PLACE MODELLING FOR ABORIGINAL COMMUNITIES, ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNERS AND DEVELOPMENT

Turnstone Archaeology has been working to evolve an exciting new predictive model for eastern Queensland.  The process, called Predictive Landscape and Cultural Environments (PLACE) modelling, has attracted considerable interest from several Aboriginal communities and government organisations.  The process, partly uses Regional Ecosystems as a basis for site prediction, but also has developed a wide matrix of air photography, archaeological, ethnographical, historical and environmental data bases to reconstruct Aboriginal landscapes, including some lost under modern cities and other land use.

The model is still being evolved but has attracted interest from councils, regional planners, government departments and Aboriginal communities across Queensland.