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40,000 Year Old Australian Archaeology Site Reignites Debate On Origins __ "An Aboriginal leader in Australia claims archaeologists have discovered the world’s southernmost site of early human life. The site is reported to be 40,000 years old. Is this the earliest human site here, and what does it mean in terms of the origins of human settlement?"  You may find the answer here. - illustrated - From newsjunkiepost.com - http://newsjunkiepost.com/2010/03/12/40000-year-old-australian-archaeology-site-reignites-debate-on-origins/

Ancient miners of Mount Isa __ "Archaeological investigations have shown that in the Mount Isa region rocks were mined and made into axes over one thousand years ago."  You may read the full story here. - illustrated - From anu.edu.au - http://arts.anu.edu.au/arcworld/resources/papers/mi/ancientminers.htm

Archaeology in the Marquesas Islands __ Pages about the recovery of a Polynesian chiefdom in the Marquesas Islands - photos - From afargo.org - http://www.afargo.org/

Archaeology of Whaling in Southern Australia and New Zealand __ "The AWSANZ project (the Archaeology of Whaling in Southern Australia and New Zealand) is an international collaborative project initiated and directed by Dr Susan Lawrence at La Trobe University in Melbourne and Dr Mark Staniforth at Flinders University in Adelaide. The project addresses aspects of the archaeology and history of Australasia's colonial whaling industry."  Learn about the projects accomplishments. - illustrated - From Flinders University - http://ehlt.flinders.edu.au/archaeology/department/research/projects/awsanz/index.html   

Archaeozoology in New Zealand __ A great introduction to zooarchaeology in New Zealand. You will learn about current projects, find a who's who, databases and more. - From Foss Leach. - http://www.cs.otago.ac.nz/research/foss/Archaeozoology/index.htm

The Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology __ Learn about the organization, membership, foals and accomplishments. - From asha.org.au - http://www.asha.org.au/

Australia Archaeology, by State __ A collection of Australian archaeology resources state by state. - From about.com - http://archaeology.about.com/od/australi1/Australia_Archaeology_by_State.htm

Australian Archaeological Association __ Learn about the Association, its accomplishments and goals.  "The Australian Archaeological Association Inc. (AAA) is one of the largest archaeological organisations in Australia, representing a diverse membership of professionals, students and others with an interest in archaeology." - illustrated - From australianarchaeologicalassociation.com.au - http://www.australianarchaeologicalassociation.com.au/ 
 

 
Australian archaeology __ An encyclopedic article covering many aspects of Australian archaeology including references and a list of famous Australian archaeologists. - From wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_archaeology

Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology __ "The Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology (AIMA) is a non-profit organisation dedicated to the preservation of underwater cultural heritage, and promotion of maritime archaeology conducted in accordance with internationally accepted ethical standards. Based in Australia it has sponsored work throughout Australia, Asia and the Indian and Pacific Ocean regions."  A good look at the organization, accomplishments and goals. - illustrated - From aima.iinet.net.au - http://www.aima.iinet.net.au/frames/aimavtframe.html  

Australian Rock Art, Pictures of Rock... __ Pages are about the archaeology of the Dharawal People of New South Wales - photos - http://www.lesbursill.da.ru/

Dinnertime at Cuddie Springs: hunting and butchering megafauna? __ "In 1994, excavations at Cuddie Springs, near Carinda, exposed numerous bones of now extinct animals called megafauna...Alongside the bones were considerable numbers of stone tools, charcoal and other indicators of human activities."  Does this show evidence of human hunting of megafauna? - illustrated - From usyd.edu.au - http://acl.arts.usyd.edu.au/research/cuddie/cuddie.html

Dr. William S. Ayres's Pacific Island Studies __ website dedicated to archaeology in the Pacific, as well as Thailand - photos and other illustrations - By Dr. William S. Ayres - http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~wsayres/

Historical Archaeological Investigations at Regentville __ "For more than twenty years archaeologists from Sydney University have studied the site of this important colonial mansion."  History, archaeological research and much more. - illustrated - From usyd.edu.au - http://acl.arts.usyd.edu.au/research/regentville/index_frame.htm 

