Cassandra Rowe
- cassandra.rowe@jcu.edu.au
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8938-5733- Senior Research Fellow
- Earth & Environmental Sciences
Projects
3
Publications
67
Awards
0
Contact Details
Research Fellow
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College of Science & Engineering. Nguma-bada Campus, JCU Cairns. Room D3.111.
Biography
Cassandra is a palaeoecologist and palynologist with experience working across northern Australia, Britain, Papua New Guinea and Southeast Asia. Her research focusses on long-term environmental dynamics and human-environmental relationships within monsoonal regions, understanding vegetation composition, distribution and change with emphasis on tropical-savanna landscapes, dry-rainforest associations, mangroves, and island flora. The application of environmental history to ecosystem conservation-management is an additional commitment. Cassandra’s interests have been pursued in collaboration with archaeological science, geochemistry, and Earth-system modelling, complemented by work in research support-tool database developments.
Cassandra joined JCU in 2015 having previously worked at a number of academic institutions, and with a background collaborating with museums, conservation NGOs and Indigenous organisations. Additional experience includes contract research in industry within Australia and overseas. Cassandra is based within the College of Science and Engineering, participating in projects based within the Northern Territory, and forms part of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage and ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures research teams. For further examples of project work refer to the Earth systems science BRIDGE program, the Archaeological Values of Marra Cultural Heritage, modern pollen-plant studies via VegeMap and the pollen morphology database APSA.
Links: Girraween Lagoon, collect your palaeoecology booklet, and join us for VegeMap citizen science.
Research
Research Interests
- Long-term tropical, monsoonal environmental variability
- Savanna composition and dynamics
- Fire regimes and biodiversity
- Cultural landscapes and people-plant relationships
- Environmental history applications to conservation and land management
Projects
Investigating the archaeological values of Marra cultural heritage sites (Old ID 31114)
01 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2027
Traps ‘n’ maps: collecting data today to better understand the past tomorrow. (Old ID 27767)
25 Jul 2022 - 31 Dec 2024
Teaching
Research Advisor Accreditation
Advisor Type
Primary
Research Advisor Accreditation
Role
Independent Academic
Taught Modules
2024
[EA2404] Earth's Climate: Past, Present and FutureLecturer, Coordinator
2025
2023
2025
[EA2404] Earth's Climate: Past, Present and FutureCoordinator, Lecturer
2026
2026
2026
[EA2404] Earth's Climate: Past, Present and FutureCoordinator, Lecturer
2024
Current JCU Research Students
Resolving the taxonomy of the Zeugodacus tau (pumpkin fruit fly) species complex
Doctor of Philosophy (Natural and Physical Sciences)
Completed JCU Research Students
Fire and environmental change in Northern Australian savannas during the holocene
Doctor of Philosophy (Society and Culture)- 2020
A reconstruction of the Holocene fire and environmental history from Kinrara Lagoon, North Queensland
Master of Philosophy (Natural and Physical Sciences)- 2024
Multi-proxy evidence of long-term environmental change in Northern Australia’s tropical savannas.;;
Doctor of Philosophy (Natural and Physical Sciences)- 2021
Girraween Lagoon: 155,000 Years of Climate and Vegetation Change
Doctor of Philosophy (Natural and Physical Sciences)- 2023
Beauty and Blemish: The environmental aesthetics of lichen in contemporary art practice.
Master of Philosophy (Creative Arts)- 2025
Activities
Outreach
Where Lakes Once Had Water
2020 - 2023
Past Environments Preserved in Pollen
2024 - 2024
Shine On Gimuy Deep Wisdom Conversations
2023 - 2023
How to tell the weather in the Ice Age
2019 - 2019
Media
Associations
Committees
Output
Rowe, Cassandra; Stevenson, Janelle; David, Bruno; Delannoy, Jean-Jacques; Proske, Ulrike (2026) 'Palynological pairing of archaeological rock shelter and swamp deposits on the Arnhem Plateau: Holocene ecological changes at Nawarla Gabarnmang and Swamp 7, Northern Territory'. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 35 :471-490. [DOI]
Journal Publication
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Hadeen, Xennephone; Rowe, Cassandra; Brand, Michael; Comley, Rainy; Das, Sourav; Wurster, Chris; Zwart, Costijn; Bird, Michael (2025) 'Comparing pollen and n-alkane carbon isotope records in a tropical lacustrine environment'. Quaternary Science Reviews, 351 . [DOI]
Rehn, Emma; Cadd, Haidee; Mooney, Scott; Cohen, Tim; Munack, Henry; Codilean, Alexandru; Adeleye, Matthew; Beck, Kristen K.; Constantine, Mark IV; Gouramanis, Chris; Hanson, Johanna M.; Jones, Penelope J.; Kershaw, A. Peter; Mackenzie, Lydia; Maisie, Maame; Mariani, Michela; Matley, Kia; McWethy, David; Mills, Keely; Moss, Patrick; Patton, Nicholas R.; Rowe, Cassandra; Stevenson, Janelle; Tibby, John; Wilmshurst, Janet (2025) 'The SahulCHAR collection: a palaeofire database for Australia, New Guinea, and New Zealand'. Earth System Science Data, 17 (6):2681-2692. [DOI]
Wall, Alex; Nguyen, Annie; Rowe, Cassandra; Boyd, Kelsey; Cadd, Haidee; McDermott, Imogen; Owens, Giselle; Perry, Tahlia; Steele, Serayah; Stevenson, Janelle (2025) 'Traps n' Maps: Developing a Palynological Monitoring Network across Australia'. Quaternary Australasia, 42 (1):30-36.
