Jillian Garvey

Jillian Maree Garvey is an Australian archaeologist and researcher specialising in late Quaternary Australian Indigenous Archaeology at La Trobe University in Melbourne (Bundoora), Australia. She is an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Research Award (ARC DECRA) Fellow[1] in Archaeology. Her research interests include Australian Aboriginal Archaeology, Experimental Archaeology, Landscape Archaeology, Late Pleistocene and Holocene Palaeoecology and Zooarchaeology [2] and she is a specialist in the taphonomic identification of animal bones (native and introduced species) and invertebrate fauna.[2]

As well as her research, Garvey teaches undergraduate courses and supervises Honours and Higher Degree in Research (HDR) level, including Archaeology Field School, at La Trobe University.[2]

Garvey is a Registered Cultural Heritage Advisor (CHA) with the Office of Aboriginal Affairs Victoria (OAAV) and a current member of the Australian Archaeological Association (AAA); International Council for Archaeozoology (ICAZ); Australasian Quaternary Association (AQUA) and The Royal Society of Victoria (RSV).[2]

Education

In 1999, Garvey completed a Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science (Hons) with a joint thesis between the Departments of Archaeology and Zoology at La Trobe University.[3] The focus of her thesis was in identifying the fossilized history of a late Holocene assemblage of small mammals in Tasmania. This project involved studying the dietary selectivity of predators and "included the role in which Strigiformes (owls) play in the accumulation of small animals in these faunal assemblages". "Experimental feeding trials of the three owl taxa known to currently inhabit Tasmania" were conducted as part of the research in the investigation of regurgitated owl-pellets in determining the source of small animal bones.[3][4][5] In 2005, she investigated[6][7] "the vertebrate taphonomy, palaeoecology and the depositional environment of an Early Carboniferous (Tournaisian) fossil fish locality, Fish Hill, in the Home Station Member of the Snowy Plains Formation,[8] Mansfield Basin, Australia. This project combined research on the vertebrate fish assemblage, micro vertebrates, ichnology, taphonomy and geology of the locality to develop an overall understanding of the palaeoecology and palaeocommunity". This PhD research contributed to improving knowledge on new fish species from the Early Carboniferous in the Mansfield Basin locality.[9][10][11][12][13]

Career

Garvey has published on Indigenous Australian Archaeology with an extensive list of academic publications[2] and Research projects[2] in which she has been involved. She has worked on late Quaternary assemblages within South-west Tasmania,[14][15][16][17] Lake Mungo in New South Wales (NSW), Cuddie Springs in New South Wales (NSW),[18] and Murray River in north-west Victoria.[19] Her contributions have included numerous book publications as an editor,[20] reviewer[21][22] and author[23][24] and has over 30 published Conference papers nationally and internationally including Society of American Archaeology, International Conference for Zooarchaeology, Society of Vertebrate Palaeontology, Australian Archaeological Association Conference and Conference on Australian Vertebrate Evolution Palaeontology and Systematics (CAVEPS).[2]

Ongoing research into the possible causes relating to the extinction of Australia's megafauna during the late Pleistocene era have uncovered that megafauna and Indigenous humans co-existed in the same environment, inclusive of these two sites; Cuddie Springs in NSW and Nombe Rockshelter in the Papua New Guinea (PNG) highlands.[18][25] Bones from megafauna and stone tool artefacts from human inhabitants have been found at these sites in association with each other.[26] The cause of Indigenous Australian megafauna loss has been attributed to human-driven extinction (HDE) by numerous researchers,[27][28] however, Garvey and her colleagues in dating faunal assemblages estimated 69% of total faunal species extinctions lie outside the known time for human colonization.[18] Fauna may be identified from teeth, bone, hair, fur, shell, and are important in describing the palaeoenvironment and how Indigenous humans selected, killed and prepared these fauna as a nutritional food source in ancient times which has been a focus of Garvey's research.[15][29][30][31] To obtain a greater understanding of Indigenous Australian aboriginal hunting and butchery practices, collection of evidence from the ethnographic record and modern animal anatomical experiments are conducted including fatty acid analyses involving Bennett's Wallaby,[15][17] kangaroo,[30] wombat [31] and emu [32] as an analogue to ancient fauna.[29] Research on freshwater shell middens left in the archaeological record by Indigenous human occupants along the Murray River in Northwest Victoria (Ned's Corner pastoral station)[19][33] has also been undertaken by Garvey.

