Professor of Archaeology, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University
Areas of expertise are:
ethno-archaeology
cultural heritage and sustainable development
symbolic communication
Indigenous archaeology
rock art
Aboriginal art
gender
university education
socially mediated terrorism
globalisation
Experience
–present
Professor of Archaeology, Flinders University
2020–present
Visiting Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar
2017–2018
Dean (Research), College of HASS, Flinders University
2015–2016
Adjunct Professor, Kyushu University
2008–2008
Research Professor, University of Newcastle
2004–2005
Assistant Professor, Columbia University
2000–2001
Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow, Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History
1994–1998
ARC Postdoctoral Fellow, University of New England
Education
1996
University of New England, Archaeology
Publications
2020
Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology, Springer. 2nd edition
2020
Prospect Hill: Memories of a Burned Village, Wakefield Press
2019
Pursuing social justice through collaborative archaeologies in Aboriginal Australia, Archaeologies
2017
The Social and Political Sculpting of Archaeology (and Vice Versa). El modelado social y político de la Arqueología (y viceversa), Pyrenae
2017
The Archaeologist’s Field Handbook., Allen & Unwin. 2nd edition. Co-authored by H. Burke and M. Morrison
2016
Beswick Creek Cave Six Decades Later: Change and Continuity in the Rock Art of Doria Gudaluk, Antiquity
2016
The Islamic State’s Symbolic War: Socially Mediated Terrorism as a Threat to Cultural Heritage, Journal of Social Archaeology
2016
Social Media and the Destruction of World Heritage as Global Propaganda (chapter), Proceedings of II International Conference on Best Practices in World Heritage: People and Communities. Mahón, Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain. Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Madrid, Spain.
2015
Global Divides and Cultural Diversity: Challenges for the World Archaeological Congress. , Archaeologies 11(1):4-41
2015
Success Strategies for a Career in Archaeology, Archaeologies 11(2):300-33
2014
We’ve got better things to do than worry about whitefella politics’: Contemporary Indigenous graffiti and recent government interventions in Jawoyn Country, Australian Archaeology 78:75-83
2007
Archaeology to Delight an Instruct: Active Learning in the University Classroom, Left Coast Press
2005
Becoming Binford: fun ways of teaching archaeological theory and method, Public Archaeology 4: 35-49.
Grants and Contracts
2019
Ochre archaeomicrobiology: a new tool for understanding Aboriginal exchange
Role:
CI
Funding Source:
ARC (DP190102219)
2019
Indigenous Cultural Heritage as a Facilitator for the Sustainable Development Goals
Role:
CI
Funding Source:
SPARC - Indian Govt
2014
Sharing the Heritage of Prospect Hill
Role:
CI
Funding Source:
SEWPAC (YCH-1206622-620)
2013
The Ngadjuri Heritage Project
Role:
CI
Funding Source:
SEWPAC (77157)
2009
Archaeology in the Longrass: Understanding Contact Through the Analysis of Urban Aboriginal Fringe Camps
Role:
CI
Funding Source:
ARC (LP100100876)
2009
Archaeology in the long grass: A study of Aboriginal fringe camp sites in the urban hinterland around Darwin, Australia
Role:
CI
Funding Source:
ARC (DI100100297)
2004
Shared and Separate Histories
Role:
CI
Funding Source:
ARC (DP0453101)
Professional Memberships
World Archaeological Congress
Australian Archaeological Association
Australian Institution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
Society for American Archaeology
Fellow, Australian Academy of Humanities
Fellow, Antiquaries Society, London
Research Areas
History And Archaeology Not Elsewhere Classified (219999)
Anthropology Not Elsewhere Classified (160199)
Archaeology (2101)
Gender Specific Studies (169901)
Honours
Lifeteime Achievement Award, World Archaeological Congress, 2016; Lucy Mair Medal and Marsh Award, Royal Anthropological Institute, London, 2018