Centre for Archaeological Research Seminar Series

Contacts

Anna Florin
Centre for Archaeological Research Seminar Series

Semester 1, 2024 Schedule

The Centre for Archaeological Research (CAR) Seminar is co-convened by Anna Florin (anna.florin@anu.edu.au) and Ben Shaw (Ben.Shaw@anu.edu.au) in 2024.
Please direct any questions to either of them.
 
1st March (Friday, 2.30-3.30pm):
Menzies Liberary, McDonald Room
 
8th March (Friday, 2.30-3.30pm):
Haydon-Allen Building, Room 2177
 
15th March (Friday, 2.30-3.30pm):
Menzies Liberary, McDonald Room
 
22nd March (Friday, 2.30-3.30pm):
Menzies Liberary, McDonald Room
 
27th March (WEDNESDAY, 2.30-4.00pm):
Science Teaching Building, Room 3.07 (Seminar Room 1)
 
3rd May (Friday, 2.30-3.30pm):
Dr Estelle Strazdins, ‘European Travellers to Greece and the Tomb of the Athenians at Marathon’
Menzies Liberary, McDonald Room
 
17th May (Friday, 2.30-3.30pm):
Dr Guillaume Molle, ‘The rite to know: Pushing for an archaeology of rituals in Central-East Polynesia’
Menzies Liberary, McDonald Room
 
24th May (Friday, 2.30-3.30pm):
Prof. Glenn Summerhayes, ‘Understanding the appearance of ceramics on mainland New Guinea: Outline of recent research’
Menzies Liberary, McDonald Room
No events in this series are currently scheduled. Details of future events will be posted as they become available.

Past events

Of Spriggans, Periwigians and Cornish ancient monuments: Hidden treasures in British Library Additional Manuscript 51020 of the early 18th Century

27 Mar 2024

This is a hybrid seminar co-hosted by the Centre for Archaeological Research and Centre for Early Modern Studies.   Please register if  you are attending...

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Postgraduate Student Short Talks

22 Mar 2024

In this seminar, we will be having three prostgraduate students to give short talks: Iona Claringbold: Zooarchaeology and Polynesian Ritual Sites: New...

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A Late Quaternary faunal sequence from Lachitu Cave, PNG: Advances in understanding biodiversity and human subsistence in the northern New Guinea lowlands

15 Mar 2024

The cave site of Lachitu (RIQ) on the Vanimo coast of New Guinea preserves a large faunal assemblage covering the last few centuries to ~30,000 years ago,...

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Uncovering Kuwae’s Past: recent fieldwork on Epi Island, Vanuatu

8 Mar 2024

In the fifteenth century CE, a massive volcanic eruption on the island of Kuwae reshaped the physical and social landscapes of Central Vanuatu. The disaster...

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Palaeocological insights into the causes and consequences of Late Quaternary megafauna extinction in Asia and Australia

1 Mar 2024

Palaeoecological Insights into the Causes and Consequences of Mid-Late Quaternary Megafauna Extinction in Asia and Australia Mid-Late Quaternary megafauna...

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Waitetoke and other wetland cultivation complexes from the northern offshore islands of Aotearoa New Zealand

9 Jun 2022

Waitetoke and other wetland cultivation complexes from the northern offshore islands of Aotearoa New Zealand Ahuahu (Great Mercury Island) is a small 16 km2...

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Intersections in Archaeological Science: Past to Future Directions

20 May 2022

Intersections in Archaeological Science: Past to Future Directions In the first part of the talk, I review some of the recent work undertaken by the...

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Talepakemalai Lapita and Its Transformations in the Mussau Islands of Near Oceania

22 Apr 2022

In this presentation Patrick Kirch will present the highlights from his most recent book, Talepakemalai. Lapita and Its Transformations in the Mussau Islands...

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Villages and Environmental Water: using Archaeology for Conservation on the Murray River

24 Mar 2022

Aboriginal archaeology has a central role to play among the myriad government agencies and professional disciplines involved in land and water of the Murray...

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Fatal Contact: How Epidemics Nearly Wiped Out Australia’s First Peoples

22 Mar 2022

Organised in collaboration with the National Trust (ACT), Canberra Archaeological Society and the Friends of the National Library of Australia. In partnership...

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