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Bird, Michael I.; Brand, Michael; Comley, Rainy; Hadeen, Xennephone; Jacobs, Zenobia; Rowe, Cassandra; Saltré, Frédérik; Wurster, Christopher M.; Zwart, Costijn; Bradshaw, Corey J.A. (2025) 'A 150,000-year lacustrine record of the Indo-Australian monsoon from northern Australia'. Quaternary Science Reviews, 366 . [DOI]
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Bird, Michael; Brand, Michael; Comley, Rainy; Hadeen, Xennephone; Munksgaard, Niels; Rowe, Cassandra; Wurster, Chris; Zwart, Costijn (2025) 'Holocene hydroclimate inferred from alkane isotope and pollen records from monsoonal northern Australia'. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 675 . [DOI]
Hunter, Lowell; Williams, Lorraine; Rowe, Cassandra; Lobo, Michele; Potter, Martin (2025) 'Immersive Realities in the “Place of Flowers” and Southern Sea Country, Australia: Slow Science, Artistic Visualizations, and Deep Time Stories of the Earth Otherwise'. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, . [DOI]
Sun, Weiwei; Zhang, Enlou; Rowe, Cassandra; Bird, Michael I. (2025) 'Holocene climate changes in tropical Australasia based on branched tetraether lipid evidence from Girraween Lagoon, northern Australia'. Catena, 256 . [DOI]
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Ulm, Sean; Mcniven, Ian J.; Summerhayes, Glenn R.; Wu, Pei-hua; Bunbury, Magdalena M.E.; Petchey, Fiona; Hua, Quan; Skelly, Robert; Lambrides, Ariana B.J.; Rowe, Cassandra; Lowe, Kelsey M.; Reepmeyer, Christian H.; Maclaurin, Cailey; Woo, Katherine G.P.; Harris, Matthew; Morgan, Sarah B.; Turner-Kose, Kayla L.; Slater, Sarah A.; Connelly, Joshua D.; Kneppers, Michael C.; Szabó, Katherine; Fairbairn, Andrew; Haberle, Simon G.; Hopf, Felicitas; Bultitude, Robert; Ash, Jeremy; Lewis, Stephen E.; Beaman, Robin J.; Leon, Javier Xavier; McDowell, Matthew C.; Potter, Martin; Connelly, Benjamin; Little, Chris; Jackson, Scott; McCarthy, John; Nothdurft, Luke D.; Zhao, Jian-xin; Bird, Michael I.; Felgate, Matthew W.; Cobus, Brian; Walmbaar Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC (2024) 'Early Aboriginal pottery production and offshore island occupation on Jiigurru (Lizard Island group), Great Barrier Reef, Australia'. Quaternary Science Reviews, 333 . [DOI]
Boyd, Kelsey C.; Cordova, Carlos E.; Cadd, Haidee R.; Rowe, Cassandra; Cohen, Tim J. (2024) 'Taxonomic and environmental significance of Poaceae and Cyperaceae phytoliths from the Northern Territory, Australia'. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 329 . [DOI]
Boyd, Kelsey; Cordova, Carlos; Cadd, Haidee; Rowe, Cassandra; Cohen, Tim (2024) 'Woody plant phytolith morphology and representation in surface sediments across the Northern Territory, Australia'. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 329 . [DOI]
Bird, Michael I.; Brand, Michael; Comley, Rainy; Fu, Xiao; Hadeen, Xennephone; Jacobs, Zenobia; Rowe, Cassandra; Wurster, Christopher M.; Zwart, Costijn; Bradshaw, Corey J.A. (2024) 'Late Pleistocene emergence of an anthropogenic fire regime in Australia’s tropical savannahs'. Nature Geoscience, 17 :233-240. [DOI]
