I research animal skeletal remains at archaeological sites to reconstruct patterns in past diet to understand how people responded to large-scale climate, environmental and cultural change.
I completed my BSc in archaeology and zoology in 1997 at James Cook University, followed with honours in archaeology in 1998. My honours project focused on the animal remains from the Pleistocene- and Holocene-aged of Noala Cave, a rockshelter on the Montebello Islands off the Pilbara coast in Western Australia. Following this, I moved to North America and completed a MSc in marine geology at the University of Miami (2003) and a PhD in anthropology (archaeology) at the University of Arizona (2010). My PhD research focused on reconstructing past diet of peoples occupying the Upper Palaeolithic site of Vale Boi in southern Portugal. In 2012 I returned to Australia and Australian archaeology. My main research project seeks to understand the motivations behind the initial colonisation of northern Australia and New Guinea and the manner in which people subsequently navigated large-scale shifts in climate and local environment.
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), 47-65. doi: 10.1080/03122417.2023.2175960
Journal Article: Why do students enrol in archaeology at Australian universities? Understanding pre-enrolment experiences, motivations, and career expectations
Monks, Carly, Stannard, Georgia L., Ouzman, Sven, Manne, Tiina, Garside, Joel and Ulm, Sean (2023). Why do students enrol in archaeology at Australian universities? Understanding pre-enrolment experiences, motivations, and career expectations. Australian Archaeology, 89 (1), 32-46. doi: 10.1080/03122417.2023.2175949
Journal Article: Marra philosophies of stone, and the stone artefacts of Walanjiwurru 1 rockshelter, Marra Country, northern Australia
Ash, Jeremy, Bradley, John J., Mialanes, Jerome, Brady, Liam M., Evans, Shaun, Barrett, David, David, Bruno, Wesley, Daryl, Dotte-Sarout, Emilie, Rowe, Cassandra, Urwin, Chris and Manne, Tiina (2022). Marra philosophies of stone, and the stone artefacts of Walanjiwurru 1 rockshelter, Marra Country, northern Australia. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 68 101456, 1-17. doi: 10.1016/j.jaa.2022.101456
Testing the Dark Emu hypothesis
(2022–2025) ARC Discovery Projects
Macleay Valley Cultural tourism and education initiative
(2022) UQ Indigenous Research Engagement and Partnerships Fund
Horses and human societies in New World Australia
(2019–2022) Universities Australia - Germany Joint Research Co-operation Scheme
Zooarchaeology of voluntary isolation: How does isolation affect past human/faunal interactions in Ravenswood, Qld?
Doctor Philosophy
Quantitative methods for the taxonomic classification of marsupial postcrania from Australian archaeological sites
Doctor Philosophy
Characterising damage to bone by Sarcophilus harrisii, Dasyurus maculatus and Dasyurus viverrinus in Australian archaeological assemblages
Doctor Philosophy
Veth, Peter, Aplin, Ken, Wallis, Lynley, Manne, Tina, Pulsford, Tim, White, Elizabeth and Chappell, Alan (2007). The archaeology of Montebello Islands, North-West Australia: Late Quaternary foragers on an arid coastline. Oxford, United Kingdom: Archaeopress.
Vale Boi: 10,000 years of Upper Paleolithic bone boiling
Manne, Tiina (2012). Vale Boi: 10,000 years of Upper Paleolithic bone boiling. The menial art of cooking. (pp. 173-199) edited by Sarah R. Graff and Enrique Rodriguez-Alegria. Boulder, CO, USA: University Press of Colorado.
