Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/T/S/2002/00688
Searching for traces of Southern Dispersal: environmental & historical research on evolution of human diversity in southern Asia & Australo-Melanesia
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor M Mirazon Lahr, University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr S Stokes, University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr MD Petraglia, University of Oxford, School of Archaeology
- Grant held at:
- University of Oxford, Geography - SoGE
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Science-Based Archaeology
- Palaeobiology
- Palaeoenvironments
- Population Genetics/Evolution
- Abstract:
- The project aims at testing the hypothesis of a Southern Dispersal of modern humans (from East Africa to southern Asia) by integrating palaeoenvironmental and palaeoanthropological data. it will compile palaeoenvironmental evidence, build sea-level maps, data key archaeological sites and palaeoenvironmental feature sin Saudi Arabia, examine archaeological assemblages in Saudi and India, and study the morphology of human populations through time along the hypothesised route. Simulations will address the rate, direction and demography of potential population expansions. Two major databases (archaeological and palaeobiological) will be produced, as well as palaeoenvironmental maps and SAR dates. The project will establish the environmental likelihood of such a dispersal event, and the degree of empirical support from existing palaeoanthropological data.
- Period of Award:
- 1 Oct 2003 - 30 Jun 2005
- Value:
- £11,601 Split Award
Authorised funds only
- NERC Reference:
- NER/T/S/2002/00688
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Directed Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- EFCHED
This grant award has a total value of £11,601
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Indirect Costs |
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| £11,601 |
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