Histories of Archaeology Conference
Conference
Conference Cancellation Owing to the issues surrounding the spread of the COVID-19 virus, we have had to cancel this conference. We are currently working on rescheduling it for a later date, please get in touch with admin.cbap@anu.edu.au if you have any further questions. On 23–27…
The Masks of Mer - Documentary about the first ethnographic film made by Alfred Haddon the the Torres Strait Island of Mer in 1898
Performance
This is the story of a film - a film shot over a hundred years ago, lasting for less than a minute, but a visual document whose uniqueness transcends the long age and short duration.In 1888 the young biologist Alfred Haddon undertook a research trip to the islands in the Torres Strait between New…
Golson Lecture 2018
Lecture
Revolutions in understanding: a history of archaeological thought and radiocarbon dating Archaeology can be characterised in some ways as a very young discipline. The Cambridge academic Glyn Daniel suggested that archaeology "started again" in 1950 with the introduction of the technique…
CBAP 2018 Annual Conference
Conference
The Collective Biography of Archaeology in the Pacific A Hidden History Monday 26th March, 9am - 5pm Tuesday 27th March, 9am - 5pm This two day conference will present the current research and future plans of the ARC Project “The Collective Biography of Archaeology in the Pacific (CBAP)” Team,…
The Backward looking curiosity - the History of Archaeology
Other
Presented by The Collective Biography of Archaeology in the Pacific (CBAP) ARC Laureate Project To understand the history of archaeology is one way to understand ourselves. Brian Fagan explores the history of archaeology from its beginnings in epic searches for fossil ancestors and lost…
Eighth Lapita Conference
Other
For the Eighth conference we want in the formal sessions to get back to Lapita 'basics' and the original intention of the Lapita conference series to focus on Lapita itself, as well as what came immediately before and immediately after it in the Western Pacific. There are now several conference…
Plausibility and Tradition. Why the history of Archaeology matters
Other
Tim Murray is Charles La Trobe Professor of Archaeology at La Trobe University. A practicing archaeologist with an interest in history and epistemology, his research and publication has focused on the history and philosophy of archaeology, the archaeology of the modern world, and heritage…