Emma St Pierre
Biographic Data
| ID | 4063264 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Emma St Pierre |
| GIVEN NAMES | Emma St |
| FAMILY NAME | Pierre |
| SIGNATURE | PIERRE E S |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Queensland |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5838-0726 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 54 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Geochemistry of Stone Tools Reveals the Crossroads of East Polynesia
Geochemical studies of basalt quarries, rock sources and stone adzes and their biproducts found at distant habitation sites have increasingly allowed archaeologists to track the direction of island colonisation and post‐settlement interaction and proffer explanations for the development of social complexity in Polynesia. The Tuamotu Archipelago is unrivalled for studying inter‐archipelago transfer of stone tools in East Polynesia, as the islands …
Creating and renewing identity and value through the use of non‐invasive archaeological methods: Mapoon unmarked graves, potential burial mounds and cemeteries project, western Cape York peninsula, Qu…
In 2010, Elders from Mapoon watched “Time Team” and saw ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) and other non‐invasive scientific methods being used to identify cultural features on archaeological sites. This led Elders to express their desire for such techniques, particularly GPR, to be brought on country to assist with documenting and protecting cultural heritage sites. This paper explores how Mapoon families have employed these techniques in archaeolog…
Reimagining life and death: Results and interpretation of geophysical and ethnohistorical investigations of earth mounds, Mapoon, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia
Ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) and magnetic surveys were conducted on 13 earth mounds within Mapoon Aboriginal Lands, western Cape York Peninsula, Queensland. Detailed analysis of GPR profiles and amplitude maps of the mounds were compared to those from previously recorded, known burials at the Mapoon Mission Cemetery. Based on these models, burials were identified in ten of the 13 mounds. Both European‐style (coffin) and traditional burials were…
Refining the chronology for west polynesian colonization: New data from the Samoan archipelago
Osseous Projectile Weaponry: Towards an Understanding of Pleistocene Cultural Variability
The Walandawe Tradition from Southeast Sulawesi and Osseous Artifact Traditions in Island Southeast Asia
Determining the geochemical variability of fine‐grained basalt sources/quarries for facilitating prehistoric interaction studies in P olynesia
Polynesian adze sourcing studies that rely on geochemical analyses to assign distant artefacts to a source or quarry have been undertaken for more than three decades. Understanding intra‐source geochemical variability is essential for robust artefact source assignments, yet these data are not available for most quarries. We provide a seven‐step protocol for sampling source rocks and associated artefacts at quarries and, using the large Eiao quarr…
Human impact on the environment in Western Flores, Indo-nesia during the late Holocene: Identifying agricultural transitions
U-series dating of soda straw stalactites from excavated deposits: Method development and application to Blanche Cave, Naracoorte, South Australia
Cave Archaeology and Sampling Issues in the Tropics: A Case Study from Lene Hara Cave, a 42,000 Year Old Occupation Site in East Timor, Island Southeast Asia
New evidence from Lene Hara Cave, East Timor, demonstrates that it was first occupied by modern humans by 42,454±450 cal BP at approximately the same time as nearby Jerimalai shelter. Together these sites constitute the earliest evidence for modern human colonisation of Island Southeast Asia east of the Sunda Shelf. Here we report on the dating and stratigraphy from the 2000 and 2002 test excavations at Lene Hara, as well as new dates obtained by…
Faces of the ancestors revealed: Discovery and dating of a Pleistocene-age petroglyph in Lene Hara Cave, East Timor
A petroglyph showing a human face found in East Timor is dated to the late Pleistocene. It recalls ancient Australian forms and raises the possibility of connecting early cave art with the better known painted figures of Lapita/Austronesian art ten millennia later. This new discovery at a known cave shows what precious evidence still lies in store even in well-trodden places
Expanding the utility of Uranium-series dating of speleothems for archaeological and palaeontological applications
Cave Archaeology and Sampling Issues in the Tropics: A Case Study from Lene Hara Cave, a 42,000 Year Old Occupation Site in East Timor, Island Southeast Asia
New evidence from Lene Hara Cave, East Timor, demonstrates that it was first occupied by modern humans by 42,454±450 cal BP at approximately the same time as nearby Jerimalai shelter. Together these sites constitute the earliest evidence for modern human colonisation of Island Southeast Asia east of the Sunda Shelf. Here we report on the dating and stratigraphy from the 2000 and 2002 test excavations at Lene Hara, as well as new dates obtained by…
Determining the geochemical variability of fine‐grained basalt sources/quarries for facilitating prehistoric interaction studies in P olynesia
Polynesian adze sourcing studies that rely on geochemical analyses to assign distant artefacts to a source or quarry have been undertaken for more than three decades. Understanding intra‐source geochemical variability is essential for robust artefact source assignments, yet these data are not available for most quarries. We provide a seven‐step protocol for sampling source rocks and associated artefacts at quarries and, using the large Eiao quarr…
U-series dating of soda straw stalactites from excavated deposits: Method development and application to Blanche Cave, Naracoorte, South Australia
Faces of the ancestors revealed: Discovery and dating of a Pleistocene-age petroglyph in Lene Hara Cave, East Timor
