Dr Aubrey Parke - A lifetime of Archaeological Research
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On August 29th we will be launching "Degei's Descendants: spirits, place and people in pre-Cession Fiji" by the late Dr Aubrey Parke (Terra Australis 41, ANU Press). Dr Parke finished this, his PhD, shortly before his death in 2007 in his eighty-second year. He was the second oldest person to…
CAR Seminar Series: Dr Philip Hughes and Dr Marjorie Sullivan - Roxby Dunefield S. Australia research
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When BHP Billiton proposed an extension to its Olympic Dam mine in northern SA, all the parties involved agreed that the archaeological survey/salvage program should be undertaken as a research-oriented program. The archaeological mitigation and research study covered 600 km2 of sandridge and…
WARLPIRI DRAWINGS at the National Museum of Australia - curated by Dr Melinda Hinkson
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WARLPIRI DRAWINGS at the National Museum of Australia - curated by Dr Melinda Hinkson A fabulous exhibition at the the National Museum of Australia has been curated by Dr Melinda Hinkson from SAA. This exhibition was curated for the National Museum of Australia by Dr Melinda Hinkson, Australian…
WARLPIRI DRAWINGS at the National Museum of Australia - curated by Dr Melinda Hinkson
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WARLPIRI DRAWINGS at the National Museum of Australia - curated by Dr Melinda Hinkson A fabulous exhibition at the the National Museum of Australia has been curated by Dr Melinda Hinkson from SAA. This exhibition was curated for the National Museum of Australia by Dr Melinda Hinkson, Australian…
The power of written words: Constructing identity in the early Bunun Christian Church
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Written words in vernacular have deep intimacy with identity and pride among the Bunun indigenous society of Taiwan. The Bunun believe they had a glorious past when they still held the written words and were the original owners of vast tracts of land. However, these invaluable written words were…
CAR Seminar Series: A tale of two caves, or, why was our species so successful at colonising new environments?
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There has been much recent discussion on the nature of 'behavioural modernity': how can it be defined? How can archaeologists recognise it? When, where, how and why did it develop? And is it, in case, a useful concept for us to apply to the archaeological record of Homo sapiens and contemporary…