Amy L Prendergast

Biographic Data

ID4640474
NAMEAmy L Prendergast
GIVEN NAMESAmy L
FAMILY NAMEPrendergast
SIGNATUREPRENDERGAST A L
AFFILIATIONSThe University of Melbourne
ORCID0000-0002-4970-9956
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS12
TOTAL CITATIONS53
WORKS AS AUTHOR12
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2009
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX4

  • Freshwater reservoir effect for mollusks in the lower and central Murray River, Australia

    Open AccessChloe A Stringer, Vladimir Levchenko et al.ARTICLERadiocarbon2026

    Since the 1950s, archaeological research conducted along the middle reaches of the Murray River has relied on radiocarbon dating of freshwater mollusk shell to establish the chronology of human occupation within this region as well as support larger models of human occupation timing within Australia. Despite this, there has been no investigation into the potential freshwater reservoir effect (FRE) for the middle reaches of the Murray River. In th…

  • Multi-regional calibration of Patella caerulea as a palaeothermometer using oxygen isotope values and Mg/Ca ratios

    Open AccessDanai Theodoraki, M A Mannino et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2026Cited by: 1References: 53

    This study presents a comprehensive calibration of the Patella caerulea as a palaeotemperature archive across the Central and Eastern Mediterranean, focusing on Mg/Ca ratios and δ18O values. We analysed 131 modern specimens collected from 22 localities, with a focus on the Aegean region. Our results demonstrate strong correlations between Mg/Ca ratios and the temperature proxy δ 18 O shell , with a mean R2 value of 0.89. These findings reinforce …

  • Molluscs (Isotopes)

    Open AccessAmy L Prendergast, R E StevensCHAPTEREncyclopedia of Global Archaeology2020

  • Seasonal records of palaeoenvironmental change and resource use from archaeological assemblages

    Open AccessAmy L Prendergast, A J E Pryor et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2018Cited by: 3References: 49

  • Mollusk carbonate thermal behaviour and its implications in understanding prehistoric fire events in shell middens

    Open AccessStefania Milano, Susanne Lindauer et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2018Cited by: 4References: 15

  • Year-round shellfish exploitation in the Levant and implications for Upper Palaeolithic hunter-gatherer subsistence

    Open AccessMarjolein D Bosch, M A Mannino et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2017Cited by: 8References: 46

  • Effects of cooking on mollusk shell structure and chemistry

    Open AccessStefania Milano, Amy L Prendergast et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2016Cited by: 3References: 32

  • New chronology for Ksâr ‘Akil (Lebanon) supports Levantine route of modern human dispersal into Europe

    Open AccessMarjolein D Bosch, M A Mannino et al.ARTICLEProceedings of the National…2015

    Significance Bayesian modeling of AMS radiocarbon dates on the marine mollusk Phorcus turbinatus from Ksâr ‘Akil (Lebanon) indicates that the earliest presence of Upper Paleolithic (UP) modern humans in the Levant predates 45,900 cal B.P. Similarities in early UP lithic technology and material culture suggest population dispersals between the Levant and Europe around 50,000–40,000 cal B.P. Our data confirm the presence of modern humans carrying a…

  • The Cyrenaican Prehistory Project 2013

    Open AccessLucy Farr, Ross Lane et al.ARTICLELibyan Studies2014Cited by: 3References: 15

    The paper reports the preliminary results from the short season of fieldwork that the Cyrenaican Prehistory Project was able to undertake with a small Anglo-Libyan team in September 2013. The work concentrated on continuing the excavation of Trench M down the southern side of the Middle Trench and of Trench D on the southern side of the Deep Sounding below it, the eventual objective being to link these so as to provide a high quality dataset of s…

  • The Cyrenaican Prehistory Project 2012

    Open AccessG Barker, Paul Bennett et al.ARTICLELibyan Studies2012Cited by: 12References: 18

    The paper reports on the fifth (2012) season of fieldwork of the Cyrenaican Prehistory Project. The primary focus of the season was the continuation of the excavation of the prehistoric occupation layers in the Haua Fteah cave. A small trench (Trench U) was cut into Holocene (Neolithic) sediments exposed on the south wall of Charles McBurney's Upper Trench. Below this, the excavation of Trench M was continued, on the southern side of McBurney's M…

  • The Cyrenaican Prehistory Project 2010

    Open AccessG Barker, Annita Antoniadou et al.ARTICLELibyan Studies2010Cited by: 19References: 14

    The paper reports on the fourth (2010) season of fieldwork of the Cyrenaican Prehistory Project, and on further results of analyses of artefacts and organic materials collected in the 2009 season. Ground-based LiDar has provided both an accurate 3D scan of the Haua Fteah cave and information on the cave's morphometry or origins. The excavations in the cave focussed on Middle Palaeolithic or Middle Stone Age ‘Pre-Aurignacian’ layers below the base…

  • Late Quaternary environments and human occupation in the Murray River Valley of northwestern Victoria

    Amy L Prendergast, J M Bowler et al.CHAPTERNew directions in archaeological…2009

    A multidisciplinary approach has been employed to study the environmental and cultural evolution of theVictorianMallee.Regionalgeomorphicmappingofrelictlandformsandstratigraphicanalysesreveal evidence of ongoing climatic oscillations in the central Murray Valley, where the Murray River system interactswithaeolianMalleelandscapes.Analysisoflandformsusingalandsystemsapproachprovides newinsightsintopatternsoffluvial-aeolianinteractionoverthelastglac…