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Michael Morrison, Archaeologist

Middens My research

Stuck in the midden with you…

mickmorrison
June 6, 2015
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I really didn’t ever think I would excavate another shell mound site. I mean, I did a whole PhD on the things and sieved and sorted and counted my way through hundreds of kilograms of samples. But as it happens,…

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Archaeology Teaching and learning

Pitfalls for new professional archaeology bloggers

mickmorrison
October 16, 2014

This is the last of three posts for students in my Introduction to Professional Archaeology topic, as well as other people who are new to blogging about archaeology. You can read previous posts here and here. So you are considering starting a blog…

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Archaeology Teaching and learning Uncategorized

The benefits of blogging for professional archaeologists

mickmorrison
October 15, 2014

In a post earlier this week I provided a brief account of why blogging is of interest to archaeologists and also touched on aspects of the history of ‘archaeo. blogging’. I’ve taken the time to do this to provide students in my Introduction…

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Archaeology Teaching and learning Uncategorized

Social media and professional archaeology in retrospect

mickmorrison
October 13, 2014

This is the first of two posts directed at students enrolled in an online topic that I teach at Flinders University on Professional Archaeology.  The focus of this week’s module is to encourage students to critically evaluate the role of…

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Uncategorized

Dating shell mounds at Weipa, Cape York Peninsula

mickmorrison
October 11, 2014

I was just emailed this rather nifty word cloud that the Editors of Australian Archaeology have generated for a paper I have coming out in that journal later this year. It’s a great graphic depiction of what the paper is about: looking at…

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News and Reviews

Call for papers: Indigenous Knowledge, Stewardship and Heritage Management session at the 2014 Australian Archaeological Association Annual Conference

mickmorrison
June 10, 2014

Annie Ross and I are convening a session at the Australian Archaeological Association Annual Conference in Cairns entitled ‘Indigenous Knowledge, Stewardship and Heritage Management‘. The session idea comes out of Annie’s longstanding research in this area, as well as my…

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Culturally Modified Trees Heritage In plain English My research

Dating Aboriginal Scarred Trees in north eastern Australia

mickmorrison
October 23, 2012

This week and next I’m back in Weipa (NE Australia) working on a research project with Alngith People — Traditional Owners of the western Weipa Peninsula — as well as Dr Kathryn Allen (Monash University), to collect cores from Aboriginal scarred…

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Heritage My research

Fieldwork update, Weipa 2012 (and reflections on a decade of work)

mickmorrison
June 28, 2012

I’ve just arrived in Weipa again for a few weeks of  work with the Anhatangaith and Alngith groups. It will likely be the most relaxed field trip I’ve had here for some time. I’m not planning to survey, record, dig…

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Teaching and learning

Minimising the misery and pain: tips for completing a Doctoral Thesis

mickmorrison
March 30, 2012
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Long time readers  know that I’m a relatively freshly minted PhD graduate (2010 vintage) and a quick browse through some of my earlier posts here or on twitter would no doubt reveal some of the anguish and horror that I…

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News and Reviews

Australian Indigenous archaeology and cultural heritage wrap, 5 March

mickmorrison
March 5, 2012
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I try to keep a close eye on new papers, books and so on relevant to Australian Indigenous archaeology and collate much of this information in Zotero. I thought it might be worth irregularly posting a list of new materials…

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