Australian Archaeology

The obituary for Jim Allen (1938–2025) is available in Australian Archaeology. Read the tribute here: …tandfonline-com.ezproxy.sl.nsw.gov.au/doi/full/10.10…

Out now in Australian Archaeology: Galiina Ellwood and Annie Ross’s review of Working as Indigenous Archaeologists: Reckoning New Paths Between Past and Present Lives, edited by George Nicholas and Joe Watkins. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

A new study explores 3D imaging with the Wiradjuri Nation (Murrumbidgee Region, NSW), showing its value for culturally sensitive heritage management and learning. Find the article in Australian Archaeology: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Windmill Way (Quinkan Country, Cape York) reveals 1,700 years of Aboriginal string craft. ⤵️ Read The Conversation: theconversation.com/perfectly-pres… Read full study in Australian Archaeology: #d1e903" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

An outstanding new study documents hundreds of plant fibre artefacts from Windmill Way, Quinkan Country (Cape York), revealing enduring fibre technologies.🔓⤵️ Read in Australian Archaeology: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

New Forum Series in Australian Archaeology: “Voice: A Third Space in Archaeology to Advance Indigenous Emancipation,” with commentaries & response. All articles FREE for 30 days 👉 tandfonline.com/action/showAxa…

New in Australian Archaeology: pXRF sourcing of stone artefacts from Kings Table & Dargan shelters shows dynamic movement and changing pathways across the Blue Mountains since the LGM. 🔓🔽 Read it here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

How do you learn a boomerang’s life story? Forensic analysis + Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung knowledge reveal manufacture, use, repair and cultural significance of a unique wangim. Read in The Conversation: theconversation.com/how-forensic-a… Original Article: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

A prestige, multifunctional tool: New paper combines cultural knowledge with functional analysis to trace how a Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung wangim (boomerang) was made, used, and cared for. 🔓⬇️ tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

A Record in Bone “contributes to the broader Australian archaeological discipline and should be in the library of any general archaeologist, zooarchaeologist, or cultural heritage practitioner”. Carly Monks reviews ‘A Record in Bone’ by Michelle Langley. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Australian Archaeology Volume 91 Issue 2 is now complete and available online. All original articles are open access! 🔐🔑⬇️ tandfonline.com/toc/raaa20/91/2

New research! Excavations at Giligilina, on Papua New Guinea’s south coast, uncover Lapita pottery and shed new light on Late Lapita seafaring networks across Oceania, Torres Strait and the Australian coast.🔓 ⬇️ tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

New research by Shaye Fraser and colleagues shows nearly 60% of Registered Aboriginal Places on Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country are associated with volcanic stony rises—landforms now under threat from urban growth. 🔓 ⬇️ tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Georgia Stannard reviews Teaching Ancient Australia by Duncan Wright and Dave Johnston as “accurate, accessible, and built on community-based case studies.” Read more here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Far from isolated: Evidence from Walufeni Cave reveals trade routes connecting coast, plateau & highlands for over 3,200 years. Read about this research in The Conversation, based on a recent Australian Archaeology article. theconversation.com/ancient-shells…

How did marine shells end up 200 km inland? Walufeni Cave reveals a 3,250-year-old story of trade, migration and cultural connection across Papua New Guinea’s Great Papuan Plateau.🔓⤵️ 👉tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Check out new article by Jamie Rachcoff, Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation and colleagues, who are using LiDAR to identify earth rings on Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country. ⬇️🔓 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

New article by Madeleine Kelly and colleagues document rare ‘finger flutings’—marks made when people run their fingers along soft cave walls and ceilings—in New Guinea II Cave, GunaiKurnai Country, Gippsland. 🔓⬇️ tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

It’s time to give you (and us) a little pat on the back: Australian Archaeology has DOUBLED our downloads since last year. Thank you to everyone who supports the journal and archaeological research in Australia. 🎉🪅 ⬇️⬇️

Papers in AA’s national Indigenous heritage legislation forum: McConnell et al. reflects on their reform proposals and clarifies the roles for both State and Federal jurisdictions in managing Aboriginal heritage into the future. 🔆90 days free download! 🔆 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…