Indian Ocean globalisation and the westward Austronesian expansion

该项目旨在采用多种分析的考古科学方法，调查跨文化互动如何改变印度洋的人民、社会和环境。它计划追踪1000多年前马达加斯加和科摩罗的人、植物、动物、货物和行为的流动，以便批判性地评估东南亚和非洲之间早期远程接触的证据。该项目旨在通过揭示多样化但相互关联的印度-太平洋世界的历史，提高澳大利亚的考古科学能力，并带来重大的社会和文化利益，澳大利亚目前在该世界中占据着中心的地缘政治地位。

This project aims to apply a multi-analytical archaeological science approach to investigate how cross-cultural interaction transformed peoples, societies and environments in the Indian Ocean. It plans to trace the movement of people, plants, animals, goods and practices to Madagascar and the Comoros over 1000 years ago in order to critically assess evidence for early long-distance contacts between Southeast Asia and Africa. The project seeks to enhance Australia’s capacity for archaeological science and deliver significant social and cultural benefits by shedding light on the history of the diverse but interconnected Indo-Pacific world in which Australia now occupies a central geopolitical position.