Centre for Archaeological Research Seminar Series
Contacts
Semester 2, 2024 Schedule
The Centre for Archaeological Research (CAR) Seminar is co-convened by Anna Florin (anna.florin@anu.edu.au) and Ben Shaw (Ben.Shaw@anu.edu.au) in 2024.
The seminars in 2024 Semester 2 are all on Fridays, 3:30pm-4:30pm. Please see the schedule below:
26th July
Prof Tim Denham, 'The domestication of vegetatively propagated field crops: Theory, method and practice'
Location: Sir Roland Wilson Building 3.03/04 (Seminar Room 2/3)
9th August
Assoc. Prof. Ray Tobler, ’The genetic origins and impacts of historical Papuan migrations into Wallaceae’
Location: Sir Roland Wilson Building 3.03/04 (Seminar Room 2/3)
23rd August
Prof. Phil Piper, 'Vietnam’s Role in Understanding Settlement and Social Change in Mainland Southeast Asia from c. 5000 – 3500 BP'
Location: Sir Roland Wilson Building 3.03/04 (Seminar Room 2/3)
20th September
Assoc. Prof. Cate Frieman, ‘Kin and connections: Bodies and relations in archaeology and ancient genetics’
Location: Sir Roland Wilson Building 3.03/04 (Seminar Room 2/3)
18th October
Dr Shimona Kealy, 'The earliest multi-island obsidian exchange network and exciting discoveries from Wetar Island, Indonesia'
Dr Shimona Kealy, 'The earliest multi-island obsidian exchange network and exciting discoveries from Wetar Island, Indonesia'
Location: Sir Roland Wilson Building 3.03/04 (Seminar Room 2/3)
25th October
Dr Sofia Samper-Carro, ’Neanderthal lifeways on the dark side of the Pre-Pyrenees’
Location: Sir Roland Wilson Building 3.03/04 (Seminar Room 2/3)
No events in this series are currently scheduled. Details of future events will be posted as they become available.
Past events
Neanderthal lifeways on the dark side of the Pre-Pyrenees
25 Oct 2024
Neanderthals were the first extinct human relative to become known to science and have an iconic significance in human evolution. Recent research has clarified...The earliest multi-island obsidian exchange network and exciting discoveries from Wetar Island, Indonesia
18 Oct 2024
Our species embarked on the world’s first great maritime journey from Sunda (greater Southeast Asia) to Sahul (greater Australia) at least 50,000 years ago. In...Kin and Connection: bodies and relations in archaeology and ancient genetics
20 Sep 2024
Kin and Connection: bodies and relations in archaeology and ancient genetics In conjunction with more precise absolute dating, biomolecular data (ie, aDNA,...Vietnam’s Role in Understanding Settlement and Social Change in Mainland Southeast Asia from c. 5000 – 3500 BP.
23 Aug 2024
Vietnam’s Role in Understanding Settlement and Social Change in Mainland Southeast Asia from c. 5000 – 3500 BP. Vietnam possesses some of the best-preserved...The genetic origins and impacts of historical Papuan migrations into Wallacea
9 Aug 2024
The Wallacean archipelago is a renowned hotspot for human linguistic and genetic diversity, testimony to a deep history that spans more than 50,000 years. Like...The domestication of vegetatively propagated field crops: Theory, method and practice
26 Jul 2024
Vegetatively propagated field crops are some of the most important in terms of global food production, and are especially important subsistence crops in the...Towards an Australian Ochre Charter: Australian Indigenous Community Archaeologies from Within
28 Jun 2024
Towards an Australian Ochre Charter: Australian Indigenous Community Archaeologies from Within A presentation by Dave Johnston on his proposed PhD Research (...Understanding the appearance of ceramics on mainland New Guinea: Outline of recent research
24 May 2024
Over the last 15 years archaeological research on the north coast and inland areas of mainland New Guinea and offshore islands has produced interesting...Prof David Wengrow: What might an archaeology of freedom look like?
20 May 2024
What might an archaeology of freedom look like? In The Dawn of Everything, David Graeber and I describe three basic forms of human freedom: to move away, to...The Rite to know: Pushing for an archaeology of rituals in Central-East Polynesia
17 May 2024
The archaeology of ceremonial sites (marae) has been a focus of the discipline in Central-East Polynesia since the late 19th century. Pioneer work by K.P....