National Archaeology Week __ Learn about Australian archaeology, take a quiz, meet the archaeologists and much more. - illustrated - From archaeologyweek.com - http://www.archaeologyweek.com/

New Zealand aerial archaeology __ "New Zealand has some 6,000 earthwork fortifications, the product of widespread warfare in the pre-European period from about A.D. 1500 to A.D. 1800. In addition, Maori quickly adopted and developed aspects of gun warfare in the nineteenth century: as many as 600 fortified sites were built or adapted from pre-European types...The aerial photographs in this compendium are oblique or low oblique (near vertical) images..." - illustrated - From Kevin L. Jones - http://nzarchaeology.org/aerial/opacs.html

New Zealand Archaeology __ "New Zealand's history may be short by old world standards but New Zealand still has a rich heritage of archaeological sites which illustrate its history."  An overview of archaeology in New Zealand. - From nzarchaeology.org - http://nzarchaeology.org/

New Zealand Archaeological Radiocarbon Database __ Online database. - From waikato.ac.nz - http://www.waikato.ac.nz/waikato/nzcd/

Oceania Culture History and Archaeology __ "The archaeology of the countries of Oceania, including Australia and New Zealand"  You will find many resources and links. - From about.com - http://archaeology.about.com/od/australia/Oceania_Culture_History_and_Archaeology.htm

Polynesian Archaeology __ "The most ancient monuments of Polynesia are the lithic and megalithic remains, coincident in style and character with the Druidical circles of Europe, and the exact counterpart of those of Stonehenge and Carnac in Brittany. These earlier efforts of the human art are invariably the remains of temples, places of worship, or of edifices dedicated in some way to the religion and superstitions of extinct generations, whose graves cover every island and reef." You can read more of this excellent essay. - From Internet Sacred Text Archive - http://www.sacred-texts.com/pac/ei/ei60.htm

Prehistoric Australian Artefacts __ A collection of click-to-view, annotated galleries of photos of Prehistoric Australian artifacts. - illustrated - From anu.edu.au - http://arts.anu.edu.au/arcworld/resources/paa/arcrock.htm 

Prehistory of Papua New Guinea __ Learn about research on the island of Garua. "At first glance the scattered archaeological sites on this tropical Pacific island would seem to bear little resemblance to the much vaunted Pompeii. But they have one striking aspect in common: both were buried - and remarkably well preserved - by volcanic ash. Indeed over the past 6,000 years no fewer clan six eruptions have blanketed the 12-square-kilometer island in an ashen sarcophagus." Discover some of its history and even find out how to volunteer to work the site along with how much it costs. - From University of Sydney - http://acl.arts.usyd.edu.au/research/garua/torrence.html

Ryan-Polynesian Archaeology __ You will find some good articles about Polynesian archaeology and a lot of information about Thor Heyerdahl - From Dr. Donald P Ryan - http://www.plu.edu/~ryandp/poly.html

Strangways Springs Sheep Station - Archaeology in Australia __ "Using both archaeological excavation and documentary evidence, Paterson traces both European and Aboriginal contributions to the operation at the station at Strangways Springs (called Pangki Warruna in the Arabana language),..."  You will find a good overview of the history and archaeological research. - illustrated - From about.com - http://archaeology.about.com/od/australi1/qt/strangways.htm

Stratigraphy, Harris matrices & relative dating of Australian rock-art __ "Rock-art, despite much ingenious effort (e.g., among many, Watchman et al. 1997), remains difficult to date by absolute methods, so relative dating has a central importance much as applied to dirt archaeology in the era before routine radiometric dating. "  Learn just how well this process works. - illustrated - From antiquity.ac.uk - http://antiquity.ac.uk/ProjGall/Pre2003/Chippindale/chippindale.html 

Table of Contents __ "Read of archaeological research on the islands of Tonga. You will find detailed reports covering several islands along with photos, charts, and maps." - From Simon Fraser University - http://www.sfu.ca/archaeology/museum/tonga/toc.html

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