Australian Archaeology
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Full Citation Details:
Sutcliffe, K. 1975. Research in Queensland. 'Australian
Archaeology', no.3, 3-4.
RESEARCH I N QUEENSLAND
J. Beaton, A.N.U.
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Carnarvon RegionA s t u d y of t h e d i s t r i b u t i o n and v a r i a b i l i t y of upland a r c h a e o l o g i c a l d e p o s i t s w i t h p a r t i c u l a r r e f e r e n c e t o change through time. T h i s i s a c o n t i n u a t i o n of t h e p r e v i o u s y e a r ' s s t u d y w i t h t h e hope of f i n d i n g l a t e P l e i s t o c e n e fauna i n a s s o c i a t i o n w i t h t o o l i n d u s t r i e s of e a r l y man i n A u s t r a l i a . H. Brayshaw, James Cook U n i v e r s i t y
Survey o f t h e Herbert-Burdekin d i s t r i c t t o e s t a b l i s h t h e number, t y p e and d i s t r i b u t i o n of A b o r i g i n a l s i t e s i n t h e a r e a
(camp sites, middens, r o c k a r t e t c . ) and e s t a b l i s h a n archaeo- l o g i c a l s e q u e n c e f o r t h e area through e x c a v a t i o n . I n t h e p r o c e s s o f b e i n g w r i t t e n up f o r t h e s i s .
R. Buchan, N.S.W. N a t i o n a l P a r k s and W i l d l i f e S e r v i c e
L o c a t i o n o f A b o r i g i n a l s i t e s which may be d i s t u r b e d by c o n s t r u c t i o n o f t h e p i p e l i n e i n south-west Queensland.
S. C o l l i v e r and F, Woolston
D e s c r i p t i o n o f r a i n f o r e s t a r t e f a c t s , r e s e a r c h i n t o h i s t o r i c a l r e c o r d s r e l a t i n g t o t h e s e .
W. Love
L o c a t i o n and s u r v e y o f sites and r e l i c s i n t h e Lockyer V a l l e y r e g i o n .
L o c a t i o n and r e c o r d i n g of A b o r i g i n a l s i t e s i n t h e v i c i n i t y o f T o w n s v i l l e .
M. Q u i n n e l l , Q l d . Museum
Survey o f Moreton and Wide Bay-Burnett Regions, r e c o r d i n g o f r o c k a r t i n t h e Carnarvon Region (M.A. ~ h e s i s )
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A. R o s e n f e l d , A.N.U.
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Laura a r e a and t h e v a l l e y s o f t h e Laura and Deighton R i v e r sExamine s i t e s o f p r e h i s t o r i c a r t and a s s e s s t h e e x i s t e n c e o f engraved s i t e s comparable t o t h e l a t e P l e i s tocene engravings from E a r l y Man s h e l t e r , t o a s s e s s t h e r a n g e o f e n g r a v i n g t e c h n i q u e s and s t y l e s and t h e l i k e l i h o o d of b e i n g a b l e t o date t h e s e by
e x c a v a t i o n .
M r and M r s Rowlands
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south-west OueenslandS e a r c h f o r and r e c o r d i n g of A b o r i g i n a l Stone Arrangements.
P. T r e z i s e
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s o u t h - e a s t Cape YorkD i s c o v e r y and r e c o r d i n g of A b o r i g i n a l r o c k a r t .
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R. Robins, Department of A b o r i g i n a l and I s l a n d s A f f a i r s Location and recording of a l l sites throughout south- west Queensland.
M. Morwood, Department of Aboriginal and I s l a n d A f f a i r s I n v e s t i g a t i o n i n t o dendroglyphs i n Queensland, survey of Moreton I s l a n d .
K. S u t c l i f f e
Department of A b o r i g i n a l &
I s l a n d A f f a i r s Queensland
CURRENT WORK I N THE ANTHROPOLOGY MUSEUM, UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND
Current work i n t h e Anthropology Museum c o v e r s t h e whole spectrum of museology, and comprises c a t a l o g u i n g , d i s p l a y , conservation, teaching, f i e l d r e s e a r c h and p u b l i c a t i o n .
For many y e a r s during t h e f i r s t h a l f of t h i s c e n t u r y , ethnographic museum c o l l e c t i o n s played a major r o l e i n
p r e s e n t i n g v i s u a l l y t o t h e p u b l i c and s c h o l a r s a l i k e t h e l a t e s t r e s u l t s of a n t h r o p o l o g i c a l r e s e a r c h . T h i s r o l e remained dominant f o r a s long a s t h e c u r a t o r s were a l s o t h e only a n t h r o p o l o g i s t s . Since then and e s p e c i a l l y d u r i n g t h e l a s t twenty y e a r s , anthrop- o l o g i c a l r e s e a r c h h a s d i v e r s i f i e d r a p i d l y i n i n t e r e s t , t h e o r y and methodology. This development a l s o s h i f t e d anthropology i n t o an academic, u n i v e r s i t y - c e n t r e d environment, and excluded e t h n o g r a p h i c museums from f u r t h e r p a r t i c i p a t i o n i n i t s development.
Since 1971 t h e Anthropology Museum of t h e U n i v e r s i t y of Queensland h a s endeavoured t o overcome t h i s s i t u a t i o n ; and t o achieve t h i s a number of changes i n t h e e s t a b l i s h e d museum p o l i c i e s were necessary.
Cataloguing: I n t h e last twenty-seven y e a r s , t h e c o l l e c t i o n of t h e museum has grown t o some 20,000 i t e m s . The e x i s t i n g c a t a l o g u e f o r t h i s c o l l e c t i o n was e n t i r e l y d i r e c t e d towards morphological and substance-matter o r i e n t a t i o n : A l l s t o n e a x e s / a d z e s were k e p t
t o g e t h e r , b u t those made of s h e l l w e r e completely s e p a r a t e d , a s were those made of metal. For each i t e m t h e r e e x i s t e d a small f i l i n g c a r d , which described a n i t e m and provided t h e r e s e a r c h e r w i t h a r b i t r a r y dimens ions.
The new c a t a l o g u e has provided sweeping changes and i s based on a f u n c t i o n a l o r i e n t a t i o n : a l l axes/adzed, r e g a r d l e s s whether they a r e made of s t o n e , s h e l l o r m e t a l are n o t k e p t t o g e t h e r , and each i t e m i s recorded on a 5" X 8" color-coded c a r d a s t o i t s
country of o r i g i n , h a s a 4" X 3" photograph of t h e a r t i f a c t drymounted Archived at Flinders University: dspace.flinders.edu.au
