Testing the Dark Emu hypothesis

鉴于布鲁斯·帕斯科的畅销书《黑暗的鸸鹋》取得了深远的成功，我们如何定义传统的土著食物生产和定居系统是澳大利亚考古学面临的一个关键挑战。该项目旨在进行一项新的跨学科调查，首次通过生态位构建理论的透镜将考古学、植物遗传学和孢粉学结合起来，以产生新的经验数据，从而确定我们如何最好地界定土著社会经济制度。调查Mithaka经济和可能的“村庄遗址”的复杂性，重点是植物驯化的想法，该项目将确定我们如何最好地定义这些复杂的文化和经济系统。

How we define traditional Aboriginal food production and settlement systems is a key challenge to Australian archaeology in light of the far reaching success of Bruce Pascoe's popular book Dark Emu. This project aims to undertake a new trans-disciplinary investigation, the first incorporating archaeological science, plant genetics and palynology through the lens of Niche Construction Theory to generate new empirical data in order to determine how we best define Aboriginal socio-economic systems. Investigating the intricacies of Mithaka economy and possible 'village sites' with a focus on the idea of plant domestication, the project will identify how we best define these sophisticated cultural and economic systems.