About
the Authors
Heather
Burke
Heather
Burke has over thirteen years
experience as a consultant archaeologist, working in New
South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and the Northern
Territory. Her particular skills are in the fields of site
recording and significance assessment (for both historical
and Aboriginal archaeological sites), the assessment and
recording of standing structures and mining heritage, and
the interpretation and presentation of heritage sites.
Heather has participated in and directed numerous archaeological
site surveys and excavations for both historic and prehistoric
sites across Australia.
Heather
holds a PhD in historical archaeology from UNE, published
in 1999 by Plenum Press as Meaning and Ideology
in Historical Archaeology. She taught archaeology for
three years at UNE, including undergraduate courses in
field methods, laboratory methods, historical archaeology
and cultural heritage management. Currently Heather teaches
in the Department of Archaeology at Flinders University,
where she is post-graduate and honours coordinator.
Claire
Smith
Claire
Smith is President of the World Archaeological Congress
and Head of the Department of Archaeology at
Flinders University in South Australia. One of the topics
she teaches is Archaeological Field Methods. Claire's
main field experience in is Indigenous archaeology and
she has conducted fieldwork in the Barunga region of
southern Arnhem Land since 1990. Her particular skills
in field archaeology include conducting appropriate liaison
with Indigenous communities and the recording of Indigenous
sites, including rock art sites. She has on-going excavation
projects in the Barunga region, Northern Territory and
in Burra, South Australia. Claire recently returned from 12 months in the United
States on a prestigious Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellowship.
Her publications include the co-edited volume Indigenous
Cultures in an Interconnected World, published in 2000
by Allen and Unwin and the authored book Country,
Kin and Culture. Survival of an Aboriginal Community, published
in 2004 by Wakefield Press. She is also an ex-Editor
of Australian Archaeology, the journal of the Australian
Archaeological Association.
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