Comments for Michael Morrison

Comment on PhD is done! by Brian Hoffman

Brian Hoffman — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:00:12 +0000

Your thesis sounds interesting. I’m working on an Alaskan shell midden site – so the topic has a lot of relevance. Congratulations on finally getting the little paper out of the way. The rest is all down hill.

Comment on PhD is done! by Luke Kirkwood

Luke Kirkwood — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:27:53 +0000

Congratulations Mick. Have a beer on me.

Comment on New book: “New directions in archaeological science” by mickmorrison

mickmorrison — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:30:12 +0000

Hello Ginger,

Thanks for your interest in my work. I will write something in plain english as a separate blog post, and will drop you an email when I have done this. I have been meaning to do that for a while; no point in doing this work if it’s not accessible to the broader community.

My PhD work looked at the way Aboriginal people in the Weipa region lived over the past 1,000 years. I investigated a type of fairly spectacular archaeological site that is found throughout coastal Cape York – shell mound sites – and which are found in abundance at Weipa and date to between about 2,300 years and 100 years ago. I tried to reconstruct the diet, settlement patterns and social organisation of people using and building these sites so that we have a better understanding of what these places represent in terms of Aboriginal history. The work suggested that Aboriginal people developed very sophisticated systems that maximised their use of shellfish resources that were quite variable – what archaeologists might call a marginal resource.

It’s kind of a complicated story, one that I’ve not yet tried to put into plain english however as I said I will endeavour to write something up for you.

Thanks again,

Mick

Comment on New book: “New directions in archaeological science” by Ginger Gorman

Ginger Gorman — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:42:18 +0000

Dear Michael
Ginger here from ABC Far North. I’m interested in your PhD research but I don’t fully understnad what it’s about. I wonder if you could email me briefly in plain English was you investigated & what you found?
Many thanks.
Ginger

Comment on Research tools and the web: finding and keeping track of references by mickmorrison

mickmorrison — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:14:36 +0000

Thanks for the comment, Jonathan. I’ll just be happy when Google Scholar supports search results as RSS feeds! It would be brilliant way to keep up with new content.

Comment on Research tools and the web: finding and keeping track of references by Jonathan S.

Jonathan S. — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:29:42 +0000

Good intro to Zotero! Regarding the social sciences issue – I think it has a lot to do with the journals themselves. Agreements with databases such as JSTOR or a lack of online content keeps a lot of them from showing up in Google Scholar. One thing that Google Scholar excels at is finding dissertations and theses. Both are rarely published whole and are often available (for free or a small fee) through university libraries. My current university is switching to electronically submitted dissertations and theses and they will be searchable through google scholar.

Comment on Zotero 2.0 and archaeology by mickmorrison

mickmorrison — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:17:20 +0000

Hi Luke, glad that post was of use. It’s a handy tool, let me know if you set up an online account, might be able to share libraries etc.

You should definitely get blogging, as should other Aussie archaeologists in the younger crowd. I’ve often hoped that more people in Australia would take it up, it’s good fun and well worthwhile. This site is far from being a good example of archaeological blogging – it’s about as patchy as they come in terms of post frequency (never find the time!)! But I try to get something up every few weeks.

Shame about AAA, not sure where it will be next year though? Must be due to be held in Perth or Melbourne?

Comment on Zotero 2.0 and archaeology by Luke Kirkwood

Luke Kirkwood — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:03:16 +0000

G’day Mick,

Thanks for this post and thanks for the blog in general (should be more Oz Archaeologists blogging – myself included). Remind me to buy you a beer at the next conference I see you at, as you’ve solved a problem for me. Won’t be Adelaide unfortunately, maybe the next one. Good luck with the session though. Sounds pretty interesting.

Comment on Blog status update by mickmorrison

mickmorrison — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:44:08 +0000

Thanks Terry, I have a few more pages to write as well as some minor bugs to sort before I start posting. Unfortunately I only get an hour or two to work on the site most days, so change happens slowly!

Comment on Blog status update by Terry Brock

Terry Brock — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:39:31 +0000

Site looks good! I’m looking forward to your posts…