Centre for Archaeological Research Seminar Series
Contacts
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.
1st March (Friday, 2.30-3.30pm):
Menzies Library, McDonald Room
8th March (Friday, 2.30-3.30pm):
Haydon-Allen Building, Room 2177
15th March (Friday, 2.30-3.30pm):
Menzies Library, McDonald Room
22nd March (Friday, 2.30-3.30pm):
Menzies Library, 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 Library, 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 Library, McDonald Room
20th May (MONDAY, 2pm-4pm)
Prof. David Wengrow, ‘What might the archaeology of freedom look like?’
Sir Roland Wilson Building 2.02 Theatrette
24th May (Friday, 2.30-3.30pm):
Prof. Glenn Summerhayes, ‘Understanding the appearance of ceramics on mainland New Guinea: Outline of recent research’
Menzies Library, McDonald Room
Upcoming events
The Rite to know: Pushing for an archaeology of rituals in Central-East Polynesia
2.30–3.30pm 17 May 2024
The archaeology of ceremonial sites (marae) has been a focus of the discipline in Central-East Polynesia since the late 19th century. Pioneer work by K.P....Prof David Wengrow: What might an archaeology of freedom look like?
2–4pm 20 May 2024
What might an archaeology of freedom look like? In The Dawn of Everything, David Graeber and I describe three basic forms of human freedom: to move away, to...Past events
European Travellers to Greece and the Tomb of the Athenians at Marathon
3 May 2024
This paper traces the interpretations applied to the mound or soros on the plain of Marathon from the later eighteenth century through the nineteenth century...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...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...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,...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...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...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...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...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...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...
