Lost Mines: The Troubled Legacies of Former Mining Landscapes is a project funded by the ARC to investigate how historic gold mining activities have left a toxic legacy of mercury in Victoria. The project integrates historical archaeology, environmental humanities and environmental science in order to document the spatial distribution of contaminants and novel ways of […]
External event presented by National Archaeology Week (NAW) in partnership with Australia ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites). What are the key issues driving change for archaeology and World Heritage? 'Heritage Changes' is the theme of the ICOMOS General Assembly and Scientific Symposium (GA2023) to be held in Sydney from 1-9 September 2023. It […]
External event presented by National Archaeology Week (NAW) in partnership with the Royal Australian Historical Society. Rivers are cultural artefacts transformed by human intervention. In Australia a significant influence on rivers has been the effect of mining. Miners dammed and diverted rivers for water supply and then choked them with the sand, gravel and silt […]
External event presented by National Archaeology Week (NAW) in partnership with the Australian Archaeological Association. In this talk Peter Veth outlines his current research to identify and profile the early and successful settlement of the Australian deserts. He presents new data and evidence from sites located in the vast north-west rangelands extending from Ningaloo, through […]
Artefact Heritage Services is proud to host the latest edition of SHAP - the Sydney Historical Archaeology Practitioners Workshop. The theme of the 2023 Sydney Historical Archaeology Practitioners workshop is ‘Something New’ - recent historical archaeological discoveries and innovations. A dynamic program of speakers is currently being curated featuring heritage professionals from both government and […]
ICOMOS GA2023 Dates: 31 August – 9 September 2023 Venue: International Convention Centre (ICC Sydney) right in the heart of Sydney Audience: Expected up to 1,500 professionals from across the globe representing heritage, archaeology, historians, urban planning, architects and academia just to name a few, providing unrivalled access to high-calibre specialist knowledge and delivering a boost to‘grass roots’ […]
The International Committee on Archaeological Heritage Management (ICAHM) and the Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology (ASHA) are happy to announce that they will be co-hosting a workshop as an official side event of the ICOMOS GA 2023 in Sydney. The ASHA-ICAHM 1 day Workshop will be held at The Big Dig Archaeology Resource Centre, The […]