Prying new meaning from limpet harvesting at Vale Boi during the Upper Paleolithic
Manne, Tiina and Bicho, Nuno F. (2011). Prying new meaning from limpet harvesting at Vale Boi during the Upper Paleolithic. Trekking the shore: Changing coastlines and the antiquity of coastal settlement. (pp. 273-290) edited by Nuno F. Bicho, Jonathan A. Haws and Loren G. Davis. New York, United States: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4419-8219-3_11
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), 47-65. doi: 10.1080/03122417.2023.2175960
Monks, Carly, Stannard, Georgia L., Ouzman, Sven, Manne, Tiina, Garside, Joel and Ulm, Sean (2023). Why do students enrol in archaeology at Australian universities? Understanding pre-enrolment experiences, motivations, and career expectations. Australian Archaeology, 89 (1), 32-46. doi: 10.1080/03122417.2023.2175949
Ash, Jeremy, Bradley, John J., Mialanes, Jerome, Brady, Liam M., Evans, Shaun, Barrett, David, David, Bruno, Wesley, Daryl, Dotte-Sarout, Emilie, Rowe, Cassandra, Urwin, Chris and Manne, Tiina (2022). Marra philosophies of stone, and the stone artefacts of Walanjiwurru 1 rockshelter, Marra Country, northern Australia. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 68 101456, 1-17. doi: 10.1016/j.jaa.2022.101456
Mein, Erin, Manne, Tiina, Veth, Peter and Weisbecker, Vera (2022). Morphometric classification of kangaroo bones reveals paleoecological change in northwest Australia during the terminal Pleistocene. Scientific Reports, 12 (1) 18245, 1-13. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-21021-w
Framing Australian Pleistocene coastal occupation and archaeology
Ditchfield, Kane, Ulm, Sean, Manne, Tiina, Farr, Helen, O'Grady, Damien and Veth, Peter (2022). Framing Australian Pleistocene coastal occupation and archaeology. Quaternary Science Reviews, 293 107706, 1-17. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107706
Moody, Kate, Ristovski, Nikola, Manne, Tiina, Ward, Ingrid and Veth, Peter (2022). A burning question: what experimental heating of Australian fauna can tell us about cooking practices in Boodie Cave, Barrow Island, northwest Australia. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 44 103535, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103535
Skippington, Jane, Manne, Tiina, Paterson, Alistair and Veth, Peter (2022). Macropod bone apatite isotopic analysis as evidence for recent environmental change at Bandicoot Bay pearling camp, Barrow Island, Australia. International Journal of Historical Archaeology, 26 (4), 1-18. doi: 10.1007/s10761-021-00640-5
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
Species identification of Australian marsupials using collagen fingerprinting
Peters, Carli, Richter, Kristine K., Manne, Tiina, Dortch, Joe, Paterson, Alistair, Travouillon, Kenny, Louys, Julien, Price, Gilbert J., Petraglia, Michael, Crowther, Alison and Boivin, Nicole (2021). Species identification of Australian marsupials using collagen fingerprinting. Royal Society Open Science, 8 (10) 211229, 211229. doi: 10.1098/rsos.211229
Mein, Erin and Manne, Tiina (2021). Identifying marsupials from Australian archaeological sites: current methodological challenges and opportunities in zooarchaeological practice. Archaeology in Oceania, 56 (2) arco.5234, 1-9. doi: 10.1002/arco.5234
Dooley, Tom, Manne, Tiina and Paterson, Alistair (2021). Power in food on the maritime frontier: a zooarchaeology of enslaved pearl divers on Barrow Island, Western Australia. International Journal of Historical Archaeology, 25 (2), 544-576. doi: 10.1007/s10761-020-00575-3
Skippington, Jane, Manne, Tiina and Veth, Peter (2021). Isotopic Indications of Late Pleistocene and Holocene Paleoenvironmental Changes at Boodie Cave Archaeological Site, Barrow Island, Western Australia. Molecules, 26 (9) 2582, 2582. doi: 10.3390/molecules26092582
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
Worked bone and teeth from Orokolo Bay in the Papuan Gulf (Papua New Guinea)
Basiaco, Adriana, Urwin, Chris and Manne, Tiina (2020). Worked bone and teeth from Orokolo Bay in the Papuan Gulf (Papua New Guinea). Australian Archaeology, 86 (3), 1-12. doi: 10.1080/03122417.2020.1808560
How long have dogs been in Melanesia? New evidence from Caution Bay, south coast of Papua New Guinea
Manne, Tiina, David, Bruno, Petchey, Fiona, Leavesley, Matthew, Roberts, Georgia, Szabó, Katherine, Urwin, Chris, McNiven, Ian J. and Richards, Thomas (2020). How long have dogs been in Melanesia? New evidence from Caution Bay, south coast of Papua New Guinea. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 30 102255, 102255. doi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102255
