Semester 2, 2026
The Centre for Archaeological Research (CAR) Seminar Series is convened by Dr Anna Florin (Anna.Florin@anu.edu.au), Rob Henderson (Robert.Henderson@anu.edu.au) and Natasha Lyall (Natasha.Lyall@anu.edu.au).
Seminars are held on Fridays, 3:30pm-4:30pm, in AD Hope building Conference Room (Rm 1.28) and online via Zoom. See PDF and individual events for more details.
- July 31
Dr Tristen Jones, University of Sydney
Exploring Indigenous histories and cross-cultural collecting encounters in German art, archival and material culture collections: The Agnes S Schulz and Frobenius Expedition to Arnhem Land, Australia 1954-1995
- August 7
Makayla Harding, University of Queensland
People-plant relationship histories on Mithaka Country, southwest QLD: Building an archaeobotanical framework to investigate food production in Aboriginal Australia
- August 19 - 6 pm (check event for more details)
CAS/CAR Science Week - Prof. Ali Crowther, University of Queensland
Stepping Stones in the Indian Ocean: New Archaeological Evidence for Trade and Interaction in the Comoros Archipelago, East Africa
- August 28
Assoc. Prof. Danilyn Rutherford, Wenner-Gren Foundation
Reckoning with Anthro-Cast: A Progress Report from the Wenner-Gren Foundation
- September 25
Assoc. Prof. Duncan Wright (co-author: Alo Tapim, Senior Traditional Owner, Meriam Daureb) - School of Archaeology & Anthropology, CASS
Ritual Places, Ancestral Knowledge, and the Archaeological History of the Torres Strait Meriam Dauareb People
- October 9
Honours Students - School of Archaeology & Anthropology, CASS
Honours Student Short Talks
- October 23
Dr Stacey Ward, School of Archaeology & Anthropology, CASS
Personhood and Power at Late Prehistoric Non Ban Jak, Northeast Thailand
File attachments
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Contact
- Dr Anna Florin
Past Events
A Late Quaternary faunal sequence from Lachitu Cave, PNG: Advances in understanding biodiversity and human subsistence in the northern New Guinea lowlands
Dr Loukas Koungoulos (ANU College of Asia and the Pacific)
The cave site of Lachitu (RIQ) on the Vanimo coast of New Guinea preserves a large faunal assemblage covering the last few centuries to ~30,000 years…
Uncovering Kuwae’s Past: recent fieldwork on Epi Island, Vanuatu
Robert Henderson (PhD candidate at ANU College of Asia & the Pacific)
In the fifteenth century CE, a massive volcanic eruption on the island of Kuwae reshaped the physical and social landscapes of Central Vanuatu. The…
Palaeocological insights into the causes and consequences of Late Quaternary megafauna extinction in Asia and Australia
Prof. Simon Haberle (ANU School of Culture, History and Language)
Palaeoecological Insights into the Causes and Consequences of Mid-Late Quaternary Megafauna Extinction in Asia and Australia Mid-Late Quaternary…