{"links":{"self":"http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/FT250100854"},"data":{"type":"grant-details","id":"FT250100854","attributes":{"code":"FT250100854","administering-organisation":"The University of Western Australia","announcement-administering-organisation":"The University of Western Australia","scheme-name":"ARC Future Fellowships","grant-status":"Active","funding-commencement-year":2025,"years-funded":4,"project-start-date":"2026-01-01","anticipated-end-date":"2030-12-31","grant-summary":"How the land became Country: the archaeology of people and trees in Oceania. Trees are essential to human life. Archaeobotany explores the deep history of this relationship through anthracology (wood charcoal analysis) and this project will position Australia as a global leader in the discipline. It will establish its application across Australia and the Pacific, developing essential resources, pioneering new methods and studies, to deliver unique datasets evidencing the combined history of people and trees across Oceania. The project will generate new knowledge on the archaeology of traditional ecological practices and the creation of cultural landscapes. Benefits include supporting two-ways science for Indigenous-led environmental management and the solutions offered for a sustainable future.","funding-current":1155956.00,"funding-at-announcement":1131488,"investigators-current":[{"title":"Dr","firstName":"Emilie","familyName":"Dotte-Sarout","roleName":"Future Fellowship","roleCode":"FT","isFellowship":true,"orcidIdentifier":"0000-0003-1413-9655 "}],"investigators-at-announcement":[{"title":"Dr","firstName":"Emilie","familyName":"Dotte-Sarout","roleName":"Future Fellowship","roleCode":"FT","isFellowship":true,"orcidIdentifier":"0000-0003-1413-9655 "}],"organisations-current":[{"organisationName":"The University of Western Australia","roleName":"Administering Organisation","state":"WA"}],"organisations-at-announcement":[{"organisationName":"The University of Western Australia","roleName":"Administering Organisation","state":"WA"}],"field-of-research":[{"isPrimary":false,"code":"430101","name":"Archaeological Science","type":"FOR20"},{"isPrimary":false,"code":"450101","name":"Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Archaeology","type":"FOR20"},{"isPrimary":true,"code":"4513","name":"Pacific Peoples Culture, Language and History","type":"FOR20"},{"isPrimary":false,"code":"451301","name":"Archaeology of New Guinea and Pacific Islands (Excl. New Zealand)","type":"FOR20"}],"socio-economic-objective":[{"code":"280111","name":"Expanding Knowledge In the Environmental Sciences","type":"SEO20"},{"code":"280113","name":"Expanding Knowledge In History, Heritage and Archaeology","type":"SEO20"}],"international-collaboration":["Brazil","France","French Polynesia","New Caledonia","Vanuatu"],"lief-register":[],"achievement-summary":null,"national-interest-test-statement":"There is more to wood charcoal than meets the eye: by recognising which trees they came from and how people used them in the past, charcoal can reveal the history of forests, of whole ecosystems and how people managed and moved through the landscape. Charcoal can tell us how the land became Country – a term used not just in Australia but across the Pacific to characterise the intrinsic relationship woven between humans and their environment to create a home. This project will use wood charcoal from archaeological sites to address a significant gap in knowledge: despite many debates on the domestication of plants in Australia and the Pacific, there is limited data on the archaeological history of traditional management of the vegetation. This project will provide important benefit for Australians, by documenting the long-term history of Indigenous ecological practices. It will support collaborative science that enable locally grounded, sustainable management of the environment, in Australia and the Pacific region. Research outcomes will be promoted through plain-language reports and presentations, educational workshops in schools and universities, and media communication, including through an online presence."}}}