Byrne, Chae, Dooley, Tom, Manne, Tiina, Paterson, Alistair and Dotte-Sarout, Emilie (2020). Island survival: the anthracological and archaeofaunal evidence for colonial-era events on Barrow Island, north-west Australia. Archaeology in Oceania, 55 (1) arco.5202, 15-32. doi: 10.1002/arco.5202
Skippington, Jane, Veth, Peter, Manne, Tiina and Slack, Michael (2019). Preanalytical processing of archaeological mammal enamel apatite carbonates for stable isotope investigations: a comparative analysis of the effect of acid treatment on samples from Northwest Australia. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 29 (5) oa.2787, 760-771. doi: 10.1002/oa.2787
David, Bruno, Delannoy, Jean-Jacques, Mialanes, Jerome, Clarkson, Christopher, Petchey, Fiona, Geneste, Jean-Michel, Manne, Tiina, Bird, Michael I., Barker, Bryce, Richards, Thomas, Chalmin, Emilie and Castets, Géraldine (2019). 45,610–52,160 years of site and landscape occupation at Nawarla Gabarnmang, Arnhem Land plateau (northern Australia). Quaternary Science Reviews, 215, 64-85. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.04.027
Ditchfield, Kane, Manne, Tiina, Hook, Fiona, Warn, Ingrid and Veth, Peter (2018). Coastal occupation before the “Big Swamp”: results from excavations at John Wayne Country Rockshelter on Barrow Island. Archaeology in Oceania, 53 (3), 163-178. doi: 10.1002/arco.5164
Skippington, Jane, Manne, Tiina and Veth, Peter (2018). Macropods and measurables: A critical review of contemporary isotopic approaches to palaeo-environmental reconstructions in Australian zooarchaeology. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 17, 144-154. doi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.11.010
Ward, Ingrid, Veth, Peter Marius, Prossor, L., Denham, T., Ditchfield, Kane, Manne, T., Kendrick, P., Byrne, C., Hook, F. and Troitzcsh, U. (2017). 50,000 years of archaeological site stratigraphy and micromorphology in Boodie Cave, Barrow Island, Western Australia. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 15, 344-369. doi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.08.012
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
Early human occupation of a maritime desert, Barrow Island, North-west Australia
Veth, Peter M., Ward, Ingrid, Manne, Tiina, Ulm, Sean, Ditchfield, Kane, Dortch, Joe, Hook, Fiona, Petchey, Fiona, Hogg, Alan, Questiaux, Daniele, Demuro, Martina, Arnold, Lee, Spooner, Nigel, Levchenko, Vladimir, Skippington, Jane, Byrne, Chae, Basgall, Mark, Zeanah, David, Belton, David, Helmholz, Petra, Bajkan, Szilvia, Bailey, Richard, Placzek, Christa and Kendrick, Peter (2017). Early human occupation of a maritime desert, Barrow Island, North-west Australia. Quaternary Science Reviews, 168, 19-29. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.05.002
Cascalheira, Joao, Bicho, Nuno, Manne, Tiina and Horta, Pedro (2017). Cross-scale adaptive behaviors during the Upper Paleolithic in Iberia: the example of Vale Boi (Southwestern Portugal). Quaternary International, 446, 17-30. doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2017.01.002
News from the south: current perspectives in Australian zooarchaeology
Manne, Tiina, Balme, Jane and Weisler, Marshall (2016). News from the south: current perspectives in Australian zooarchaeology. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 7, 687-688. doi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.04.004
Aplin, Ken, Manne, Tiina and Attenbrow, Val (2016). Using a 3-stage burning categorization to assess post-depositional degradation of archaeofaunal assemblages: some observations based on multiple prehistoric sites in Australasia. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 7, 700-714. doi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2015.11.029
Lowe, Kelsey M., Shulmeister, James, Feinberg, Joshua M., Manne, Tiina, Wallis, Lynley A. and Welsh, Kevin (2016). Using soil magnetic properties to determine the onset of Pleistocene human settlement at Gledswood Shelter 1, Northern Australia. Geoarchaeology, 31 (3), 211-228. doi: 10.1002/gea.21544
Baikaboria Ossuary and the origins of the Kesele Clan, Upper Kikori River, Papua New Guinea
Barker, Bryce, Lamb, Lara and Manne, Tiina (2016). Baikaboria Ossuary and the origins of the Kesele Clan, Upper Kikori River, Papua New Guinea. Journal of Pacific Archaeology, 7 (1), 89-105.