During November 2016, Garvey and colleagues[34] were involved in an archaeological dig at the Lancefield megafauna excavation site in central Victoria, Australia where the discovery of teeth from the extinct giant marsupial Diprotodon, a rhinoceros-sized wombat, had been unearthed from the ancient swamplands, together with remains of Macropus Titan, an extinct giant kangaroo, and aboriginal artefacts. The findings from the excavation site may hold important information on the extinction of megafauna in the region.[35]

Awards and grants

Garvey had been awarded the ARC Kathleen Fitzpatrick Laureate Fellowship Mentoring Scheme (2016)[2] at the University of Melbourne. This Fellowship is awarded to those who have completed a PhD in the last 10 years within Humanities and Social Sciences. The focus of this intensive mentoring programme is in improving and supporting leadership capabilities in early career female researchers, and best practice guidelines in research activities.[36][37]

Garvey has been awarded over $875,000[1] in Research funding for project work between 2004 and 2016.[2] Grants and Awards have been presented to Dr Garvey from the Australian Research Council (ARC),[1] Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE), Kimberley Foundation, La Trobe University (LTU) Research Transforming Human Societies and International Council for Archaeozoology and Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS).[2]

References
  1. "Grants Dataset". www.arc.gov.au. Australian Research Council. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  2. Garvey, Jillian. "Staff profile". www.latrobe.edu.au. La Trobe University. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  3. Garvey, Jillian (1999), Taphonomic analysis of the small vertebrate fauna from the archaeological site Derwent River Shelter 7 (DRS7), Tasmania, Unpublished Honours thesis. Departments of Zoology and Archaeology, La Trobe University
  4. Jamie M. Harris; Jillian M. Garvey (January 2006). "Palaeodistribution of pygmy-possums in Tasmania". Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. 140: 1–10. ISSN 0080-4703.
  5. Garvey, Jillian. "Jillian Garvey education profile". www.linkedin.com. Jillian Garvey. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  6. http://www.worldcat.org/title/early-carboniferous-fossil-assemblage-from-fish-hill-mansfield-basin-australia/oclc/225460734?referer=br&ht=edition
  7. Garvey, Jillian Maree; La Trobe University. Theses. School of Life Sciences (2005), An early carboniferous fossil assemblage from Fish Hill, Mansfield Basin, Australia, retrieved 27 August 2016
  8. Australian Stratigraphic Units Database, Geoscience Australia and Australian Stratigraphy Commission (2016). "Australian Stratigraphic Units Database - Snowy Plains Formation (Stratno: 17054)". www.ga.gov.au. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  9. Garvey, Jillian; Turner, Susan (2006), "Vertebrate microremains from the presumed earliest Carboniferous of the Mansfield Basin, Victoria", Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, Geological Society of Australia Inc (published January 2006), 30 (1): 43–62, doi:10.1080/03115510608619344, ISSN 0311-5518, retrieved 4 September 2016
  10. Timothy Holland; Anne Warren; Zerina Johanson; John Long; Katherine Parker; Jillian Garvey (2007), "A new species of Barameda (Rhizodontida) and heterochrony in the rhizodontid pectoral fin", Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (published June 2007), 27 (2): 295–315, doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[295:ANSOBR]2.0.CO;2, retrieved 4 September 2016
  11. Jillian M. Garvey; Zerina Johanson; Anne Warren (2005), "Redescription of the pectoral fin and vertebral column of the rhizodontid fish Barameda Decipiens from the Lower Carboniferous of Australia", Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (published March 2005), 25 (1): 8–18, doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0008:ROTPFA]2.0.CO;2, retrieved 4 September 2016
  12. Johanson, Zerina; Burrow, Carole; Warren, Anne; Garvey, Jillian (2005), "Homology of fin lepidotrichia in osteichthyan fishes", Lethaia, Taylor and Francis (published March 2005), 38 (1): 27–36, doi:10.1080/00241160510013141, ISSN 0024-1164, retrieved 4 September 2016
  13. Jillian M. Garvey; Stephen T. Hasiotis (2008), "An ichnofossil assemblage from the Lower Carboniferous Snowy Plains Formation, Mansfield Basin, Australia", Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Elsevier B.V. (published 27 February 2008), 258 (4): 257–276, doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.11.002
  14. Cosgrove, Richard; Field, J; Garvey, J; Brenner-Coltrain, J; Goede, A; Charles, B; Wroe, S; Pike-Tay, A; Grun, R; Aubert, Maxime; Lees, W; O'Connell, J (2010), "Overdone overkill - The archaeological perspective on Tasmanian megafaunal extinctions", Journal of Archaeological Science, Elsevier Ltd. (published October 2010), 37 (10): 2486–2503, doi:10.1016/j.jas.2010.05.009, hdl:1885/37347, ISSN 0305-4403, retrieved 4 September 2016
  15. Garvey, Jillian (2010), "Economic anatomy of the Bennett's wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus): Implications for understanding human hunting strategies in late Pleistocene Tasmania", Quaternary International, Elsevier B.V (published January 2010), 211 (1–2): 144–156, doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2009.07.006, ISSN 1040-6182
