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Shimona is an archaeologist and palaeobiologist with a key interest in the early movements of people, cultures, and animals throughout the islands of the Asia-Pacific. In particular, the patterns of occupation & cultures in island communities over the last ~50,000 years in Wallacea, and the biological & ecological impacts of early human arrival on islands.
Shimona works with geographic information systems (GIS), palaeogeographic reconstruction, biogeographic modelling, and phylogenetic analysis to explore the palaeo-archipelagos north of Australia and the people and animals who lived there. Her research currently involves archaeological surveys and excavations in Indonesia and Timor-Leste, as well as multidisciplinary projects combining archaeology with molecular and morphological phylogenetics to investigate possible prehistoric translocations of animals to Asia-Pacific islands.
Research interests
- The prehistoric movements of people through Southeast Asia and Australasia
- The biological & ecological impacts of early human arrival on islands
- Patterns of occupation & cultures in island communities over the last ~50,000 years in Wallacea
- Building up the network of collaborative research & training between Indonesia and Australia with a particular focus on the disciplines of Archaeology, Palaeontology, and Biology.
Qualifications
BSc (UNE), BSc (Hons I) (UNSW), PhD (ANU)
Expertise Areas
- Biogeography and Phylogeography
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- Archaeological Science
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First steps across Wallace's Line: The prehistoric archaeology of Lombok Island
Kealy, S., Anggraeni, A. & Mahirta, M.
22/06/22 → 18/12/23
Project: Research
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Fishhooks, Lures, and Sinkers: Intensive Manufacture of Marine Technology from the Terminal Pleistocene at Makpan Cave, Alor Island, Indonesia
Langley, M., O'Connor, S., Kealy, S. & Mahirta, M., 2021, In: Journal of Island & Coastal Archaeology. Online, p. 1-21Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Miniaturized Late Pleistocene Lithic Technology From Alor Island Articulates with the Records of Flores and Timor Across Southern Wallacea
Shipton, C., Kealy, S., Mahirta, M., Irfan, A., Patridina, E. P. B. G. G. & O'Connor, S., 2021, In: PaleoAnthropology. p. 1-20Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Mitogenomes reveal two major influxes of papuan ancestry across wallacea following the last glacial maximum and austronesian contact
Purnomo, G. A., Mitchell, K. J., O'Connor, S., Kealy, S., Taufik, L., Schiller, S., Rohrlach, A., Cooper, A., Llamas, B., Sudoyo, H., Teixeira, J. & Tobler, R., 2021, In: Genes. 12, 7, p. 1-21Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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No evidence for widespread island extinctions after Pleistocene hominin arrival
Louys, J., Braje, T. J., Chang, C-H., Cosgrove, R., Fitzpatrick, S., Fujita, M., Hawkins, S., Ingicco, T., Kawamura, A., MacPhee, R. D. E., McDowell, M., Meijer, H. J. M., Piper, P., Roberts, P., Simmons, A. H., van den Bergh, G., van der Geer, A., Kealy, S. & O'Connor, S., 2021, In: PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 118, 20, p. OnlineResearch output: Contribution to journal › Article
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The biogeographic threshold of Wallacea in human evolution
Shipton, C., O'Connor, S. & Kealy, S., 2021, In: Quaternary International. 574, p. 1-12Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review