A taphonomic signature for quolls in the Australian archaeological record
Miscamble, Tony and Manne, Tiina (2016). A taphonomic signature for quolls in the Australian archaeological record. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 7, 689-699. doi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.01.011
Veth, Peter, Ward, Ingrid and Manne, Tiina (2016). Coastal feasts: a Pleistocene antiquity for resource abundance in the maritime deserts of north west Australia?. Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology, 12 (1), 1-16. doi: 10.1080/15564894.2015.1132799
Clarkson, Chris, Smith, Mike, Marwick, Ben, Fullagar, Richard, Wallis, Lynley, A., Faulkner, Patrick, Manne, Tiina, Hayes, Elspeth, Roberts, Richard, G., Jacobs, Zenobia, Carah, Xavier, Lowe, Kelsey M., Matthews, Jacqueline and Florin, S. Anna (2015). The archaeology, chronology and stratigraphy of Madjedbebe (Malakunanja II): A site in northern Australia with early occupation. Journal of Human Evolution, 83, 46-64. doi: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2015.03.014
Late Pleistocene and early Holocene exploitation of estuarine communities in northwestern Australia
Manne, Tiina and Veth, Peter M. (2015). Late Pleistocene and early Holocene exploitation of estuarine communities in northwestern Australia. Quaternary International, 385, 112-123. doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.12.049
Ward, Ingrid, Veth, Peter and Manne, Tiina (2015). To the islands born: the research potential of submerged landscapes and human habitation sites from the islands of NW Australia. Geological Society Special Publication, 411 (1), 251-263. doi: 10.1144/SP411.4
Ground-penetrating radar and burial practices in western Arnhem Land, Australia
Lowe, Kelsey M., Wallis, Lynley A., Pardoe, Colin, Marwick, Ben, Clarkson, Chris, Manne, Tiina, Smith, Mike A. and Fullagar, Richard (2014). Ground-penetrating radar and burial practices in western Arnhem Land, Australia. Archaeology in Oceania, 49 (3), 148-157. doi: 10.1002/arco.5039
Manne, Tiina (2014). Erratum to "Early Upper Paleolithic bone processing and insights into small-scale storage of fats at Vale Boi, southern Iberia" [J. Archaeol. Sci. (2014) 111-123]. Journal of Archaeological Science, 44 (1), 206-206. doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2014.02.017
Manne, Tiina (2014). Early Upper Paleolithic bone processing and insights into small-scale storage of fats at Vale Boi, southern Iberia. Journal of Archaeological Science, 43 (1), 111-123. doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.12.003
The ecodynamics of the first modern humans in southwestern Iberia: the case of Vale Boi, Portugal
Bicho, Nuno, Manne, Tiina, Marreiros, João, Cascalheira, João, Pereira, Telmo, Tátá, Frederico, Évora, Marina, Gonçalves, Célia and Infantini, Leandro (2013). The ecodynamics of the first modern humans in southwestern Iberia: the case of Vale Boi, Portugal. Quaternary International, 318, 102-116. doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.06.029
Manne, Tiina and Starkovich, Britt (2012). Common problems, uncommon solutions: Zooarchaeological contributions to understanding dietary change in Mediterranean-type environments. Quaternary International, 264, 1-3. doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.02.034
Intensive subsistence practices at Vale Boi, an Upper Paleolithic site in southwestern Portugal
Manne, Tiina, Cascalheira, João, Evora, Marina, Marreiros, João and Bicho, Nuno (2012). Intensive subsistence practices at Vale Boi, an Upper Paleolithic site in southwestern Portugal. Quaternary International, 264, 83-99. doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.02.026
Le paleolithique superieur au sud du Portugal: le site de Vale Boi
Bicho, Nuno Ferreira, Gibaja, Juan Francisco, Stiner, Mary and Manne, Tiina (2010). Le paleolithique superieur au sud du Portugal: le site de Vale Boi. L'Anthropologie, 114 (1), 48-67. doi: 10.1016/j.anthro.2010.01.002