Rowe, Cassandra; Brand, Michael; Wurster, Chris; Bird, Michael I. (2024) 'Vegetation changes through stadial and interstadial stages of MIS 4 and MIS 3 based on a palynological analysis of the Girraween Lagoon sediments of Darwin, Australia'. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 642 . [DOI]
Rowe, Cassandra; Ash, Jeremy; Brady, Liam M.; Wesley, Daryl; Evans, Shaun; Barrett, David (2023) 'Exploring palaeoecology in the Northern Territory: the Walanjiwurru rockshelter, vegetation dynamics and shifting social landscapes in Marra Country'. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 32 :405-414. [DOI]
Rivera-Araya, Maria; Rowe, Cassandra; Ulm, Sean; Bird, Michael I. (2023) 'A 33,000-year paleohydrological record from Sanamere Lagoon, north-eastern tropical savannas of Australia'. Quaternary Research, 113 :146-161. [DOI]
Rehn, Emma; Rowe, Cassandra; Ulm, Sean; Woodward, Craig; Zawadzki, Atun; Jacobsen, Geraldine; Bird, Michael I. (2022) 'Integrating charcoal morphology and stable carbon isotope analysis to identify non-grass elongate charcoal in tropical savannas'. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 31 (1):37-48. [DOI]
Rowe, Cassandra; Rehn, Emma; Brand, Michael; Hutley, Lindsay B.B.; Comley, Rainy; Levchenko, Vladimir; Zwart, Costijn; Wurster, Christopher M.M.; Bird, Michael I. (2022) 'Holocene climate-fire-vegetation feedbacks in tropical savannas: Insights from the Marura sinkhole, East Arnhem Land, northern Australia'. Journal of Vegetation Science, 33 (6). [DOI]
Ash, Jeremy; Bradley, John J.; Mialanes, Jerome; Brady, Liam M.; Evans, Shaun; Barrett, David; David, Bruno; Wesley, Daryl; Dotte-Sarout, Emilie; Rowe, Cassandra; Urwin, Chris; Manne, Tiina (2022) 'Marra philosophies of stone, and the stone artefacts of Walanjiwurru 1 rockshelter, Marra Country, northern Australia'. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 68 . [DOI]
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A radiocarbon chronology for Sanamere Lagoon, Cape York Peninsula, using multiple organic fractions
2022
Rivera Araya, Maria; Rowe, Cassandra; Levchenko, Vladimir; Ulm, Sean; Bird, Michael I. (2022) 'A radiocarbon chronology for Sanamere Lagoon, Cape York Peninsula, using multiple organic fractions'. Quaternary Geochronology, 70 . [DOI]
Rehn, Emma; Rowe, Cassandra; Ulm, Sean; Woodward, Craig; Bird, Michael (2021) 'A late-Holocene multiproxy fire record from a tropical savanna, eastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia'. The Holocene, 31 (5):870-883. [DOI]
Wurster, Christopher M.; Rowe, Cassandra; Zwart, Costijn; Sachse, Dirk; Levchenko, Vladimir; Bird, Michael I. (2021) 'Indigenous impacts on north Australian savanna fire regimes over the Holocene'. Scientific Reports, 11 (1). [DOI]
Rowe, Cassandra; Wurster, Christopher M.; Zwart, Costijn; Brand, Michael; Hutley, Lindsay B.; Levchenko, Vladimir; Bird, Michael I. (2021) 'Vegetation over the last glacial maximum at Girraween Lagoon, monsoonal northern Australia'. Quaternary Research, 102 :39-52.
