Australian Archaeology Volume 91 Issue 2 is now complete and available online. All original articles are open access! 🔑⬇️ www.tandfonline.com/toc/raaa20/9...

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.🔓 ⬇️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/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. 🔓 🔽 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/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: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/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-shel...

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.🔓⤵️ 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/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. ⬇️🔓🔑 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/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. 🔑🔓⬇️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/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! 🔆 ⬇️⬇️⬇️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Papers in AA’s national Indigenous heritage legislation forum: Peter Veth analyses key theoretical and practical aspects of designing and implementing a national heritage legislation and how it might operate 'on the ground'. 🔆90 days free download! 🔆 ⬇️⬇️⬇️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Papers in AA’s national Indigenous heritage legislation forum: Andrew Sneddon analyses rights-based heritage approaches, as supported by Australia ICOMOS, the Burra Charter & his personal experience in Aboriginal heritage management. 🔆90 days free download! 🔆 ⬇️⬇️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

AA’s national Indigenous heritage legislation forum: Pekeri Ruska analyses the proposed framework from a legal perspective and reviews recent failings by the Commonwealth in meeting Indigenous heritage protection aspirations. 🔆90 days free download! 🔆 ⬇️⬇️⬇️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Papers in AA’s national Indigenous heritage legislation forum: Michelle Richards examines some of the theoretical elements and reflects on the ways theoretical arguments about heritage policy &legislation have been cast. 🔆90 days free download! 🔆 ⬇️⬇️⬇️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Check out papers in AA’s national Indigenous heritage legislation forum: Rosalie Neve analyses a specific case and sheds further light on the issues that brought about the calls for national legislation in the first place. 🔆90 days free download! 🔆 ⬇️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Check out papers in AA’s national Indigenous heritage legislation forum: Rebekah Kurpiel examines the practical side of the debate and considers how an organisation like the Australian Archaeological Association should be involved. 🔆90 days free download! 🔆 ⬇️⬇️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Papers in AA’s national Indigenous heritage legislation forum: Fiona Hook highlights the proposed provisions that limit the ability of Traditional Owners to override government decisions to destroy significant heritage places. 🔆90 days free download! 🔆 🔽🔽🔽 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Check out papers in AA’s national Indigenous heritage legislation forum: Neale Draper provides an analysis of the practical aspects of national heritage legislation and how it might operate ‘on the ground’. 🔆90 days free download! 🔆 ⬇️⬇️⬇️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Check out papers in AA’s national Indigenous heritage legislation forum: Steve Brown offers novel perspectives on heritage discourse, in particular his challenging of the concept of ‘intangible heritage’. 🔆90 days free download! 🔆 🔽🔽🔽 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Check out papers in AA’s national Indigenous heritage legislation forum: McConnell et al. critically analyse the need for national Indigenous heritage legislation, emphasizing a values- and rights-based approach. 🔆90 days free download!🔆 ⬇️⬇️⬇️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Does Australia need national Indigenous heritage legislation? What form should it take? Check out AA's Forum, with McConnell et al.'s original article and response and 9 commentary articles, addressing these (+more) questions. 🔆90 days free download! 🔆 www.tandfonline.com/toc/raaa20/0/0

NOW OPEN: Postgraduate Research Scholarship in Coastal Archaeology For PhD research on the coastal archaeology of GunaiKurnai Country (Gippsland, Victoria) for up to 3 years. Closes 9/7/2025 www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships... @austarchj.bsky.social @sydney.edu.au

‘In a unique and terrible way, Stanner’s cautions are still relevant and his rhetoric sharp.’ Cate Sexton and Claire Smith review an anthology of W.E.H. Stanner’s writings on Australian Aboriginal culture and societies more than 50 years after they were written.🔽 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New article by Bruno David and colleagues advocates for the importance of identifying short-term and momentary events in the archaeological record through case studies from around Australia. 🔑🔓🔽 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Australian Archaeology Editorial 'Equity in publication is paramount' is now out. The editorial team discuss some worrying and inequitable aspects of the trend towards Open Access journal publishing that are only now surfacing. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

‘This Terra Australis volume will be of great interest to anyone working in Pacific anthropology, archaeology and museum studies.’ Chris Urwin reviews Forty Years in the South Seas, a festschrift in honour of Glenn Summerhayes. 🔽 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

“...the culmination of decades of research that has reshaped our understanding of First Nations’ histories.” Stephanie Mawson reviews Innovation: Knowledge and Ingenuity by Ian McNiven and Lynette Russell. 🔽 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New article by Motta and colleagues introduces a new Mid-to-Late Holocene rock art style - Linear Naturalistic Figures - from the Kimberly, suggesting a change in how people perceive their landscape and interpreted it through art. 🔓🔑🔽 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Our new study on Aboriginal earth rings in Australia’s out! ‘New excavation of rings of mystery in Victoria reveals rich Aboriginal history’ in The Conversation: theconversation.com/new-excavati... And our in-depth article in Australian Archaeology: doi.org/10.1080/0312... #archaeology #heritage 🏺

New excavation of ‘rings of mystery’ in Victoria reveals rich Aboriginal history. Research by @carolinedigs.bsky.social theconversation.com/new-excavati...

New excavation of ‘rings of mystery’ in Victoria reveals rich Aboriginal history theconversation.com/new-excavati... Full text of the article by @carolinedigs.bsky.social and colleagues published in @austarchj.bsky.social available at: doi.org/10.1080/0312...

New excavation of ‘rings of mystery’ in Victoria reveals rich Aboriginal history. Check out The Conversation piece and in-depth article from Australian Archaeology. theconversation.com/new-excavati... www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Incredible new research by Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation and colleagues braids together the study of a cultural landscape and results from the only earth ring excavated in Australia! 🔓🔑🔽 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Australian Archaeology Volume 90 Issue 3 is out! All the articles are open access 🔓. Check out the latest archaeological research from around the country 📖⛏️🔽 www.tandfonline.com/toc/raaa20/9...

Check out new paper by Genevieve Bell and colleagues that explores Australian telegraphy through historical evidence, cybernetics and industrial archaeology! 🔐🔑🔽 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....