[Aqualist] Update on CAR student workshop "Contemporary Challenges in the Archaeology and Environmental History of the Asia-Pacific Region" 10-12 Sept 2007 at ANU

[Simon Haberle]

Dear All,

I would like to thank all who nominated students for the forthcoming 
Student Workshop at ANU on "Contemporary Challenges in the 
Archaeology and Environmental History of the Asia-Pacific Region, 
10-12 Sept 2007", and to congratulate all those students who have 
been selected to attend. A total of 21 students have been supported 
from New Zealand and Australia after emailed invitations to 28 
departments in the region that have Quaternary Science or Archaeology 
as part of their undergraduate courses. We believe that this will be 
an exciting and rewarding event for all those participating.

Further details on the workshop seminar timetable and activites list 
will be available in August. A draft outline is now available at the 
PalaeoWorks website 
http://palaeoworks.anu.edu.au/CAR_Contemporary_Challenges_Workshop.pdf

A list of those attending, with their affiliation and current 
research interest, is provided below.

List of Participants:

Stephen Arthur (University of Western Australia) Thesis topic: 
Personal Ornamentation in Prehistoric Societies.
Tim Barribeau (University of Otago, Dunedin) Bronze Age Funerary 
Vessels from Ban Non Wat.
Tessa Boer-Mah (University of Sydney) Thesis topic: Ground Stone 
Adzes from Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Contexts at Ban Non Wat, 
Northeast Thailand.
Katarina Boljkovac (ANU)
Tom Brookman (University of Adelaide) Thesis topic: Stable Isotope 
Analysis of Seasonal Signals in Macropus Tooth Enamel: A Pilot Study.
Deborah Graziano (James Cook University, Cairns) Thesis topic: 
Ecological Pressure and Primate Social Behaviour: Building a Reliable 
Model of the Behavioural Capabilities of the Australopithecines.
Allison Isepy (James Cook University, Townsville) Thesis topic: 
Analysis of an Iron Age Industrial Feature at Ban Non Wat, Thailand.
Chris Jennings (University of Otago, Dunedin) The Use of Southland 
Argillite in Prehistory.
Mirani Litster (Flinders University, South Australia) Thesis 
topic:  Potential Contribution of Archaeology to Australian Frontier 
Conflict Studies.
Jaime McHugh (James Cook University, Townsville) Thesis topic: 
Biological Anthropology in Cambodia.
Anne McKenzie (University of Auckland) Thesis topic: Archaeology in 
the New Georgia Group, Solomon Islands.
Juliet Meyer (James Cook University, Cairns) Thesis topic: Tropical 
Taphonomy and Potential for Forensic Field Research Centre.
Daniel Monks (University of Western Australia) Thesis topic: 
Stranded: A Look at the Survivor Camp of the VOC Ship Zeewijk in an 
Australian Maritime Context.
Sam Player (University of Sydney) Thesis topic:  Reconstructing the 
Angkorian Hydrological Network.
Ngaire Richards (University of Sydney) Thesis topic: A Diachronic 
Analysis of Settlement and Water Management in North-West Cambodia.
Carmen Sarjeant (University of Otago, Dunedin) Physico-Chemical 
Analysis of Bronze to Iron Age Funerary Ceramics at Ban Non Wat.
Dale Simpson Jr (University of Auckland).
Silvana Tridico (Victoria Police Forensic Services Department) 
Forensic hair examiner
Deborah Van Sambeeck (University of Western Australia).
Erin Williams (University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand) Thesis 
topic: Fire Risk and Fire Use in Prehistoric New Zealand.
Abigail Young (University of Canterbury, Christchurch) Thesis topic: 
Diatom Based Investigations of Late Quaternary Environmental Change 
in the South Island, New Zealand.

For further details contact me or Sally.Brockwell at CAR at anu.edu.au

Cheers, Simon



Dr Simon Haberle

Director of the Centre for Archaeological Research,
Department of Archaeology and Natural History,
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies,
Australian National University,
Canberra, ACT 0200,
Australia

phone: +61 2 6125 3373
fax: +61 2 6125 1635
webpage: http://palaeoworks.anu.edu.au/ and http://car.anu.edu.au/