Great to be part of the UWA contingent who travelled to Gimuy to take part in #AAA47. Fabulous sessions on Shared narratives and proud to have our Dating Project team present work done in collaboration with Murujuga. Happy the Big and small #s made a return to the schedule, with many worthy winners!

How archaeological digs in York are boosting mental health - BBC News 'Social prescribing' project allows GPs to refer people to take part in digs and historical research.

This topic was mentioned by @johnschofyork.bsky.social in his plenary session at #AAA47, prescribing Archaeology to promote mental health. Such a brilliant initiative 🏺
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Lots of great science at the Dating Murujuga’s Dreaming session at #aaa47; looking forward to more terrific outcomes from the team.

More #archsci at #aaa47: Ishara Pathirage on characterising the geology of gabbro rock art canvases on Murujuga country. @crar-m.bsky.social #unimelb

Hi @martinporr.bsky.social. I have added you here. Is that fine for you? Have a great #AAA47.

We came to #AAA47 to listen and learn from each other, to stretch our understanding, to hear new perspectives. We need to listen when people are trying to share perspectives outside of our experience. We’ve come so far as a profession, the changes have only made us better.

Diego Turollo- talking about his PhD research on hydrological catchments around Murujuga #AAA47

Eva Lowe talking about their Honours research on pollen in the tufa cores around Murujuga’s water holes at #AAA47

Caroline Mather - the Tufa Queen - now talking about fresh water across the archipelago at Murujuga #AAA47

After lunch- and now Mick O’Leary talking about sea faring competencies and inter island travel in The Dating Murujuga’s Dreaming session #AAA47

Really enjoyed co-convening this with @martinporr.bsky.social Mady Kelly & Kellie Pollard - great standard of AusTAG paper!

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Now Ben Mullins- talking about the MRAMP results and the complexities of natural vs anthropogenic effects on the rock at at Murujuga #AAA47

Now - John Fairweather describing his work with machine learning to explore the distribution of rock varnish at the landscape scale #AAA47

Thank you Luke Gliganic for a very exciting talk on rock surface and burial dating. Mind is reeling with the potential for dating archaeological sites in Australia
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Ying-Li Wu now talking about her characterisation of the microbiology of the varnish at Murujuga #AAA47

Hand drawn landscape with mountains in the background and different food plants and a chicken in the foreground. Cultivaria: Harvest, cultivate, grow

Best paper of #AAA47? Joshua Willsher presenting on a new archaeological board game called Cultivaria.

Well acknowledged the priority on game play over archaeological accuracy without too many compromises. A well played game is more engaging than one too data heavy 👏 👏
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Inspiring talk about #boardgames to engage with archaeological themes. Creative. Original. Interactive activity. Well done!
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Now Katy Evans from Curtin and the MRAMP now talking about geology of Murujuga #AAA47

Very proud of Meg Drummond-Wilson having presented a great paper yesterday on some of the results of her PhD research at the Fremantle Prison. How can we detect expressions of emotions through material culture in an incarceration setting? Very powerful and moving work

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Now Annie Ross- looking back - to look forward- reflections on a long and illustrious career collaborating with Indigenous people #AAA47

Yesterday, Kellie Pollard (Charles Darwin University) gave a great presentation on her vision of Indigenous theory building in archaeology. A critical contribution to the conference as part of this year's Australian Theoretical Archaeology Group session

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The third day of #AAA47 is kicking off with a panel by the Australian Indigenous Archaeologists Association (AIAA) on Celebrating Shared Knowledge: Looking Back to Looking Forward

Day 3 Plenary just starting at #AAA47 Chaired by Dave Johnson

Really enjoyed AusTAG's session today at #AAA47. Extremely enlightening and thought-provoking discussions, including this presentation by Jacinta Koolmatrie and Jade Turner...

infography explaining how we can analyse bone powder through ATR-FTIR to predict if there is enough collagen in archaeological bones to do bottom-up palaeoproteomics. Includes cute image of Australian animals

Having a great time at #AAA47 discussing our protocol to predict collagen preservation in bones from tropical sites in Australia and the Indo-Pacific. Want to apply this workflow to your research question? I am all ears 👂

Photograph of a woman at a podium beside a large screen showing lots of different artefacts including parts of blue bottles, stone tools, pipes, jewellery, and landscape features.

Great to see some of the artefacts from Sydney Central Metro, can't wait to see more! 🏺 #AAA47

This year, the session is co-convened by Mady Kelly, Kellie Pollard, Chris Urwin, and me.

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The session of the Australian Theoretical Archaeology Group session at this year's Annual Meeting of the Australian Archaeological Association is starting!

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Really inspiring presentations this morning at #AAA47 on Community-Owned Narratives to Heritage Management. Heaps of takeaways and lessons for me to apply. Thank you to all the generous presenters