AAA 2021 Virtual Conference
1-3 December 2021
Artwork by Maddy Hope-Hodgetts.
Full Program
Day 1 - Wednesday 1 December
10:30am – 12:30pm NSW, VIC, TAS, ACT
10:00am – 12:00pm SA
9:30am – 11:30am QLD
9:00am – 11:00am NT
7:30am – 9:30am WA
Welcome to Country: Ken Hayward
Welcome Address: Dr Tiina Manne, AAA President
Session 1:
Plenary Session: Reconciliation and Working Together
Speakers:
Ken Hayward, Edith Cowan University
Professor Matthew Spriggs, The Australian National University
Professor Lynette Russell, Monash University
Professor Paul Tacon, Griffith University
Professor Sharon Sullivan, Bywater Farm, Argents Hill
Sharon Hodgetts, Wiradjuri-Wangaaypuwan Woman, Forestry Corporation NSW and University of New England
Moderators:
Dr Annie Ross, The University of Queensland
Ken Hayward, Edith Cowan University
15 Minute Break
12:15pm – 2:15pm SA
11:45am – 1:45pm QLD
11:15am – 1:15pm NT
9:45am – 11:45am WA
Session 2A:
Case Studies in Collaboration: Prioritising Indigenous Interests in Cultural Heritage Consulting
Analysis and Radiocarbon Dating of Boomerangs from Cooper Creek/Kinipapa, Innamincka (SA) to Answer Questions from the Yandruwandha Yawarrawarrka Community
Sean Freeman
Collaborative and Multidisciplinary Investigations of Stony Rises on Wurundjeri Country, Victoria: Preliminary Results of the Lockerbie Salvage Project
Amanda Goldfarb
Bim: A Portrait of Country and Culture
Warddeken Land Management Communities
Kaurna Repatriation – Bringing the Old People Home: Brick Walls to the Human Element
Jeffrey Newchurch
For Future Generations: Conducting Cultural Heritage the Eastern Guruma Way
Rebecca Stewart
DISCUSSION
Session 2B:
Before Cook: The Archaeology of European and Island Southeast Asian Interactions with Australia
‘The Malay Road’: Evolution in Connectivity and the Range of Products Sourced by Southeast Asia and China from Northern Australia, With or Without Aboriginal Agency, from the Sixteenth Century Until World War 1
Kellie Clayton
Between Worlds: Maritime Landscapes of Movement of the Northern Territory and Maritime Southeast Asia
Rebecca Mirams
SISO – Sail in, Sail Out: Asian Maritime Industries in Napier Broome Bay, Northern Kimberley
Alistair Paterson
Expedition 1705: The Earliest Record of Substantial Culture Contact Between Indigenous Australians and the Dutch East India Company
Wendy van Duivenvoorde
Papua New Guineans Show Signs of Biological Adaptations to Altitude
Mathilde André
DISCUSSION
Session 2C:
‘Wok Bung Wantaim’ (Working Together): Archaeology in New Guinea
Reappraisal of the Manim Rock Shelter in the Wurup Valley, Papua New Guinean Highlands, 50 Years After O.A. Christensen
Hubert Forestier
‘Nupela Rot Long Tingting Long Siton’: New Approaches to Stone Tool Analysis
Robin Torrence
Archaeology, Historical Records and Oral History: Documenting Contact Between the South Coast and Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Late Holocene to the Present
Lara Lamb
Kasua Oral Traditions and 10,000 Years of Occupation on the Great Papuan Plateau, Papua New Guinea
Bryce Barker
Interaction and Isolation in Northern Sahul: A Human Genomic Perspective
Francois-Xavier Ricaut
Chronology of Natural Selection in Human Genomes from Wallacea and North Sahul
Nicolas Brucato
30 Minute Break
2:45pm – 4:45pm SA
2:15pm – 4:15pm QLD
1:45pm – 3:45pm NT
12:15pm – 2:15pm WA
Session 3A:
Case Studies in Collaboration: Prioritising Indigenous Interests in Cultural Heritage Consulting
The Cultural Values and Significance Assessment of the Seaford Wetlands
David Tutchener
Beyond Working Together: Elevating Aboriginal Values in Heritage
Antoinette Hennessy
Measuring What Matters: Cultural Heritage and Cumulative Impact
Kathryn Przywolnik
DISCUSSION
Session 3B:
Reconsidering the Teaching and Learning of Australian Archaeology
Why do Students Enrol in Archaeology at Australian Universities? Understanding Pre-Enrolment Experiences, Motivations, and Career Expectations
Carly Monks
