Turkey
(2010) Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Agriculture and the Late Bronze Age collapse of the Hittite Empire
(2009–2011) ARC Discovery Projects
Indegenous Cultural Heritage Outreach Program
(2008–2010) UQ DEEWR Higher Education Equity Support Program Grants
Creating new research opportunities in archaeological & anthropological science
(2008) UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
Environmental Evolution of the Willandra Lakes World Heritage Area
(2007–2009) Australian National University
Plant use at the dawn of agriculture in central Anatolia
(2006–2008) ARC Discovery Projects
Prehistoric crop translocations in Melanesia and Southeast Asia
(2006–2007) UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
An archaeobotanical analysis of agricultural and economic change at Kaman-Kalehöyük during the Persian Empire
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
Plant exploitation and management on Mithaka Country, south-western Queensland: Developing frameworks for understanding cultivation, niche construction, and domestication in Australia
Master Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
Biomarker Analysis of Neolithic Anatolian Ceramic Residues using GC/MS and Proteomics
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
Indigenous Knowledge in Environmental Science
Master Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
Understanding prehistoric human mobility along the coast of Papua New Guinea through strontium isotope mapping
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
An Archaeobotanical Perspective on the Economy of the Ancient City of Kilwa Kisiwani, Southern Tanzania: AD 800-1600
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Collecting Antiquities in Wartime: Australian antiquities collectors in the First World War
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
The role of humans in controlling the rainforest-sclerophyll forest boundary in Southeast Queensland during the Holocene
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Historical Archaeology of Asutralian South Sea Islanders Lived Identities
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
(2021) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
(2017) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
(2015) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
Investigating climate related agricultural stress patterns at Bronze and Iron Age Kaman-Kalehöyük: The integration of botanical stable carbon and nitrogen isotope values, grain weight values, and seed analysis
(2015) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
(2013) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
A multiproxy study of dietary flexibility and wild plant use by early food producers in Upper Nubia
(2023) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
(2022) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
(2017) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
(2017) Master Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
(2008) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
AN ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE INSTANT: ISSUES IN THE INTERPRETATION OF MICROSCOPIC ARCHAELOGICAL RESIDUES
(2006) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors: