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Dr Matt Cupper BA, BSc (Hons), PhD (Melb) Research Fellow The
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Biography:
Dr Matt
Cupper has a wide background in the sciences and humanities, with degrees
in archaeology and classical history, geology and botany from the
Matt's
particular area of expertise is the interaction of Aboriginal people and arid
ecosystems in the interior of
Current
collaborative research projects include investigating the geomorphic contexts
and ages of extinct megamarsupial fossil localities at Keilor (with Tim Stone,
The University of Melbourne), Lancefield (with Joe Dortch, The University of Western Australia, and Rainer Grün,
The Australian National University), Menindee
(with Jacqui Duncan, La Trobe University) and in recently discovered caves on
the Nullarbor Plain (with Gavin Prideaux, Flinders University, and John Long, Museum of
Victoria). Matt has also dated several early human occupation sites in the
Contact details: Affiliations:
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e-mail: cupper@unimelb.edu.au tel: +61 3
8344 6521 mob: +61
408 006 690 fax: +61 3
8344 7761
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Member - ARC Research
Network for Understanding and Managing Australian Biodiversity |
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Postal: The |
Public Officer - Australasian Quaternary
Association Inc. |
Publications:
Refereed publications:
Gardner, T., Webb, J., Pezzia, C., Amborn, T., Tunnell, R., Flanagan, S.,
Merritts, D.,
Smith, M.A.,
Williams, A.N., Turney, C.S.M. and Cupper,
M.L. (2008). Human-environment interactions in Australian drylands:
exploratory time-series analysis of archaeological records. The Holocene 18, 389-401. pdf
Quigley,
M.C., Sandiford, M. and Cupper, M.L.
(2007). Distinguishing tectonic from climatic controls on range-front
sedimentation. Basin Research 19, 491-505. pdf
Prideaux, G.J., Long, J.A., Ayliffe, L.K., Hellstrom,
J.C., Pillans, B., Boles, W.E.,
Cupper, M.L. and Duncan, J. (2006). Last glacial megafaunal death assemblage and early
human occupation at
Cupper, M.L. (2006). Luminescence and radiocarbon
chronologies of playa sedimentation in the
Webb, S., Cupper, M.L. and Robins, R. (2006). Pleistocene human footprints
from the
Quigley, M.C., Cupper, M.L. and Sandiford, M. (2006). Quaternary
faults of south-central
Cupper, M.L. (2005). Last glacial to Holocene evolution
of semi-arid rangelands in southeastern
Stone, T. and Cupper, M.L. (2003). Last Glacial Maximum ages for
robust humans at
Cupper, M.L., Drinnan, A.N. and Thomas,
Cupper, M.L. and Ward, W.T. (2000). Palaeoecological transition in southwestern
Cupper, M.L. (1998). Chenopodiaceae: Casuarinaceae pollen ratios and soil
salinization in the
Chapters in books:
Cupper, M.L., White, S. and Neilson, J.L. (2003). Quaternary: Ice Ages environments
of change. In Geology of
Non-refereed publications:
Cupper, M.L. and Gallagher, S.J.
(editors) (2007). Climate change or human impact? Australia's
megafaunal extinction, Selwyn Symposium of the GSA Victoria Division, September
2007.
Geological Society of
Clark,
D.J., van Dissen, R., Cupper, M.L. and Collins, C. (2007). Temporal
clustering of surface ruptures on stable continental region faults: a case
study from the Cadell Fault scarp, southeastern
Cupper, M.L. (2007). Late Quaternary hydrology of salt
lakes in the western
Gardner,
T., Pezzia, C., Tunnell, R., Flanagan, S., Merritts, D., Marshall, J., Webb, J.
and Cupper, M.L. (2007). Deformation of late Neogene and Quaternary
marine terraces,
Smith,
M.A., Williams, A., Turney, C.S.M. and Cupper, M.L. (2007).
Human-environment interactions in Australian drylands: time series analysis of
archaeological records. In XVII INQUA Congress
Abstracts. Quaternary International 167/168. pp. 392-393. pdf
Cupper, M.L. (2007). Ice Age cold case. Australasian Science 28, 16-17. pdf
Cupper, M.L. (2006). Surviving the Ice Age: evolution of
the vegetation of the Mallee over the last glacial and Holocene. Proceedings of the Royal Society of
Cupper, M.L. (2001). Playa lake environments in the
Cupper, M.L. (2000). Mid-late Holocene changes in a Mediterranean-type ecosystem in
the Anabranch region, southwestern
Media interviews and articles:
Cool Jobs: Geoscientist
ABC TV2, Ace Day Jobs, 22 Nov 2007.
http://www.abc.net.au/acedayjobs/cooljobs/profiles/s2094685.htm
Frozen Out?
Article by Paul Heinrichs, The Age, 13 Aug 2006, p. 3
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/frozen-out/2006/08/12/1154803145306.html
Fossil footprints are from Ice Age
Article by Rebecca Scott, UniNews, 6 Feb 2006,p. 6
http://uninews.unimelb.edu.au/articleid_3128.html
Stone Age Footwork: Ancient human prints turn up down
under
Article by Bruce Bower, Science News, 7 Jan 2006,p. 3
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20060107/fob1.asp
Fossilised footprints hark back to Ice Age
Interview with Jennifer Macey, ABC Radio The World Today, 22 Dec 2005
http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2005/s1536570.htm
Revealed: the runners of 20,000BC
Article by Deborah Smith, Sydney Morning Herald, 22 Dec 2005,p.1
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2005/12/21/1135032083655.html
Earliest human footprints in Australia
Interview with Anna Sellah, ABC Science Online, 21 Dec 2005
http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s1532698.htm
Academics argue over the age of Victorian skeletons
Article by Stephen Cauchi, The Age, 9 Jan 2004,p. 3
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/01/08/1073437416715.html
Climate change, new dates may solve pre-history riddle
Media Release by Jason Major, The
http://uninews.unimelb.edu.au/articleid_1160.html
Keywords:Murray River, Darling River, Optically stimulated luminescence, OSL,geomorphology, Lake Mungo, Lake Menindee, Lake Garnpung, dunes, Matthew L.Cupper, Matthew Cupper