Australian Archaeology Skills Passport: Promoting Opportunities for Indigenous Heritage Practitioners
Melissa Marshall
Collaborative Archaeology-Koling Wada-Ngal (Let Us Walk Together)
Kelly Ann Blake
Decolonising the Curriculum Through Learning on Country: The Community Archaeology Fieldschool at Barunga, Northern Territory
Claire Smith
Approaches to Decolonising Archaeological Pedagogy within Australian Tertiary Classroom Settings
Georgia Stannard
Indigenous Cultural Competency Mentorship Program: A Proposal for Australian Universities Teaching Australian Archaeology
Dave Johnston
Session 3C:
Australian Archaeology Abroad
Respect for Heritage: Experiences and Reflections from an Egyptian Rock Art Site
Frederick Hardtke
Hippos, Cattle and the Development of a Form of ‘Incidental Aquaculture’ at the End of the Egyptian Old Kingdom
John Burn
A Tale of Resilience (or Lack Thereof): Reflection on the Challenges in Producing Middle Egyptian Hieroglyphs Teaching and Learning Materials for the Chinese Audience and Future Directions
Ka Him Michael Fong
DISCUSSION
45 Minute Break
6:00pm – 8:00pm NSW, VIC, TAS, ACT
5:30pm – 7:30pm SA
5:00pm – 7:00pm QLD
4:30pm – 6:30pm NT
3:00pm – 5:00pm WA
Trivia Night
Sponsored by Austral Archaeology
Day 2 - Thursday 2 December
10:00am – 12:00pm SA
9:30am – 11:30am QLD
9:00am – 11:00am NT
7:30am – 9:30am WA
Session 4:
Plenary Session: Truth Telling
Speakers:
Dr Kellie Pollard, Wiradjuri Archaeologist and Charles Darwin University
Dr Christopher Wilson, Ngarrindjeri Archaeologist and Flinders University
Professor Claire Smith, Flinders University
Professor Henry Reynolds, Australian Historian
Associate Professor Lynley Wallis, Griffith University
Dr Keryn Walshe, Flinders University
15 Minute Break
12:15pm – 2:15pm SA
11:45am – 1:45pm QLD
11:15am – 1:15pm NT
9:45am – 11:45am WA
Session 5A:
Working Together on a Kimberley Vision
Kimberley Visions: Genesis, Development, Evaluation and Futures
Sven Ouzman
Age Estimates for the Early Kimberley Rock Art Styles
Damien Finch
Dating Correlated Microlayers in Engraved, Oxalate-Rich Accretions: New Archives of Paleoenvironments and Human Activity from Australian Rock Art Shelters
Helen Green
Sequencing the Rock Art from Pundawar Manbur, Northern Kimberley
Robert Gunn
Jilmi, Jarnba and Galeru: Archaeological and Indigenous Narratives of Forrest River Rock Art
Sam Harper
Discussion on Northern Australian Rock Art: Connections, Continuities and Differences
Peter Veth
Session 5B:
Digital Archaeology Beyond Tools and Toys
Photogrammetry with the Injalak artists
Andrea Jalandoni
Reconstructing Rock Art Chronology with Transfer Learning: A Case Study from Arnhem Land, Australia
Jarrad Kowlessar
Compiling a 3D Online Reference Collection for Archaeological Parenchyma in Australia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific
Aleese Barron
Penetrating the Past: Evaluating the Use of Geophysics in Pilbara Rockshelters
Nikolajs Svede
Community, Heritage and Tourism: Expanding the Role of XR Technologies in Indigenous Australia
Calum Farrar
DISCUSSION
Session 5C:
Interrogating Absences in the Archaeological Record
Indigenous Sovereignty, Rock Art and the Archaeology of Absence
Sally May
Absence and the Historical Record at Hyde Park Barracks
Kimberley Connor
Where’s the Stone Tool Revolution? The Representation of Lithic Technologies in Mid to Late Holocene Rock Art of Arnhem Land
Daryl Wesley
Late Holocene Parramatta: Absence, Evidence and Social Control
Tim Owen
Tracks, Tales and Traces: Combining Historical Archaeology and Rock Art Research to better understand the Buffalo Shooting Industry, Kakadu National Park
Charlotte Feakins
DISCUSSION
30 Minute Break
2:45pm – 4:45pm SA
2:15pm – 4:15pm QLD
1:45pm – 3:45pm NT
12:15pm – 2:15pm WA
Session 6A:
Working Together on a Kimberley Vision
Interrogating Bird Images in the Indigenous Rock Art of the Kimberley, Northwest Australia
Ana Paula Motta
