Shimona Kealy
The Australian National University, Australian National University
0000-0002-0646-1313
About
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.
Employment
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The Australian National University
Education
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Australian National University Doctorate of Philosophy2014 - 2019
Projects & Funding
Projects & funding information is unavailable.
Publications (80)
- From the Sky to the Garden: A Top-Down and Bottom-Up Methodology for Estimating Population Trends in Port Moresby’s Informal Settlements Save
- Recovering a legend: The Wara Liang pottery assemblage and the origin story of Lamalera, Lembata, Indonesia Save
- Fluctuating local mobility from the end of the Pleistocene to the end of the Holocene on the north coast of New Guinea Save
- 4000-year-old painted plaque from Southeast Indonesia reveals Austronesian Painting Tradition preceded Neolithic pottery Save
- State of the Field Save
- Staple or delicacy: Sea urchin exploitation over the last 40,000 years at Makpan Cave, Alor Island Save
- Author Correction: Isotopic evidence for initial coastal colonization and subsequent diversification in the human occupation of Wallacea Save
- New archaeological discoveries in north-central Timor-Leste indicate sociocultural adaptations to landscape change during the Holocene Save
- Living Seaward: Maritime Cosmology and the Contemporary Significance of Natar Fampompar, a Stone Boat Ceremonial Structure in the Village of Sangliat Dol, Tanimbar Islands Save
- Exploring changing occupation dynamics at the lakeside cave site Matja Kuru 2, Timor-Leste Save