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Biography
I am currently conducting major archaeological research projects in Indonesia and East Timor investigating the earliest evidence for human settlement on potential pathways through Wallacea. This project complements and builds on previous research in eastern Maluku, and Papua New Guinea and the Kimberley region of northern Australia which focused on Pleistocene settlement and subsistence and interaction and exchange. I am also interested in the rock art of northern Australia and Island Southeast Asia and evidence for symbolic exchange in the mid to late Holocene.
Career highlights
Awarded Australian Research Council Kathleen Fitzpatrick Laureate Fellowship in 2012
Awarded Australian Research Council QEII Fellowship (1999-2003); Project title: Characterising the Island Southeast Asian Neolithic Transition: a comparison of preceramic and ceramic (Neolithic) maritime cultures.
Qualifications
BA (Hons I) (UNE), PhD (UWA)
Research interests
Australian and Southeast Asian archaeology; Pleistocene colonisation of Island Southeast Asia, Australia and Papua New Guinea by modern humans and the links between these regions; change and continuity across the boundary of the Neolithic transition in Island Southeast Asia; human impacts on the environment, rock art.
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Exploring changing occupation dynamics at the lakeside cave site Matja Kuru 2, Timor-Leste
Samper Carro, S. C., O'Connor, S., Kealy, S., Jones, R. K., Raymond, C., Boulanger, C., Hawkins, S., Lu, T., Langley, M. C. & Clarkson, C., Jan 2024, In: Quaternary Science Advances. 13, 100127.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Big questions for small animals. Taphonomic analysis of small vertebrates in Matja Kuru 2 (Timor-Leste) during the late pleistocene
Samper Carro, S. C., Raymond, C., Weisbecker, V. & O'Connor, S., Oct 2023, In: Quaternary Science Advances. 12, 100102.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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BONE AND TOOTH TECHNOLOGY IN AUSTRALIA: RECENT DISCOVERIES AND LIVING TRADITIONS
Langley, M. & O'Connor, S., 2023, Contact, Circulation, Exchange Proceedings of the Modified Bone & Shell UISPP Commission Conference. V. D. A. E. H. (ed.). United Kingdom: Archaeopress Archaeology, p. 145-155Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Diversity and continuity in the pottery traditions of the Wallacean islands: New evidence from Makpan Cave, Alor island, Indonesia
Beaumont, P., Leclerc, M., Kealy, S. & O'Connor, S., Mar 2023, In: Archaeological Research in Asia. 33, 100417.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. C., O’Connor, S., Kealy, S. & Mahirta, 2023, In: Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology. 18, 1, p. 33-52 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
11 Citations (Scopus)
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Investigating the world's first maritime network in Pleistocene Wallacea
O'Connor, S., Kealy, S., Mahirta, M., Reepmeyer, C., Samper Carro, S. & Shipton, C.
23/04/24 → 23/04/27
Project: Research
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Archives in Bark: Carved and inscribed Kimberley Boab trees
O'Connor, S., Balme, J., Frederick, U. & Marshall, M.
14/05/21 → 30/12/24
Project: Research
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The coming of the dingo and its interaction with Indigenous Australians
O'Connor, S., Balme, J. & McDowell, M.
28/02/21 → 27/02/25
Project: Research
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Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage (CABAH) Externally led by University of Wollongong
O'Connor, S., Roberts, R. G., Asmussen, B., Bird, M. I., Bradshaw, C., Brook, B., Cohen, T. J., Curnoe, D., David, B., Delannoy, J., Haberle, S., Jacobs, Z., Johnson, C. N., Knowles, C., Leavesley, M., Miller, G. H., Nakata, N. M., Russell, L., Slack, M., Stevenson, J., Storey, M., Turney, C. & Ulm, S.
30/06/17 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
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First Contact: Impact Of Pleistocene Hominins On Island Ecosystems (workshop)
Louys, J. & O'Connor, S.
5/09/16 → 1/05/17
Project: Research