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UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY

  1. Institution Name:
    University of Sydney
  2. Department Title:
    Department of Archaeology
  3. Faculty in Historical/Underwater Archaeology:
    1. Gibbs, Martin (PhD. Western Australia, 1996). Lecturer. Historical archaeology, maritime archaeology, contact archaeology of Australia and the Pacific.
    2. Colley, Sarah (PhD. Southampton), GradCert (Tertiary Education). Senior Lecturer. Public archaeology, cultural heritage management, archaeology of Aboriginal-European contact; analysis and interpretation of faunal remains.
    3. Clarke, Annie (PhD. Aust National Uni; M.A. Univ. of W.A.). Contact archaeology in northern Australia, Contact Rock art, archaeobotany, Director Heritage Studies.
    4. Mr. Andrew Wilson (web:http://www.acl.arts.usyd.edu.au/acl);: Archaeological Computing Laboratory, Sydney TIMEMAP project.
    5. Ms Judy Birmingham (Retired Assoc Prof. – Research Associate). Historical archaeology of NSW, Irrawang Potteries, Central Australian Archaeology Project.
  4. Other Related Faculty/Staff:
    1. Fletcher, Roland (PhD., M.A. Cambridge) Associate Professor). Growth of settlements, Director, Greater Angkor Archaeology project.
    2. Dr Lesley Beaumont: The iconography & social history of children in Greek art. Associate Professor Alison Betts: Nomadic peoples in the ancient Near East and Central Asia.
    3. Dr Ian Johnson: Geographic Information Systems. Director of Archaeological Computing Laboratory and the Sydney TIMEMAP project.
    4. Professor Margaret Miller: Iron Age Greek art and archaeology, especially Greek relations with peoples to the East, and, Attic iconography.
    5. Professor Dan Potts: Archaeology of Western Asia c. 3500 B.C. to 630 A.D.
    6. Dr Ted Robinson: The archaeology of South Italy.
    7. Dr Dougald O’Reilly: The archaeology of Southeast Asia. HeritageWatch.
  5. General Statement:
    The University of Sydney has the oldest program in historical archaeology in Australia, established by Judy Birmingham in the 1960s. It offers two specific undergraduate courses in historical archaeology and research M.A. and PhD. Degrees. Staff experience encompasses historical archaeology in Australia and the Pacific, with additional specialisation in the archaeologies of cross-cultural contact. Gibbs is former director of the Masters in Maritime Archaeology at James Cook University and will be developing this field at USyd at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. In additional to the traditional archaeology program, Sydney is also base for the Archaeological Computing Laboratory which provides state of the art GIS and multimedia capabilities and training. USyd also has a full range of remote sensing and laboratory facilities. The wider Archaeology department is engaged in research in Australian and Pacific prehistory, Southeast Asia, the Near East and the Mediterranean.
  6. For More Information Contact:
    Martin Gibbs, Dept of Archaeology, University of Sydney New South Wales, 2006, Australia; phone: +61-2-90366010; email: martin.gibbs@arts.usyd.edu.au; Web page: http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/departs/archaeology/, http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/departs/archaeology/stacademic.html.