Many Ways to See Yams: An Ecological Analysis of Yam Figure Imagery in Kwini-Balanggarra Rock Art, Northeast Kimberley
Emily Grey
Womens Stories, Memories and Archaeology
Bernadette Waina
Fire, Rock Art, and GIS: A Collaborative Study Combining Indigenous Knowledge with GIS Mapping and Analysis Tools to Investigate and Document the Use of Prescribed Burning as an Effective Land Management Strategy for the Preservation of Both Natural and Cultural Heritage in Balanggarra Country (NE Kimberley)
Balanggarra Aboriginal Corporation
Kimberley Visions: Sustainable Heritage Futures
Jennifer Munro
Discussion: Project Review, Future Collaborations, Decoloniality, Multivocality and Archaeology
Kimberley Visions Team
Session 6B:
Digital Archaeology Beyond Tools and Toys
Bringing Collections into the Digital Age: Digitising the Australian Archaeology Collection in the Australian Museum
Rebecca Jones
Photogrammetry in the Field: Studying Australian Grindstone Quarrying and Production
Kieran McGee
Seeing is Believing: 3D Visualisations of Murujuga (Dampier Archipelago) Stone Structures
Emma Beckett
Ancient Dogs in the Digital Era: 3D Geometric Morphometric Insights into the Dingo’s History
Loukas Koungoulos
Revisiting Models: Semi-Automatic Landscape Analysis in the Sydney Region
Amanda Atkinson
DISCUSSION
Session 6C:
Interrogating Absences in the Archaeological Record
Can Stone Artefacts Flourish? Forgiveness, Sentient Objects, and Museum Collections
Steve Brown
The Presence of Absence: Why Does the Post-Contact Rock Art of Torres Strait Not Include Paintings of European Ships?
Liam Brady
All Are (Not) Equal in Death? Mortuary Practices and Absences of Social Classes at Srah Srang, Angkor
Maeghan Stace
DISCUSSION
15 Minute Break
5:00pm – 5:45pm SA
4:30pm – 5:15pm QLD
4:00pm – 4:45pm NT
2:30pm – 3:15pm WA
Poster Session
Conservation on Country: Wintawari Guruma People’s Restoration of Rock Art in the Pilbara
Victoria Campbell
Community Engagement and Rock Art Research: Towards a Community-Based Archaeology in Wyndham, North-East Kimberley
Emily Grey
Multispecies Encounters: Human-Animal Relationships in Kimberley Rock Art, Australia
Ana Paula Motta
To 2D and Back Again: How 3D Printing Could Help Revolutionise Archaeological Communication in Rural, Remote, and Non-Specialist Communities
Natasha Nagle
Precise Temperature Estimation of Burnt Bone from Two Northwest Australian Sites
Nikola Ristovski
Going on a Limb: A Faunal Analysis from a Mortuary Tree in Southwest Queensland
Georgina Wye
15 Minute Break
6:00pm – 7:00pm SA
5:30pm – 6:30pm QLD
5:00pm – 6:00pm NT
3:30pm – 4:30pm WA
CHM Careers Fair
Sponsored by Austral Archaeology, Australian Heritage Services, Biosis, Everick Heritage, Extent Heritage, Jacobs, Terra Rosa Consulting and Archae-aus
Day 3 - Friday 3 December
10:00am – 12:00pm SA
9:30am – 11:30am QLD
9:00am – 11:00am NT
7:30am – 9:30am WA
Session 7A:
Archaeological Science Collaborations: The ARCAS Network Session
ARCAS State of the Art: Archaeological Science in Australasia in 2021
Rachel Popelka-Filcoff
Bringing it Together: An Indigenous Land Use Model for South-Western Australia
Joe Dortch
The Archaeology of Eastern lutruwita (Tasmania)
Richard Cosgrove
From Beneath the City of Melbourne: Residues, Refits and Glass Artefacts Inform About Aboriginal Tool Manufacture and Use Before and During the Establishment of a New City
Rebekah Kurpiel
Human Occupation of the Kimberley Coast of Northwest Australia by 50,000 Years Ago
Kasih Norman
There’s Something About Marnunggurrun: Collaborative Archaeobotany (Wood Charcoal Analysis) at Walanjiwurru 1, Marra Country, Southwestern Gulf of Carpentaria Region
Matthew Walsh
Session 5B:
Digital Archaeology Beyond Tools and Toys
Photogrammetry with the Injalak artists
Andrea Jalandoni
Reconstructing Rock Art Chronology with Transfer Learning: A Case Study from Arnhem Land, Australia
Jarrad Kowlessar
Compiling a 3D Online Reference Collection for Archaeological Parenchyma in Australia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific
Aleese Barron
Penetrating the Past: Evaluating the Use of Geophysics in Pilbara Rockshelters
Nikolajs Svede
Community, Heritage and Tourism: Expanding the Role of XR Technologies in Indigenous Australia
Calum Farrar
DISCUSSION
Session 5C:
Interrogating Absences in the Archaeological Record
Indigenous Sovereignty, Rock Art and the Archaeology of Absence
Sally May
Absence and the Historical Record at Hyde Park Barracks
Kimberley Connor
Where’s the Stone Tool Revolution? The Representation of Lithic Technologies in Mid to Late Holocene Rock Art of Arnhem Land
Daryl Wesley
Late Holocene Parramatta: Absence, Evidence and Social Control
Tim Owen
Tracks, Tales and Traces: Combining Historical Archaeology and Rock Art Research to better understand the Buffalo Shooting Industry, Kakadu National Park
Charlotte Feakins
DISCUSSION
30 Minute Break
2:45pm – 4:45pm SA
2:15pm – 4:15pm QLD
1:45pm – 3:45pm NT
12:15pm – 2:15pm WA
Session 6A:
Working Together on a Kimberley Vision
Interrogating Bird Images in the Indigenous Rock Art of the Kimberley, Northwest Australia
Ana Paula Motta
Many Ways to See Yams: An Ecological Analysis of Yam Figure Imagery in Kwini-Balanggarra Rock Art, Northeast Kimberley
Emily Grey
Womens Stories, Memories and Archaeology
Bernadette Waina
Fire, Rock Art, and GIS: A Collaborative Study Combining Indigenous Knowledge with GIS Mapping and Analysis Tools to Investigate and Document the Use of Prescribed Burning as an Effective Land Management Strategy for the Preservation of Both Natural and Cultural Heritage in Balanggarra Country (NE Kimberley)
Balanggarra Aboriginal Corporation
Kimberley Visions: Sustainable Heritage Futures
Jennifer Munro
Discussion: Project Review, Future Collaborations, Decoloniality, Multivocality and Archaeology
Kimberley Visions Team
Session 6B:
Digital Archaeology Beyond Tools and Toys
Bringing Collections into the Digital Age: Digitising the Australian Archaeology Collection in the Australian Museum
Rebecca Jones
Photogrammetry in the Field: Studying Australian Grindstone Quarrying and Production
Kieran McGee
Seeing is Believing: 3D Visualisations of Murujuga (Dampier Archipelago) Stone Structures
Emma Beckett
Ancient Dogs in the Digital Era: 3D Geometric Morphometric Insights into the Dingo’s History
Loukas Koungoulos
Revisiting Models: Semi-Automatic Landscape Analysis in the Sydney Region
Amanda Atkinson
DISCUSSION
Session 6C:
Interrogating Absences in the Archaeological Record
Can Stone Artefacts Flourish? Forgiveness, Sentient Objects, and Museum Collections
Steve Brown
The Presence of Absence: Why Does the Post-Contact Rock Art of Torres Strait Not Include Paintings of European Ships?
Liam Brady
All Are (Not) Equal in Death? Mortuary Practices and Absences of Social Classes at Srah Srang, Angkor
Maeghan Stace
DISCUSSION
15 Minute Break
5:00pm – 5:45pm SA
4:30pm – 5:15pm QLD
4:00pm – 4:45pm NT
2:30pm – 3:15pm WA
Poster Session
Conservation on Country: Wintawari Guruma People’s Restoration of Rock Art in the Pilbara
Victoria Campbell
Community Engagement and Rock Art Research: Towards a Community-Based Archaeology in Wyndham, North-East Kimberley
Emily Grey
Multispecies Encounters: Human-Animal Relationships in Kimberley Rock Art, Australia
Ana Paula Motta
To 2D and Back Again: How 3D Printing Could Help Revolutionise Archaeological Communication in Rural, Remote, and Non-Specialist Communities
Natasha Nagle
Precise Temperature Estimation of Burnt Bone from Two Northwest Australian Sites
Nikola Ristovski
Going on a Limb: A Faunal Analysis from a Mortuary Tree in Southwest Queensland
Georgina Wye
15 Minute Break
6:00pm – 7:00pm SA
5:30pm – 6:30pm QLD
5:00pm – 6:00pm NT
3:30pm – 4:30pm WA
CHM Careers Fair
Sponsored by Austral Archaeology, Australian Heritage Services, Biosis, Everick Heritage, Extent Heritage, Jacobs, Terra Rosa Consulting and Archae-aus
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