Rehn, Emma; Rowe, Cassandra; Ulm, Sean; Gadd, Patricia; Zawadzki, Atun; Jacobsen, Geraldine; Woodward, Craig; Bird, Michael (2021) 'Multiproxy Holocene fire records from the tropical savannas of northern Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia'. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9 . [DOI]
Rowe, Cassandra; O'Connor, Sue; Balme, Jane (2020) 'An examination of rockshelter palynology: Carpenter's Gap 1, northwestern Australia'. The Holocene, 30 (8):1142-1154. [DOI]
Rowe, Cassandra; David, Bruno; Mialanes, Jerome; Ulm, Sean; Petchey, Fiona; Aird, Samantha; McNiven, Ian J.; Leavesley, Matthew; Richards, Thomas (2020) 'A Holocene record of savanna vegetation dynamics in southern lowland Papua New Guinea'. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 29 (1):1-14. [DOI]
Lambrides, Ariana B. J.; McNiven, Ian J.; Aird, Samantha J.; Lowe, Kelsey A.; Moss, Patrick; Rowe, Cassandra; Harris, Clair; Maclaurin, Cailey; Slater, Sarah A.; Carroll, Kylie; Cedar, Malia H.; Petchey, Fiona; Reepmeyer, Christian; Harris, Matthew; Charlie, Johnny; McGreen, Elaine; Baru, Phillip; Ulm, Sean (2020) 'Changing use of Lizard Island over the past 4000 years and
implications for understanding Indigenous offshore island use on the Great Barrier Reef'. Queensland Archaeological Research, 23 :43-109. [DOI]
Faulkner, Patrick; Thangavelu, Anbarasu; Ferguson, Redbird; Aird, Samantha J.; David, Bruno; Drury, Tanya; Rowe, Cassandra; Barker, Bryce; McNiven, Ian J.; Richards, Thomas; Leavesley, Matthew; Asmussen, Brit; Lamb, Lara; Ulm, Sean (2020) 'Middle to Late Holocene near-shore foraging strategies at Caution Bay, Papua New Guinea'. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 34 (Part A). [DOI]
Chua, Stephen; Switzer, Adam D.; Kearsey, Timothy; Bird, Michael I.; Rowe, Cassandra; Chiam, Kiefer; Horton, Benjamin P. (2020) 'A new Quaternary stratigraphy of the Kallang River Basin, Singapore: implications for urban development and geotechnical engineering in Singapore'. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 200 . [DOI]
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Bird, Michael I.; Brand, Michael; Diefendorf, Aaron F.; Haig, Jordahna L.; Hutley, Lindsay B.; Levchenko, Vladimir; Ridd, Peter V.; Rowe, Cassandra; Whinney, James; Wurster, Christopher M.; Zwart, Costijn (2019) 'Identifying the 'savanna' signature in lacustrine sediments in northern Australia'. Quaternary Science Reviews, 203 :233-247. [DOI]
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Rowe, Cassandra; Brand, Michael; Hutley, Lindsay B.; Zwart, Costijn; Wurster, Christopher; Levchenko, Vladimir; Bird, Michael (2019) 'Understanding Australian tropical savanna: environmental history from a pollen perspective'. Northern Territory Naturalist, 29 :2-11.
Rowe, Cassandra; Brand, Michael; Hutley, Lindsay B.; Wurster, Christopher; Zwart, Costijn; Levchenko, Vlad; Bird, Michael (2019) 'Holocene savanna dynamics in the seasonal tropics of northern Australia'. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 267 :17-31. [DOI]
David, Bruno; Jones-Amin, Holly; Richards, Thomas; Mialanes, Jerome; Asmussen, Brit; Petchey, Fiona; Aplin, Ken; Leavesley, Matthew; McNiven, Ian J.; Zetzmann, Camille; Rowe, Cassandra; Skelly, Robert; Jenkins, Robyn; Faulkner, Patrick; Ulm, Sean (2016) 'Ruisasi 1 and the earliest evidence of mass-produced ceramics in Caution Bay (Port Moresby Region), Papua New Guinea'. Journal of Pacific Archaeology, 7 (1):41-60.
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Stevenson, Janelle; Brockwell, Sally; Rowe, Cassandra; Proske, Ulrike; Shiner, Justin (2015) 'The palaeoenvironmental history of Big Willum Swamp, Weipa: an environmental context for the archaeological record'. Australian Archaeology, 80 :17-31. [DOI]
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David, Bruno; Mialanes, Jérôme; Petchey, Fiona; Aplin, Ken; Geneste, Jean-Michel; Skelly, Robert; Rowe, Cassandra (2015) 'Archaeological investigations at Waredaru and the origins of the Keipte Kuyumen clan estate, upper Kikori River, Papua New Guinea'. Paleo, 26 :33-57.
Rowe, Cassandra (2015) 'Late Holocene swamp transition in the Torres Strait, northern tropical Australia'. Quaternary International, 385 :56-68. [DOI]
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Three reconstructed Lapita plainware pots from Caution Bay, south coast of mainland Papua New Guinea
2013
David, Bruno; McNiven, Ian J.; Jones-Amin, Holly; Connaughton, Sean P.; Parkinson, Charles; Rowe, Cassandra; Richards, Thomas; Leavesley, Matthew; Barker, Bryce; Mandui, Herman; Campanelli, Gisella; Flood, Nick (2013) 'Three reconstructed Lapita plainware pots from Caution Bay, south coast of mainland Papua New Guinea'. University of Otago Studies in Archaeology, 25 :157-170.
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Rowe, Cassandra; McNiven, Ian J.; David, Bruno; Richards, Thomas; Leavesley, Matthew (2013) 'Holocene pollen records from Caution Bay, southern mainland Papua New Guinea'. Holocene, 23 (8):1130-1142. [DOI]
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David, Bruno; Barker, Bryce; Petchey, Fiona; Delannoy, Jean-Jacques; Geneste, Jean-Michel; Rowe, Cassandra; Eccleston, Mark; Lamb, Lara; Whear, Ray (2013) 'A 28,000 year old excavated painted rock from Nawarla Gabarnmang'. Journal of Archaeological Science, 40 (5):2493-25011. [DOI]
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Ash, Jeremy; Faulkner, Patrick; Brady, Liam; Rowe, Cassandra (2013) 'Morphometric reconstructions and size variability analysis of the surf clam, Atactodea (=Paphies) striata, from Muralag 8, southwestern Torres Strait, northern Australia'. Australian Archaeology, 77 :82-93.
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Petchey, Fiona; Ulm, Sean; David, Bruno; McNiven, Ian J.; Asmussen, Brit; Tomkins, Helene; Dolby, Nic; Aplin, Ken; Richards, Thomas; Rowe, Cassandra; Leavesley, Matthew; Mandui, Herman (2013) 'High-resolution radiocarbon dating of marine materials in archaeological contexts: radiocarbon marine reservoir variability between Anadara, Gafrarium, Batissa, Polymesoda spp. and Echinoidea at Caution Bay, Southern Coastal Papua New Guinea'. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 5 (1):69-80. [DOI]
Petchey, Fiona; Ulm, Sean; David, Bruno; McNiven, Ian J.; Asmussen, Brit; Tomkins, Helene; Richards, Thomas; Rowe, Cassandra; Leavesley, Matthew; Mandui, Herman; Stanisic, John (2012) '14C marine reservoir variability in herbivores and deposit-feeding gastropods from an open coastline, Papua New Guinea'. Radiocarbon, 54 (3-4):967-978.
David, Bruno; Lamb, Lara; Delannoy, Jean-Jacques; Pivoru, Frank; Rowe, Cassandra; Pivoru, Max; Frank, Tony; Frank, Nick; Fairbairn, Andrew; Pivoru, Ruth (2012) 'Poromoi Tamu and the case of the drowning village: history lost places and the stories we tell'. International Journal of Historical Archaeology, 16 (2):319-345. [DOI]
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McNiven, Ian; David, Bruno; Richards, Thomas; Rowe, Cassandra; Leavesley, Matthew; Mialanes, Jerome; Connaughton, Sean P.; Barker, Bryce; Aplin, Ken; Asmussen, Brit; Faulkner, Patrick; Ulm, Sean (2012) 'Lapita on the south coast of Papua New Guinea: challenging new horizons in Pacific archaeology'. Australian Archaeology, 75 (1):16-22. [DOI]
David, Bruno; Geneste, Jean-Michel; Whear, Ray; Delannoy, Jean-Jacques; Katherine, Margaret; Gunn, Ben; Clarkson, Christopher; Hugues, Plisson; Lee, Preston; Petchey, Fiona; Rowe, Cassandra; Barker, Bryce; Lamb, Lara; Miller, Wes; Hoerlé, Stéphane; James, Daniel; Boche, Élisa; Aplin, Ken; Mcniven, Ian; Richards, Thomas; Fairbairn, Andrew; Matthews, Jacqueline (2011) 'Nawarla Gabarmang, a 45,180±910 cal BP site in Jawoyn Country, Southeast Arnhem Land Plateau'. Australian Archaeology, 73 :73-77.
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David, Bruno; McNiven, Ian J.; Richards, Thomas; Connaughton, Sean P.; Leavesley, Matthew; Barker, Bryce; Rowe, Cassandra (2011) 'Lapita sites in the Central Province of mainland Papua New Guinea'. World Archaeology, 43 (4):576-593. [DOI]
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David, Bruno; Geneste, Jean-Michel; Aplin, Ken; Delannoy, Jean-Jacques; Araho, Nick; Clarkson, Chris; Connell, Kate; Haberle, Simon; Barker, Bryce; Lamb, Lara; Stanisic, John; Fairbairn, Andrew; Skelly, Robert; Rowe, Cassandra (2010) 'Emo Site (OAC), Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea: resolving long standing questions of antiquity and implications for the history of the ancestral Hiri maritime trade'. Australian Archaeology, 70 :38-54.
Rowe, Cassandra (2008) 'Holocene vegetation change on Mua'. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, Cultural Heritage Series, 4 (2):469-480.
