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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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Aboriginal history Mareeba

“Mapping country” again: the Muluridji heritage project, Mareeba

mickmorrison
October 11, 2011

We had a little positive media coverage in north Queensland last week after our community based heritage research project at Mareeba was picked up by the local Tablelands Advertiser and the Cairns Post. It ran front page which was wonderful…

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Archaeology Heritage

Asking questions about heritage management in Australia

mickmorrison
September 21, 2011
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I sometimes wonder whether archaeology as a discipline in Australia has been bought. When I began working towards a degree in archaeology in the mid 1990s it was a common view that there were  no jobs and that most of…

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Aboriginal history Archaeology My research Weipa Mission

Weipa fieldwork wrap, part 1

mickmorrison
July 25, 2011

I’ve just returned from a month long research trip at Weipa where we were working to complete a plan of an early 20th Century Presbyterian mission site that I’ve been working on for the past few years. It was one…

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Aboriginal history Heritage My research Weipa Mission

Into the field…

mickmorrison
June 18, 2011

In several days my small research team and I will be beginning the long drive from Townsville to Weipa where we’ll be based for a month long research trip investigating the history, archaeology and cultural significance of a former Aboriginal…

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Archaeology Teaching and learning

The risks of professional blogging

mickmorrison
March 14, 2011
1

Colleen at Middle Savagery has been facilitating a discussion about archaeology and blogging for the past few weeks and this week the question she poses is: What risks do archaeologists take when they make themselves available to the public via…

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