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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