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Power, M.J.; Marlon, J.; Ortiz, N.; Bartlein, P.J.; Harrison, S.P.; Mayle, F.E.; Ballouche, A.; Bradshaw, R.H.W.; Carcaillet, C.; Cordova, C.; Mooney, S.; Moreno, P.I.; Prentice, I.C.; Thonicke, K.; Tinner, W.; Whitlock, C.; Zhang,, Y.; Zhao, Y.; Ali, A.A.; Anderson, R.S.; Beer, R.; Behling, H.; Briles, C.; Brown, K.J.; Brunelle, A.; Bush, M.; Camill, P.; Chu, G.Q.; Clark, J.; Colombaroli, D.; Connor, S.; Daniau, A.L.; Daniels, M.; Dodson, J.; Doughty, E.; Edwards, M.E.; Finsinger, W.; Foster, D.; Frechette, J.; Gaillard, M.J.; Gavin, D.G.; Gobet, E.; Haberle, S.; Hallett, D.J.; Higuera, P.; Hope, G.; Horn, S.; Inoue, J.; Kaltenrieder, P.; Kennedy, L.; Kong, Z.C.; Larsen, C.; Long, C.J.; Lynch, J.; Lynch, E.A.; McGlone, M.; Meeks, S.; Mensing, S.; Meyer, G.; Minckley, T.; Mohr, J.; Nelson, D.M.; New, J.; Newnham, R.; Noti, R.; Oswald, W.; Pierce, J.; Richard, P.J.H.; Rowe, C.; Sanchez Goñi, M.F.; Shuman, B.N.; Takahara, H.; Toney, J.; Turney, C.; Urrego-Sanchez, D.H.; Umbanhowar, C.; Vandergoes, M.; Vanniere, B.; Vescovi, E.; Walsh, M.; Wang, X.; Williams, N.; Wilmshurst, J.; Zhang, J.H. (2008) 'Changes in fire regimes since the Last Glacial Maximum: an assessment based on a global synthesis and analysis of charcoal data'. Climate Dynamics, 30 (7-8):887-907. [DOI]
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Rowe, Cassandra (2007) 'Vegetation change following mid-Holocene marine transgression of the Torres Strait shelf: a record from the island of Mua, northern Australia'. Holocene, 17 (7):927-937. [DOI]
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Crouch, Joe; McNiven, Ian J.; David, Bruno; Rowe, Cassandra; Weisler, Marshall (2007) 'Berberass: marine resource specialisation and environmental change in Torres Strait during the last 4000 years'. Archaeology in Oceania, 42 (2):49-62. [DOI]
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Rowe, Cassandra (2007) 'Palynological investigation of Holocene vegetation change in Torres Strait, seasonal tropics of northern Australia'. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 251 (1):83-103. [DOI]
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Rowe, Cassandra; Stanisic, John; David, Bruno; Lourandos, Harry (2001) 'The helicinid land snail Pleuropoma extincta (Odhner, 1917) as an environmental indicator in archaeology'. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 46 (2):741-770.
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Rowe, Cassandra; Fraser, Rebecca; Harrison, Sandy; Dodson, John (2007) 'The QUAVIDA synergy: quaternary fire, vegetation and climate change in Australasia' Quaternary International, 167-168 (Suppl) :355-355.
Harrison, Sandy P.; Zhao, Yan; Rowe, Cassandra; Marshall, Andrew (2007) 'Climates, fire regimes and vegetation patterns of Australia during the past 70,000 years: observations and model results' Quaternary International, 167-168 :156-156.
Rowe, Cassandra; Haberle, Simon G.; Hope, Geoffrey S.; Hungerford, Stuart; Buchhorn, Markus (2007) 'The Australasian Pollen and Spore Atlas: a new online relational database' Quaternary International, 167-168 (Suppl) :355-355.
A holocene history of vegetation change in the western Torres Strait region, Queensland, Australia
2006
Rowe, Cassandra (2006) 'A holocene history of vegetation change in the western Torres Strait region, Queensland, Australia' Quaternary Australasia, 24 (1) :14-15.
Journal Contribution
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Rowe, Cassandra; Stevenson, Janelle; Connor, Simon; Adeleye, Matthew (2022) 'Fire and the transformation of Landscapes' In: Rowe, Cassandra, Stevenson, Janelle, Connor, Simon, and Adeleye, Matthew (2022) Fire and the transformation of Landscapes. In: McNiven, Ian J., and David, Bruno, (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Indigenous Australia and New Guinea. Oxford Handbooks . Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, C12.S1-C12.S15(Eds.). The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Indigenous Australia and New Guinea. Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press. [DOI]
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David, Bruno; Richards, Thomas; Mcniven, Ian; Aplin, Ken; Petchey, Fiona; Szabó, Katherine; Mialanes, Jerome; Rowe, Cassandra; Barker, Bryce; Connaughton, Sean P.; Leavesley, Matthew; Mandui, Herman; Jennings, Chris (2022) 'Tanamu 1: A 5000 year sequence from Caution Bay' In: David, Bruno, Richards, Thomas, Mcniven, Ian, Aplin, Ken, Petchey, Fiona, Szabó, Katherine, Mialanes, Jerome, Rowe, Cassandra, Barker, Bryce, Connaughton, Sean P., Leavesley, Matthew, Mandui, Herman, and Jennings, Chris (2022) Tanamu 1: A 5000 year sequence from Caution Bay. In: David, Bruno, Szabó, Katherine, Leavesley, Matthew, McNiven, Ian J., Ash, Jeremy, and Richards, Thomas, (eds.) The Archaeology of Tanamu 1: A Pre-Lapita to Post-Lapita Site from Caution Bay, South Coast of Mainland Papua New Guinea. Caution Bay Studies in Archaeology, 2 . Archaeopress, Oxford, United Kingdom(Eds.). The Archaeology of Tanamu 1: A Pre-Lapita to Post-Lapita Site from Caution Bay, South Coast of Mainland Papua New Guinea. Oxford, United Kingdom : Archaeopress.
