Staying active in peer-reviewed research keeps our analytical skills sharp and our knowledge up-to-date. We apply the same scientific rigour to our heritage assessments. Clients can be assured that our work is done to a high standard.
Here’s a list of recent publications. Download PDF copies here.
Murray, D.C., Haile, J., Dortch, J., White, N.E., Haouchar, D., Bellgard, M.I., Allcock, R.J., Prideaux, G.J., Bunce, M. 2013, ‘Scrapheap Challenge: A novel bulk-bone metabarcoding method to investigate ancient DNA in faunal assemblages’, Scientific Reports, 3, pp. 3371
Dortch, J., Balme, J. & Ogilvie, J. 2012, ‘Aboriginal responses to Late Quaternary environmental change in a Mediterranean-type region: zooarchaeological evidence from south-western Australia,’ Quaternary International, vol. 264, pp. 1-14.
Rusack, E., Dortch, J., Hayward, K., Renton, M., Grierson, P. & Boer, M. 2012, ‘The role of habitus in the maintenance of traditional Noongar plant knowledge in southwest Western Australia’, Human Ecology, vol. 39, no. 5, pp.673-682.
Rasmussen, M. & 57 others including Dortch, J. 2011, ‘An Aboriginal Australian genome reveals separate human dispersals into Asia’, Science, vol. 334, no. 6052, pp. 94-98.
Gunn, R. G., Dortch, J., Ogleby, C. & Thorne, A. 2011, ‘The petroglyphs of the Kybra Aboriginal Site, South-Western Western Australia’, Journal of the Royal Society Western Australia, vol. 94, no. 4, pp. 557-581.
Dortch, J. & Wright, R.V.S. 2010, ‘Identifying palaeo-environments and changes in Aboriginal subsistence from dual-patterned faunal assemblages, south-western Australia’, Journal of Archaeological Science, vol. 37, pp. 1053-1064.
Oskam, C., Haile, J., Rigby, P., Alemtoft, M., Olsen, M., Gifford, M., Jacomb, C., Baynes, A., Dortch, J., Parker-Pearson, M., Gilbert, T., Holdaway, R., Willerslev, E. & Bunce, M. 2010, ‘Fossil avian eggshell preserves ancient DNA’, Proceedings of the Royal Society B, vol. 277, pp. 1991-2000.
Trueman, C.N.G., Field, J.H., Dortch, J., Charles, B. & Wroe, S. 2005, ‘Prolonged co-existence of humans and megafauna in Pleistocene Australia’, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 102, pp. 8381-8385.
Dortch, J. 2005, ‘Reconstructing Aboriginal impacts on Australian forests’, In M. Calver (ed.), Proceedings of the 6th National Conference of the Australian Forest History Society, pp 527-541. Millpress, Rotterdam.
Dortch, J. 2004, Palaeo-environmental change and the persistence of human occupation in southwestern Australian forests, British Archaeological Reports, International Series S1288, Archaeo-Press, Oxford.
Dortch, J. 2004, ‘Late Quaternary extinction of Black-footed Rock-wallaby (Petrogale lateralis) in south-western Australia’, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, vol. 211, pp. 185-204.
Wroe, S., Crowther, M., Dortch, J., & Chong, J. 2004, ‘The size of the largest marsupial and why it matters’, Proceedings of the Royal Society, London, Series B, vol. 271, pp. S34-S36.
Turney, C.S.M., Bird, M.I., Field, L.K., Roberts, R.G., Smith, M., Dortch, C.E., Grun, R., Lawson, E., Ayliffe, L.K., Miller, G.H., Dortch, J. & Cresswell, R.G. 2001, ‘Early human occupation at Devil’s Lair, southwestern Australia 50,000 years ago’, Quaternary Research, vol. 55, pp. 3-13.