A petroglyph showing a human face found in East Timor is dated to the late Pleistocene. It recalls ancient Australian forms and raises the possibility of connecting early cave art with the better known painted figures of Lapita/Austronesian art ten millennia later. This new discovery at a known cave shows what precious evidence still lies in store even in well-trodden places
Expanding the utility of Uranium-series dating of speleothems for archaeological and palaeontological applications
Creating and renewing identity and value through the use of non‐invasive archaeological methods: Mapoon unmarked graves, potential burial mounds and cemeteries project, western Cape York peninsula, Qu…
In 2010, Elders from Mapoon watched “Time Team” and saw ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) and other non‐invasive scientific methods being used to identify cultural features on archaeological sites. This led Elders to express their desire for such techniques, particularly GPR, to be brought on country to assist with documenting and protecting cultural heritage sites. This paper explores how Mapoon families have employed these techniques in archaeolog…
Reimagining life and death: Results and interpretation of geophysical and ethnohistorical investigations of earth mounds, Mapoon, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia
Ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) and magnetic surveys were conducted on 13 earth mounds within Mapoon Aboriginal Lands, western Cape York Peninsula, Queensland. Detailed analysis of GPR profiles and amplitude maps of the mounds were compared to those from previously recorded, known burials at the Mapoon Mission Cemetery. Based on these models, burials were identified in ten of the 13 mounds. Both European‐style (coffin) and traditional burials were…
Expanding the utility of Uranium-series dating of speleothems for archaeological and palaeontological applications
Cave Archaeology and Sampling Issues in the Tropics: A Case Study from Lene Hara Cave, a 42,000 Year Old Occupation Site in East Timor, Island Southeast Asia
New evidence from Lene Hara Cave, East Timor, demonstrates that it was first occupied by modern humans by 42,454±450 cal BP at approximately the same time as nearby Jerimalai shelter. Together these sites constitute the earliest evidence for modern human colonisation of Island Southeast Asia east of the Sunda Shelf. Here we report on the dating and stratigraphy from the 2000 and 2002 test excavations at Lene Hara, as well as new dates obtained by…
Faces of the ancestors revealed: Discovery and dating of a Pleistocene-age petroglyph in Lene Hara Cave, East Timor
A petroglyph showing a human face found in East Timor is dated to the late Pleistocene. It recalls ancient Australian forms and raises the possibility of connecting early cave art with the better known painted figures of Lapita/Austronesian art ten millennia later. This new discovery at a known cave shows what precious evidence still lies in store even in well-trodden places
U-series dating of soda straw stalactites from excavated deposits: Method development and application to Blanche Cave, Naracoorte, South Australia
Human impact on the environment in Western Flores, Indo-nesia during the late Holocene: Identifying agricultural transitions
Refining the chronology for west polynesian colonization: New data from the Samoan archipelago
Osseous Projectile Weaponry: Towards an Understanding of Pleistocene Cultural Variability
The Walandawe Tradition from Southeast Sulawesi and Osseous Artifact Traditions in Island Southeast Asia
Determining the geochemical variability of fine‐grained basalt sources/quarries for facilitating prehistoric interaction studies in P olynesia
Polynesian adze sourcing studies that rely on geochemical analyses to assign distant artefacts to a source or quarry have been undertaken for more than three decades. Understanding intra‐source geochemical variability is essential for robust artefact source assignments, yet these data are not available for most quarries. We provide a seven‐step protocol for sampling source rocks and associated artefacts at quarries and, using the large Eiao quarr…
Reimagining life and death: Results and interpretation of geophysical and ethnohistorical investigations of earth mounds, Mapoon, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia
Ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) and magnetic surveys were conducted on 13 earth mounds within Mapoon Aboriginal Lands, western Cape York Peninsula, Queensland. Detailed analysis of GPR profiles and amplitude maps of the mounds were compared to those from previously recorded, known burials at the Mapoon Mission Cemetery. Based on these models, burials were identified in ten of the 13 mounds. Both European‐style (coffin) and traditional burials were…
Creating and renewing identity and value through the use of non‐invasive archaeological methods: Mapoon unmarked graves, potential burial mounds and cemeteries project, western Cape York peninsula, Qu…
In 2010, Elders from Mapoon watched “Time Team” and saw ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) and other non‐invasive scientific methods being used to identify cultural features on archaeological sites. This led Elders to express their desire for such techniques, particularly GPR, to be brought on country to assist with documenting and protecting cultural heritage sites. This paper explores how Mapoon families have employed these techniques in archaeolog…
Geochemistry of Stone Tools Reveals the Crossroads of East Polynesia
Geochemical studies of basalt quarries, rock sources and stone adzes and their biproducts found at distant habitation sites have increasingly allowed archaeologists to track the direction of island colonisation and post‐settlement interaction and proffer explanations for the development of social complexity in Polynesia. The Tuamotu Archipelago is unrivalled for studying inter‐archipelago transfer of stone tools in East Polynesia, as the islands …
Archaeology (10 works) · Geography (10 works) · History (7 works) · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (7 works) · Geology (6 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (6 works) · Paleontology (5 works) · Cave (4 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (3 works) · Chronology (3 works)