  16. Jillian Garvey (2007), "Surviving an Ice Age: The Zooarchaeological Record from Southwestern Tasmania", PALAIOS, Society for Sedimentary Geology (published November 2007), 22 (6): 583–585, doi:10.2110/palo.2007.S06, ISSN 0883-1351, retrieved 4 September 2016
  17. Garvey, Jillian (2011), "Bennett's wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus) marrow quality vs quantity: evaluating human decision-making and seasonal occupation in late Pleistocene Tasmania", Journal of Archaeological Science, Elsevier B.V (published April 2011), 38 (4): 763–783, doi:10.1016/j.jas.2010.10.023, ISSN 0305-4403
  18. Field, Judith; Wroe, Stephen; Trueman, Clive N; Garvey, Jillian; Wyatt-Spratt, Simon (2013), "Looking for the archaeological signature in Australian Megafaunal extinctions (Report)", Quaternary International, Elsevier B.V (published 8 February 2013), 285: 76(13), doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2011.04.013, ISSN 1040-6182
  19. "Dig reveals ancient life". Sunraysia Daily. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  20. Dortch, Joe (2012), "Recent studies in Australian palaeoecology and zooarchaeology: A volume in honour of the late Su Solomon [Book Review]", Australian Archaeology (75): 124–125, ISSN 0312-2417
  21. Garvey, Jillian (2011), "Pleistocene Geology, Palaeontology and Archaeology of the Soa Basin, Central Flores, Indonesia [Book Review]", Australian Archaeology (72): 52–54, ISSN 0312-2417
  22. Garvey, Jillian (2013), "Australia's fossil heritage: A catalogue of important Australian fossil sites by the Australian Heritage Council [Book Review]", Quaternary Australasia, 30 (1): 34–36, ISSN 0811-0433
  23. Hughes, Peter, (editor.); Huxley, Jane, (editor.); Judd, Craig, (editor.); Walker-Smith, Genefor, (editor.); Hammond, Carol, (editor.); Rozefelds, Andrew, (editor.); Cuthbert, Simon, (photographer.); Green, Guy, Sir, 1937-; Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (2007), Collection : Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, ISBN 978-0-9775334-2-8CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  24. Garvey, Jillian M (January 2006), "Preliminary zooarchaeological interpretations from Kutikina Cave, south-west Tasmania", Australian Aboriginal Studies, Aboriginal Studies Press, 2006 (1): 57–62, ISSN 0729-4352, retrieved 31 August 2016
  25. "Why did Australia's giant marsupials go extinct". Catalyst: Megafauna. Dr Paul Willis. ABC TV Science. 20 May 2010. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  26. Field, Judith; Fillios, Melanie; Wroe, Stephen (2008), "Chronological overlap between humans and megafauna in Sahul (Pleistocene Australia-New Guinea): a review of the evidence", Earth-Science Reviews, Elsevier Science Publishers (published 1 August 2008), 89 (3–4): 97(19), doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2008.04.006, ISSN 0012-8252
  27. Biello, David (22 March 2012). "Big Kill, not Big Chill, Finished Off Giant Kangaroos". Scientific American. Nature America Inc. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  28. Erwin, Bulte; Horan, Richard D.; Shogren, Jason F. (March 2006). "Megafauna extinction: A paleoeconomic theory of human overkill in the pleistocene" (PDF). Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. Elsevier B.V. 59 (3): 297–323. doi:10.1016/j.jebo.2005.04.010. ISSN 0167-2681.
  29. Garvey, Jillian. "The Australian paleo diet: 40,000 years in the making". www.latrobe.edu.au. La Trobe University Big FAT Ideas. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  30. "Another roadside attraction: how Jillian Garvey's road-kill study reveals ancient Aboriginal practices". The Age. Timna Jacks. 15 March 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  31. Jillian Garvey; Georgia Roberts; Richard Cosgrove (November 2015). "Economic utility and nutritional value of the Common wombat (Vombatus ursinus) : Evaluating Australian Aboriginal hunting and butchery practices". Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. Elsevier Ltd. 7: 751–763. doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2015.10.037. ISSN 2352-409X. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  32. J. Garvey; B. Cochrane; J. Field; C. Boney (October 2011). "Modern emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) butchery, economic utility and analogues for the Australian archaeological record". Environmental Archaeology. Maney. 16 (2): 97–112. doi:10.1179/174963111X13110803260840. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  33. Jillian Garvey (In Press) (December 2015). "Australian aboriginal freshwater shell middens from late Quaternary northwest Victoria: Prey choice, economic variability and exploitation". Quaternary International. Elsevier Ltd and INQUA. 427: 85–102. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2015.11.065. ISSN 1040-6182. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  34. Snashall Woodhams, Elise. "Lancefield dig to unearth secrets of megafauna extinction". www.deakin.edu.au. Deakin University. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  35. Crothers, Joanna (24 November 2016). "Teeth of Diprotodon, a rhinocerous-sized wombat, found in dig at Lancefield Swamp". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  36. "ARC Kathleen Fitzpatrick Laureate Fellowship". www.unimelb.edu.au. The University of Melbourne. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  37. "Fact sheet: Australian Laureate Fellowships Scheme". www.arc.gov.au. Australian Research Council. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
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