David Frankel has written a great blog featuring Judy Birmingham on the AAIA website. It deals with historical archaeology and has some really great photos. The link is below if you would like to check it out https://aaia.sydney.edu.au/judy-birmingham-impressions-and-influences/
While ASHA is celebrating its 50th this year one of its founders, Judy Birmingham, is celebrating her 90th. Judy arrived in Australia in 1961 as a specialist in Mediterranean and West Asian archaeology appointed on the recommendation of Max Mallowan. In less than a decade she was participating in the beginnings of Australian historical archaeology, …
50 years ago, on the 26th November 1970, the first Australian Society for Historical Archaeology (ASHA) meeting was held at the University of Sydney. That evening, ASHA was founded to promote the study of historical archaeology in Australia. In 1991, the Society was expanded to include New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific region, and its name …
The next ASHA Sydney reading group will be held on Thursday evening, 14 March. However, for the first time you can attend online via Zoom Meeting. This will be particularly useful for ASHA members who live outside of Sydney but who want to join in the conversation. The topic will be the articles in most …
On 26 September 2018, ASHA held a workshop on Artefact Identification and Analysis as part of the 2018 ASHA/AIMA Conference in Parramatta. There was a good turnout of members, students and non-members with 25 attending each session. Specialists talked on the artefact categories that are often, if not always, found during excavations. These categories also …
An interesting article from the ABC https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-17/ancient-rock-art-carvings-of-american-sailors-found-in-wa/10807596
Members may be interested in a range of archaeology-related blogs available to access, that can be found at the following link: http://pastthinking.com/links/
Just two more weeks to go until National Archaeology Week kicks off in Australia! The week begins on 21st May, and there are lots of events happening in and around the week (most are free!) that you can pop in to and spread the word about the wonderful archaeological work going on across the country! …
There have been no submissions for Artefact of the Month recieved this month (email [email protected] if you would like to submit for the June edition!) however I’ve come across a great blog from our North American friends: The American Artifacts Blog! This blog “is a media outlet featuring artifact-related digital content from U.S. and Canadian …
A reminder that National Archaeology Week (20-26 May 2018) is fast approaching! If you have an event you wish to advertise, or if you want to check out what’s on, go to: http://www.archaeologyweek.com/ where you’ll find a state-by-state events list. You can also find National Archaeology Week on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archaeologyweek/ The state representatives are: NSW …
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