AACAI is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2017 Student Support Fund: Lauren Churchill (University of Sydney) Foodways in regional New South Wales in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries: A study of butchery patterns Rodina Goranitis (University of Queensland) Doing it right: Best practice standards in cultural heritage management Rebekah Hawkins (University […]
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As part of La Trobe University’s 50th Anniversary celebrations, you are warmly invited to ‘Looking back, looking forward for La Trobe Archaeology.’ This day-long event will bring together students, staff, alumni and others over four sessions to connect past and present members, showcase La Trobe Archaeology’s research and capabilities, and build pathways for future work
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Travelling Stories: connecting people and landscapes is the first joint conference of Interpretation Australia and the Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology. It aims to bring together people to create a greater understanding for all of the environments in which we live. This will be a conference with a difference, a traveling conference from Launceston to
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This cutlery fork that was recovered from excavations of a large rubbish pit at Pentridge Prison, located to the north of Melbourne. The assemblage is thought to date to the mid-nineteenth century and this particular artefact was chosen as a representative example of the many cutlery items recovered during the excavations. It is a utilitarian
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Members may be interested to explore context posted to a new archaeology and anthropology blog hosted on The Guardian’s website, entitled The Past and The Curious. The blog can be found at the following link: www.theguardian.com
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Earlier this year, a new editorial team was assembled to take over the editorship of Australasian Historical Archaeology beginning with the 2018 issue (the 2017 issue is being guest edited by Katherine Watson). The team consists of Annie Clarke and James Flexner from the University of Sydney, and Penny Crook and Sarah Hayes from La
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Submitted by Dr Richard Tuffin, Project Archaeologist, PAHSMA In the last round of grants awarded by the Australian Research Council, a multi-disciplinary team of researchers was awarded funds for a three year project examining landscapes of convict labour. Titled Landscapes of Production and Punishment: the Tasman Peninsula 1830-77, the project commences in April of this
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The New Zealand Archaeological Association have announced their annual conference for 2017. The conference will be held in Thames, Coromandel Peninsula, North Island on 21-24 June 2017. Proposals for papers and posters are now being recieved, from topics across all aspects of New Zealand and Pacific Archaeology. And early-bird discount will apply for attendees who
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Tickets are now on sale for the Sydney Historical Archaeology Practitioner’s Workshop (19 May 2017). Tickets will be on sale until 15 May 2017 unless sold out earlier – book now to avoid disappointment. The one day workshop is an opportunity for practitioners, students and those interested in historical archaeology to explore best practice, innovations
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Written by Gabriel Mosheska, UCL Institute of Archaeology This textbook provides a broad overview of the key concepts in public archaeology, research field that examines the relationship between archaeology and the public, in both theoretical and practical terms. While based on the long-standing programme of undergraduate and graduate teaching in public archaeology at UCL’s Institute
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