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Personal profile
Research Interests
Southeast Asia (Upper Pleistocene to Mid-Holocene)
Palaeolithic archaeology (Asia, North Africa, North America, Europe)
Human colonization & adaptation
Zooarchaeology
Human evolution
UNESCO World Heritage
My research explores the process of hominin adaptation and dispersal into different Late Quaternary environments. My research goals are two-fold: firstly, to better understand these localised trajectories of early human behaviour; but also, secondly, to find ways of melding principles of Pleistocene adaptation (often forged under capricious conditions) into contemporary economic models and responses. The ultimate aim being: to enhance modern adaptive capacities to abrupt shifts in environment as much as to better understand the ways our ancestors responded in the past. With these ambitions, as a Palaeolithic archaeologist and zooarchaeologist, I’m currently leading (PI) research projects in three regions of the world: Southeast Asia, North America and the Mediterranean.
Teaching
Senior Lecturer in Human Palaeoecology
I am currently on extended Research Leave, but am still supervising new undergradauate and post graduate students.
Module Co-ordinator (2016-17)
GAP1001 Ancient Humans & Landscapes
GAP3082 Palaeolithic Pioneers: Adaptation & Colonization in Global Perspective
Contributions to:
GAP3072 Human Evolution
GAP1013 Introduction to World Archaeology
Module Co-ordinator (2015-16)
GAP3082 Palaeolithic Pioneers: Adaptation & Colonization in Global Perspective
Contributions to:
GAP3072 Human Evolution
GAP1013 Introduction to World Archaeology
Achievements
UNESCO World Heritage:
During 2012-14 I was part of the executive committee responsible for preparing the Vietnamese State Party’s nomination dossier for the Tràng An Landscape Complex; a nomination that was ultimately inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as a mixed property (cultural and natural) in June 2014 – http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1438/
Since 2014, I have also become actively involved with the UNESCO Human Evolution: adaptions, dispersals and social developments (HEADS) thematic programme, which is seeking greater representation and conservation of properties on the World Heritage List relating to human evolution and its relevance to us today.
Research Statement
Current research projects (see Activities):
2016-2019 SUNDASIA: Human Adaptation to Coastal Evolution: Late Quaternary evidence from Southeast Asia (Ninh Binh province, Vietnam)
Funding: AHRC AH/N005902/1 / Xuan Truong Enterprise. Project website: https://sundasia.com/
2007-2014 Tràng An Archaeological Project (Ninh Binh province, Vietnam);
2011-2015 Northeast Algonquin Palaeo-Lake Environmental Assessment (Ontario, Canada);
2013- Pleistocene Kefalonia Project (Ionian Islands, Greece)
Current collaborative research:
2008- The Cyrenaica Prehistory Project, Libya (zooarchaeologist) http://www.arch.cam.ac.uk/research/projects/haua-fteah-project
Past research:
2011 Living on the Edge: archaeological survey of shell middens on five islands in Sligo Bay, Ireland (zooarchaeologist) – Queen’s University, Belfast;
2010 Callao Cave project, Philippines (zooarchaeologist) – University of the Philippines;
2006-08 Regionalism in the Development of Modern Human Behaviour (PI) – University of Cambridge;
2003-05 The Niah Caves Project, Borneo (zooarchaeologist) – University of Leicester and University of Cambridge
http://www.oxbowbooks.com/oxbow/rainforest-foraging-and-farming-in-island-southeast-asia.html
Particulars
Professional affiliations:
Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association (http://ippa.weblogs.anu.edu.au/)
Canadian Archaeological Association (https://canadianarchaeology.com/)
Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), London UK (http://www.rgs.org/HomePage.htm)
International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) (http://www.icomos.org/en/)
UNESCO Human Evolution: adaptions, dispersals and social developments (HEADS) (http://whc.unesco.org/en/heads/)
Past Global Changes (PAGES) network (http://www.rgs.org/HomePage.htm)
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Projects 2016 2018
- 2 Active
R1985NBE: HUMAN ADAPTATION TO COASTAL EVOLUTION: LATE QUATERNARY EVIDENCE FROM SOUTHEAST ASIA (SUNDASIA)
14/11/2018 → …
Project: Research
R1631ARL: Human Adaptation to Coastal Evolution: Late Quaternary evidence from Southeast Asia (SUNDASIA)
28/04/2016 → …
Project: Research
Research Output 2002 2019
A Multi-Proxy Reconstruction of Environmental Change in the Vicinity of the North Bay Outlet of Pro-Glacial Lake Algonquin
Pyne-O'Donnell, S., Crowhurst, S., Mulligan, R., Stevens, R., Fiacconi, M., Beresford-Jones, D. & Karrow, P., 15 Nov 2019, In : Open Quaternary. 5, 12, 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
An 11 000-year-old giant muntjac subfossil from Northern Vietnam: implications for past and present populations
Stimpson, C. M., Utting, B., O'Donnell, S., Huong, N. T. M., Kahlert, T., Manh, B. V., Khanh, P. S. & Rabett, R. J., 13 Mar 2019, In : Royal Society Open Science. 6, 3, 18 p., 181461.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
The success of failed Homo sapiens dispersals out of Africa and into Asia
Rabett, R. J., 18 Jan 2018, In : Nature: Ecology and Evolution. 2, p. 212-219 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Human Adaptation to Coastal Evolution: Late Quaternary evidence from Southeast Asia (SUNDASIA) –A report on the first year of the project
Rabett, R. et al., 2017, (Submitted) In : Journal of Geology (Series B) - Vietnam.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
The Early Human Occupation of East and Southeast Asia
Rabett, R., Dec 2017, Handbook of East and Southeast Asian Archaeology. Habu, J., Lape, P. & Olsen, J. (eds.). New York: Springer, p. 159-193Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)
Prizes
ASEASUK Research Committee on Southeast Asian Studies: £3690
Ryan Rabett (Recipient), 2008
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
British Academy Committee on Southeast Asian Studies: £2500
Ryan Rabett (Recipient), 2002
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
D.M. McDonald Grants and Awards Fund: £35,193
Ryan Rabett (Recipient), 2007
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
FIELD PROJECT: Northeast Algonquin Palaeo-Lake Environmental Assessment (Ontario, Canada)
Ryan Rabett (Recipient), 2011
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities 2014 2018
- 5 PhD external examination
Transitions to animal domestication in Southeast Asia: Zooarchaeological analysis of Cồn Cổ Ngựa and Mán Bạc, Vietnam
Ryan Rabett (Examiner)Activity: Examination types › PhD external examination
Late Pleistocene to mid-Holocene palaeoenvironments and human subsistence strategies in East Java: evidence from Song Terus and Braholo caves
Ryan Rabett (Examiner)Activity: Examination types › PhD external examination
INVESTIGATING PALAEODIETARY CHANGES FROM THE MESOLITHIC TO THE VIKING AGE IN THE LIMFJORD AREA IN NORTHERN DENMARK
Ryan Rabett (Examiner)Activity: Examination types › PhD external examination
Making sense of cave and open-air sites: A taphonomic investigation of inter-site and lithic assemblage variability and hunter-gatherer landscape use in peninsular and island Southeast Asia during the later stages of the late Pleistocene (c. 70-20 kya)
Ryan Rabett (Examiner)Activity: Examination types › PhD external examination
CERAMICS AND SOCIAL PRACTICES AT ILLE CAVE, PHILIPPINES
Ryan Rabett (Examiner)Activity: Examination types › PhD external examination