Co-investigating deep time plant use in Sahul for sustainable food futures. Interweaving cutting-edge archaeological science with the Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Indigenous partner communities

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Co-investigating deep time plant use in Sahul for sustainable food futures. Interweaving cutting-edge archaeological science with the Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Indigenous partner communities, this co-designed research aims to provide new evidence for the nature and deep-time development of plant use and landscape management practices across Australia and New Guinea. Its outcomes will reshape understandings of past Indigenous food systems and economies from the tropics to the arid zone, as well as contribute to global debates about the peopling of Sahul and the origins of agriculture. Benefits will include support for Indigenous partner communities to apply their biocultural heritage to create sustainable food futures, and a deepened understanding of the ancient and dynamic history of this continent.. Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award. Field: 4301 - Archaeology. Lead: Dr Stephanie Florin