Andrew Wilkinson

You might call Andrew an archaeological polymath, with interests spanning Roman-period maritime landscapes in Italy, ANZAC history in the Mediterranean, and convict-period dinosaurs. He is exploring innovative ways to share his passion for learning, through the use of technologies such as Extended Reality (XR).

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National Archaeology Week
Fiona Shanahan

Fiona’s archaeological research into civil aviation heritage gives her the chance to talk to people about their experiences and memories on site, exploring the histories of place in a very special way.

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Richard Mackay

Richard’s wide-ranging archaeological career has taken him from The Rocks in Sydney to Angkor in Cambodia, and many places in between, but he is here to reassure us that even an ICOMOS World Heritage Advisor can sometimes mistake a cat for a gibbon.

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National Archaeology Week
Amelia Brown

Amelia’s archaeological investigation into ancient Greek lives has taken her to excavations in Cyprus and Corinth, but it’s not all digging: her research also happens in storerooms, in archives and online.

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National Archaeology Week
Mikhaila Chaplin

Mikhaila’s studies have included landscape archaeology in Ireland, adding rain, mud and cow dung to the long list of occupational hazards. She is currently applying her understanding of landscape heritage to a study of the past and present values of the Eveleigh Locomotive Workshops.

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Tracy Ireland

Tracy is currently working on a contemporary archaeology project: Heritage of the Air. Meeting film stars is one of her favourite things about being an archaeologist … but also the collaboration and interaction with wonderful scholars, students and local communities.

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Sarah Gyngell

Sarah is a PhD student, investigating aspects of past lives at the site Zahrat adh-Dhra‘ 2 (9,200 - 8,300 cal BC), in Jordan. The fact that her ‘funny’ fieldwork stories include running out of water in the desert suggests that maybe she is exactly the right person for the job.

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Wenjing Yu

Wenjing has always been a fan of detective stories, and is now working on one of the biggest mysteries she could find: the chronology of the UNESCO Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, in South Africa.

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Abi Cryerhall

Abi was hooked on archaeology as a child in south west Ireland, where she spent her free time exploring the ruins of a medieval ringwork, towerhouse, church and graveyard, and imagining the long forgotten lives of people who once lived there.

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Greg Hil

Greg is investigating the implications of nineteenth century industry for Aboriginal cultural heritage and its management in Victoria. He also has some valuable life lessons to share about tarpaulins.

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Carly Monks

Carly is a zooarchaeologist, which means she works with the remains of animals from archaeological contexts. Her particular interest is in what animal bones can tell us about people's relationships with animals (including what they ate) and the broader environment in which they lived.

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Emma Baird

Emma’s favourite memory of working in archaeology so far was standing for two hours on a beach talking one on one with an Aboriginal traditional owner who explained the islands and the landscape, as far as the eye could see.

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Tim Robins

Tim has found that archaeology is fantastic career, if you like to explore new places. From camping at night in the Simpson Desert to waking up in the morning and watching whales off Cape Moreton, amazing experiences are pretty common.

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Lynley Wallis

Lynley is just putting the finishing touches on a long-term project investigating the archaeology of the Native Mounted Police which has covered all of Queensland, before starting on a new project that is focused on archaeology and rock art in the sandstone country of southeast Cape York Peninsula.

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Claire Baxter

Claire enjoys the opportunity provided by archaeology to investigate history from different points of view, and to think about how people often excluded from history books may have experienced events.

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Louise Hitchcock

Louise was inspired by Lawrence of Arabia to follow a career in archaeology, and her current projects include Tell es-Safi/Gath, Philistine City of Goliath, Israel; and the Vapheio-Palaiopyrgi Survey Project, Lakonia, Greece. It all sounds very glamorous, until she mentions amoebic dysentery.

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