National Archaeology Week: Clybucca-Stuarts Point middens
Event Details
- Date:
- Wednesday, 24 May 2023 - Wednesday, 24 May 2023
- Time:
- 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
- Room:
- Anthropology Museum
- Location:
- Level 1
- UQ Location:
- Michie Building (St Lucia)
- URL:
- https://anthropologymuseum.uq.edu.au/event/session/887
- Event category(s):
Event Contact
- Name:
- Miss Mandana Mapar
- Phone:
- 33651215
- Email:
- m.mapar@uq.edu.au
- Org. Unit:
- Anthropology Museum
Event Description
- Full Description:
- In conjunction with National Archaeology Week and the exhibition Anthropocene: Linking past and present to shape a better future, visit the UQ Anthropology Museum.
Investigating the monumental mounded Clybucca-Stuarts Point middens and thoughts on archaeological tourism, speaker Michael Westaway
Few midden site complexes offer as important opportunites as the Clybucca-Stuarts Point mounded middens to understand how Aboriginal people responded to changing sea levels in the Holocene epoch (the last 11,700 years after the end of the Ice Age). UQ has commenced a new investigation of this remarkable landscape, and while similar research abroad often leads to important initiatives around archaeological tourism, we seldom see such initiatives in Australia. I will discuss our research to date in this landscape and explore the great potential of these sites for cultural tourism and education programs, ideally driven by the Aboriginal custodians of the area.
Michael Westaway is an Associate Professor at the University of Queensland and is interested in the intersection between archaeology and biology with a research focus on the archaeology of ancient Australia and Papua New Guinea.
About National Archaeology Week
Held in the third week of May, National Archaeology Week aims to increase public awareness of Australian archaeology and the work of Australian archaeologists both at home and abroad, and to promote the importance of protecting Australia's unique archaeological heritage.
To discover more about National Archaeology Week, 21 - 27 May 2023 visit https://archaeologyweek.org/
Directions to UQ
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- Directions:
- St Lucia Campus | Gatton campus.
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