David, Bruno; Aplin, Ken; Rowe, Cassandra; Leavesley, Matthew; Szabó, Katherine; Richards, Thomas; Mcniven, Ian; Petchey, Fiona; Mandui, Herman (2022) 'Emerging out of Lapita at Caution Bay' In: David, Bruno, Aplin, Ken, Rowe, Cassandra, Leavesley, Matthew, Szabó, Katherine, Richards, Thomas, Mcniven, Ian, Petchey, Fiona, and Mandui, Herman (2022) Emerging out of Lapita at Caution Bay. In: David, Bruno, Szabó, Katherine, Leavesley, Matthew, McNiven, Ian J., Ash, Jeremy, and Richards, Thomas, (eds.) The Archaeology of Tanamu 1: A Pre-Lapita to Post-Lapita Site from Caution Bay, South Coast of Mainland Papua New Guinea. Caution Bay Studies in Archaeology, 2 . Archaeopress, Oxford, United Kingdom, pp. 1-12(Eds.). The Archaeology of Tanamu 1: A Pre-Lapita to Post-Lapita Site from Caution Bay, South Coast of Mainland Papua New Guinea. Oxford, United Kingdom : Archaeopress.
David, Bruno; Aplin, Ken; Peck, Helene; Skelly, Robert; Leavesley, Matthew; Mialanes, Jerome; Szabó, Katherine; Koppel, Brent; Petchey, Fiona; Richards, Thomas; Ulm, Sean; Mcniven, Ian J.; Rowe, Cassandra; Aird, Samantha J.; Faulkner, Patrick; Ford, Anne (2019) 'Moiapu 3: Settlement on Moiapu Hill at the very end of Lapita, Caution Bay hinterland' In: David, Bruno, Aplin, Ken, Peck, Helene, Skelly, Robert, Leavesley, Matthew, Mialanes, Jerome, Szabó, Katherine, Koppel, Brent, Petchey, Fiona, Richards, Thomas, Ulm, Sean, Mcniven, Ian J., Rowe, Cassandra, Aird, Samantha J., Faulkner, Patrick, and Ford, Anne (2019) Moiapu 3: Settlement on Moiapu Hill at the very end of Lapita, Caution Bay hinterland. In: Bedford, Stuart, and Spriggs, Matthew, (eds.) Debating Lapita: Distribution, Chronology, Society and Subsistence. Terra Australis, 52 . ANU Press, Canberra, ACT, Australia, pp. 61-88(Eds.). Debating Lapita: Distribution, Chronology, Society and Subsistence. Canberra, ACT, Australia : ANU Press. [DOI]
Aplin, Ken; Rowe, Cassandra; Peck, Helene; Asmussen, Brit; Ulm, Sean; Faulkner, Patrick; Richards, Thomas (2016) 'The natural setting of Caution Bay: climate, landforms, biota, and environmental zones' In: Aplin, Ken, Rowe, Cassandra, Peck, Helene, Asmussen, Brit, Ulm, Sean, Faulkner, Patrick, and Richards, Thomas (2016) The natural setting of Caution Bay: climate, landforms, biota, and environmental zones. In: Richards, Thomas, David, Bruno, Aplin, Ken, and McNiven, Ian J., (eds.) Archaeological Research at Caution Bay, Papua New Guinea: cultural, linguistic and environmental setting. Caution Bay Studies in Archaeology, 1 . Archaeopress, Oxford, UK, pp. 75-111(Eds.). Archaeological Research at Caution Bay, Papua New Guinea: cultural, linguistic and environmental setting. Oxford, UK : Archaeopress.
