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Dr. Yinika Perston is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Griffith University's Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research. Her primary research interests focus on stone artefact technology, with a special emphasis on Australian and Indonesian archaeology. She holds a PhD in Archaeology from Griffith University and has contributed to numerous funded research projects, including investigations into Pitta Pitta Country's stone-based structures and Sulawesi's Toalean archaeological sites. Dr. Perston has also collaborated on projects addressing frontier conflict histories and Indigenous cultural heritage preservation. She currently serves as an associate supervisor for doctoral research on topics like deep-time extinctions and Middle Stone Age lithic strategies.
Her educational background includes a Bachelor of Arts/Science (Archaeology, Zoology), a Diploma in Indigenous Archaeology, and a PhD from the University of New England and Griffith University. Her work often bridges experimental archaeology, material analysis, and interdisciplinary collaboration, with publications in venues like Journal of Archaeological Science and Archaeological Research in Asia.
Key projects include the Fugitive Traces initiative documenting Yulluna Aboriginal family histories and the Way out West archaeological study exploring Pitta Pitta landscapes. She has secured grants from organizations such as The Berndt Research Foundation and Griffith University, totaling over $300,000 in funding. Her research outputs span topics from rock art chemistry to ancient DNA analysis in Australian underwater caves.
