Research Projects | Updated 3 years ago
Anthropology and Archaeology are currently undertaking research on the following areas referring to Indigenous Cultures of the ancient world:
- Pottery from South, Central and North America [traded from the Smithsonian in the early 1900s]
- Papua New Guinea patrol officer collections
- XRF analysis of Egyptian and Sumerian pottery.
Research Projects | Updated 3 years ago
Anthropology and Archaeology are currently performing research on the following areas referring to Ancient Egypt:
- Honorary Associates – one working at Abydos with the Michigan University ancient cemeteries project and one with Macquarie University at Thebes
- Current collection focus: analysing botanical remains stored in a sycamore box, part of the collections since the 1890s.
Research Projects | Updated 3 years ago
Anthropology and Archaeology are currently performing research on the following areas referring to Aboriginal cultures:
- Aboriginal people and cricket in WA
- Traditional resource use in SW Kimberley coastal communities.
Focus on collections:
- Australian Aboriginal fibre works
- Patricia Vinnicombe Archives
- Repatriation
- Warburton Arts Project.