David, Bruno; Richards, Thomas; McNiven, Ian; Mialanes, Jerome; Aplin, Ken; Petchey, Fiona; Peck, Helene; Asmussen, Brit; Ulm, Sean; Szabó, Katherine; Jones-Amin, Holly; Faulkner, Patrick; Perrette, Claire; Rowe, Cassandra; Leavesley, Matthew; Barker, Bryce (2016) 'The Caution Bay Project field and laboratory methods' In: David, Bruno, Richards, Thomas, McNiven, Ian, Mialanes, Jerome, Aplin, Ken, Petchey, Fiona, Peck, Helene, Asmussen, Brit, Ulm, Sean, Szabó, Katherine, Jones-Amin, Holly, Faulkner, Patrick, Perrette, Claire, Rowe, Cassandra, Leavesley, Matthew, and Barker, Bryce (2016) The Caution Bay Project field and laboratory methods. In: Richards, Thomas, David, Bruno, Aplin, Ken, and McNiven, Ian J., (eds.) Archaeological Research at Caution Bay, Papua New Guinea: cultural, linguistic and environmental setting. Caution Bay Studies in Archaeology, 1 . Archaeopress, Oxford, UK, pp. 145-175(Eds.). Archaeological Research at Caution Bay, Papua New Guinea: cultural, linguistic and environmental setting. Oxford, UK : Archaeopress.
McNiven, Ian J.; David, Bruno; Aplin, Ken; Mialanes, Jerome; Asmussen, Brit; Ulm, Sean; Faulkner, Patrick; Rowe, Cassandra; Richards, Thomas (2012) 'Terrestrial engagements by terminal Lapita maritime specialists on the southern Papuan coast' In: McNiven, Ian J., David, Bruno, Aplin, Ken, Mialanes, Jerome, Asmussen, Brit, Ulm, Sean, Faulkner, Patrick, Rowe, Cassandra, and Richards, Thomas (2012) Terrestrial engagements by terminal Lapita maritime specialists on the southern Papuan coast. In: Haberle, Simon G., and David, Bruno, (eds.) Peopled Landscapes: archaeological and biogeographic approaches to landscapes. Terra Australis, 34 . ANU E Press, Canberra, ACT, Australia, pp. 121-156(Eds.). Peopled Landscapes: archaeological and biogeographic approaches to landscapes. Canberra, ACT, Australia : ANU E Press.
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Lourandos, Harry; David, Bruno; Roche, Nicola; Rowe, Cassandra; Holden, Angela; Clarke, Simon J. (2012) 'Hay Cave: a 30,000-year cultural sequence from the Mitchell-Palmer limestone zone, north Queensland, Australia' In: Lourandos, Harry, David, Bruno, Roche, Nicola, Rowe, Cassandra, Holden, Angela, and Clarke, Simon J. (2012) Hay Cave: a 30,000-year cultural sequence from the Mitchell-Palmer limestone zone, north Queensland, Australia. In: Haberle, Simon G., and David, Bruno, (eds.) Peopled Landscapes: archaeological and biogeographic approaches to landscapes. Terra Australis, 34 . ANU E Press, Canberra, ACT, Australia, pp. 27-63(Eds.). Peopled Landscapes: archaeological and biogeographic approaches to landscapes. Canberra, ACT, Australia : ANU E Press.
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Rowe, Cassandra (2012) 'Modern surface pollen from the Torres Strait Islands: exploring north Australian vegetation heterogeneity' In: Rowe, Cassandra (2012) Modern surface pollen from the Torres Strait Islands: exploring north Australian vegetation heterogeneity. In: Haberle, Simon G., and David, Bruno, (eds.) Peopled Landscapes: archaeological and biogeographic approaches to landscape. Terra Australis, 34 . ANU E Press, Canberra, ACT, Australia, pp. 413-434(Eds.). Peopled Landscapes: archaeological and biogeographic approaches to landscape. Canberra, ACT, Australia : ANU E Press.
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Rowe, Cassandra; Kershaw, Peter (2008) 'Microbotanical remains in landscape archaeology' In: Rowe, Cassandra, and Kershaw, Peter (2008) Microbotanical remains in landscape archaeology. In: David, Bruno, and Thomas, James, (eds.) Handbook of Landscape Archaeology. Left Coast Press, California, pp. 430-441(Eds.). Handbook of Landscape Archaeology. California : Left Coast Press.
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Rowe, Cassandra (2006) 'Landscapes in western Torres Strait history' In: Rowe, Cassandra (2006) Landscapes in western Torres Strait history. In: David, Bruno, Barker, Bryce, and McNiven, Ian, (eds.) The Social Archaeology of Indigenous Societies. Aboriginal Studies Press, Canberra, ACT, pp. 270-287(Eds.). The Social Archaeology of Indigenous Societies. Canberra, ACT : Aboriginal Studies Press.
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