Sean Ulm
@SeanUlm
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Distinguished Professor of Archaeology at James Cook University & Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories & Futures
Cairns, Australia
Joined April 2012
Aboriginal people made pottery and sailed to distant offshore islands thousands of years before Europeans arrived via @ConversationEDU.
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Pottery made more than 1800 years ago by Aboriginal communities on Jiigurru in the Lizard Island group in the Great Barrier Reef is the oldest ever found in Australia.
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An amazing 590 respondents already to the Australian Archaeology in Profile 2025: A Survey of Working Archaeologists!. More than 1/3 of respondents so far anticipate their archaeological workplace will grow in 2025. Please complete the survey at: .
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An amazing 569 respondents already to the Australian Archaeology in Profile 2025: A Survey of Working Archaeologists!. More than 70% of respondents so far indicate that they are employed full-time. Please complete the survey at:
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New excavation of ‘rings of mystery’ in Victoria reveals rich Aboriginal history via @ConversationEDU . Full text of the article by @carolinedigs and colleagues published in @AustArchJ available at:
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Aboriginal rings are circular, earth (or rock) features that are preserved at increasingly fewer locations across eastern Australia today. While previous studies indicate these rings are sacred loc...
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An amazing 500 respondents already to the Australian Archaeology in Profile 2025: A Survey of Working Archaeologists!. More than 1/3 of respondents so far indicate that they have a PhD or MPhil. Please complete the survey at:.
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Already 460 respondents to our Australian Archaeology in Profile 2025: A Survey of Working Archaeologists!. 1/3 indicate that they worked for more than 1 employer in 2024. QLD, SA & ACT are still poorly represented. Please complete the survey at:.
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Celebrate truth, knowledge and cultures with Always Was, Always Will Be this 19-26 January 2025 on @NITV and @SBS #TheFirstInventors.
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NITV and SBS network invite all Australians to deepen their understanding of January 26 through a curated week of First Nations programming and coverage exploring the history, strength and survival...
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Already 415 respondents to our Australian Archaeology in Profile 2025: A Survey of Working Archaeologists!. But maritime archaeology and classical archaeology are very poorly represented!. Where are you @AIMA_underwater???. Please complete the survey at:.
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An amazing 244 respondents already to our Australian Archaeology in Profile 2025: A Survey of Working Archaeologists!. BUT only 12 from South Australia and 4 from the ACT!. Where are you?????. Please complete the survey at:.
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I am very happy to share my PhD student @alidoostsalimi ‘s first PhD publication! 🐚🐚🎉🎉. Great Barrier Reef Conomurex shells as SST and seasonal foraging archives. #sclerochronology .#ProudSupervisor.@SciMelb @SeanUlm @ciehfcoe @cabahCoE .
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Thank-you @SING_Australia for a thought-provoking panel to kick-off the @AustArchaeology 2024 conference!.
What a wonderful start to #AAA45 in #Gimuy we appreciate you inviting #SINGAustralia to open with an #Indigenous #Genomics panel and thank you @ciehf for sponsoring our session
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Another great @ciehfcoe postdocjob opportunity, this time at the UWA Node:. @AAAStudents @AustArchaeology #AustralianArchaeology.
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Australian Archaeology in Profile 2025: A Survey of Working Archaeologists. Help us build a profile of professional archaeology in Australia! Now in its 20th year, this survey develops an understanding of our discipline and how it is changing.
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RT @Dr_MCLangley: So glad to see this work out! Lead by the fabulous @FionaHook:.Late Pleistocene scaphopod beads from Boodie Cave and deep….
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RT @AustArchJ: New article by Michael Kneppers and colleagues compares methods of mollusc quantification from two midden sites on the north….
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Many thanks to @DawulWuru for hosting @ciehfcoe on beautiful Yirrganydji Country at Jakal/Palm Cove this week!.
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Another important contribution led by @LynleyWallis documenting and protecting the Indigenous cultural heritage of Cape York Peninsula.
New @QldArchResearch #OpenAccess article – A preliminary study of culturally modified sugarbag trees in the Laura Sandstone Basin, Cape York Peninsula by @LynleyWallis, Heather Burke, Mia Dardengo, Cat Morgan, Noelene Cole et al.
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It was an amazing privilege to spend more time with the Butchulla Aboriginal Corporation last week, listening to Country and talking about how we can work together to support Butchulla aspirations for healthy Country.
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Bereline Loogatha from MIArt and I talk about the extraordinary stone-walled intertidal fishtraps of the Wellesley Island Region on @ABCaustralia Radio National PM program.
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