Manne, Tiina and Bicho, Nuno (2009). Vale Boi: Rendering new understandings of resource intensification and diversification in southwestern Iberia. Before Farming, 2009 (2 Article 1), 1-21. doi: 10.3828/bfarm.2009.2.1
Evidence for bone grease rendering during the Upper Paleolithic at Vale Boi (Algarve, Portugal)
Manne, Tiina H., Stiner, Mary C. and Bicho, Nuno F. (2006). Evidence for bone grease rendering during the Upper Paleolithic at Vale Boi (Algarve, Portugal). IV CAP: Congresso de Arqueologia Peninsular 2004, Faro, Portugal, 14-19 September, 2004. Faro, Portugal: Faculdade de Ciencias Humanas e Sociais, Universidade do Algarve.
Investigating Ancient Animals in Mithaka Country
Manne, Tiina and Louys, Julien (2022). Investigating Ancient Animals in Mithaka Country. Kirrenderri Heart of the Channel Country. (pp. 70-72) edited by Michael C. Westaway, Mandana Maper, Tracey Hough, Shawnee Gorringe and Geoff Ginn. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland Anthropology Museum.
Testing the Dark Emu hypothesis
(2022–2025) ARC Discovery Projects
Macleay Valley Cultural tourism and education initiative
(2022) UQ Indigenous Research Engagement and Partnerships Fund
Horses and human societies in New World Australia
(2019–2022) Universities Australia - Germany Joint Research Co-operation Scheme
(2019–2022) University of Southern Queensland
(2019–2021) UQ Early Career Researcher
(2019) UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
(2018–2019) UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
Post-Mine Audit at Waterfall General, Garrawarra Cemetery near Helensburgh, NSW
(2018) Metropolitan Colliery Pty Ltd
50,000 years of human subsistence behaviour in northern Australia
(2015–2020) ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
Dr Tiina Manne - Maternity Funding (Advance Queensland Women's Academic Fund)
(2015–2016) Queensland Government Advance Queensland Women's Academic Fund
Operationalising research collections in archaeological science and museum studies
(2015–2016) UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
(2014–2015) University of New South Wales
Methodological & Quantitative Approaches to Australasian Zooarchaeology and Taphonomy
(2014) UWA-UQ Bilateral Research Collaboration Award
(2013–2015) University of Western Australia
Building Capacity in Experimental and Scientific Archaeology at UQ
(2013) UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
The Middle Palaeolithic to Upper Palaeolithic transition in southern Portugal
(2012–2013) UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
Zooarchaeology of voluntary isolation: How does isolation affect past human/faunal interactions in Ravenswood, Qld?
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
Quantitative methods for the taxonomic classification of marsupial postcrania from Australian archaeological sites
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Characterising damage to bone by Sarcophilus harrisii, Dasyurus maculatus and Dasyurus viverrinus in Australian archaeological assemblages
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
An analysis of two East Coast Australian middens
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Worn to the Bone: Use-wear of bone points from the Madjedbebe rockshelter, Arnhem Land
(2019) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
(2022) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Coastal Caprines: Using ZooMS to Trace the Spread of Domesticates in Coastal Eastern Africa
(2021) Master Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
(2020) Master Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
(2019) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
(2018) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
(2017) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
(2017) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Understanding Australia's Cultural History Through Archaeological Geophysics
(2014) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor