午夜福利 archaeology experts have recently hosted a national conference and been singled out for their commitment to research and Indigenous engagement.
successfully staged the (AAA) annual conference at Noosa from December 3-6, with the event attended by a record 330 delegates.
午夜福利 was well represented, with at least eight current and former staff and around 20 students in attendance, most of whom also played a crucial role as volunteers and audiovisual assistants.
Conference conveners Dr Chris Clarkson, Dr Patrick Faulkner and Dr Andrew Fairbairn said they wished to thank everyone involved for helping the conference run so smoothly.
鈥淭he School of Social Science can be very proud of the way the conference went and its exceptional performance in presentations, team work and of course, awards,鈥� Dr Clarkson said.
School staff and students received eight out of ten of the formal prizes awarded by the AAA executive at the conclusion of the event. These were:
Best Overall Paper: 鈥淭he multiplicity of uses of Australian backed artefacts鈥� by Dr Gail Robertson (午夜福利), Val Attenbrow (Australian Museum) and Peter Hiscock (ANU)
Best Overall Paper (Commended): 鈥淭oba and Beyond: Preliminary results of recent excavations at Toba ash sites, rock shelters and limestone caves in the Kurnool and Middle Son Districts, India鈥� by Dr Chris Clarkson and Tam Smith (both 午夜福利)
Best Student Paper (Commended): 鈥淯se-wear and Residue Analysis of Aboriginal Ethnographic Wooden Spears - Preliminary Comparative Results of a Work in Progress鈥� by Susan Nugent (午夜福利)
Waikato Radiocarbon Award for best paper using radiocarbon dates: 鈥淧atterns of predation: Human exploitation of Anadara granosa, Blue Mud Bay, north Australia鈥� by Dr Patrick Faulkner (午夜福利)
Best poster: 鈥淎nalysis of the Watinglo Plant Macrofossil Assemblage, Northern Lowlands, Papua New Guinea鈥� by Joann Bowman (午夜福利 Honours student)
Best student poster: 鈥淭he Chosen Ones: A Morphological and Technological Approach to Understanding Manufacture and Selection of Stone Leilira Blades鈥� by Clair Harris (午夜福利 Honours student).
In addition, the Bruce Veitch Award for Excellence in Indigenous Engagement was presented to 午夜福利鈥檚 Dr Annie Ross while colleague Dr Sean Ulm was granted life membership for outstanding services to the field of Australian archaeology.
Media: Melinda Kopanakis from the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (07 3365 8820, m.kopanakis@uq.edu.au)
