Doreen Bowdery

Dr Doreen Bowdery is a Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University's School of Archaeology and Anthropology. Her research focuses on plant biogenic silica phytolith analysis applied to archaeological sites globally, including Australia, Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Cambodia, Vietnam, and the Louisiade Archipelago (PNG). Her work integrates climate reconstruction with economic plant identification to understand past environmental conditions.

Key research areas include analyzing phytolith records from Australian sites like Puritjarra and the Nullabor Plain to reconstruct 20,000-year climate patterns, and studying extinct Rapa Nui palms to refine climatic data in the eastern Pacific. Current projects involve archaeological material from Southeast Asia and Oceania.

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