Alistair Paterson
I am an archaeologist at the University of Western Australia.My research and teaching covers culture contact, historical archaeology in maritime and terrestrial settings, sheep and cattle pastoralism, European colonization, historical rock art, and archaeological and historical methodology. Most of this is in Western Australia, particularly in the Pilbara and Kimberly. I have links to papers and chapters here. I am the author of 'The Lost Legions: Culture Contact in Colonial Australia' (AltaMira, 2008) and editor with Jane Balme of 'Archaeology in Practice: A Student Guide to Archaeological Analyses' (Blackwell Publishing, 2006). My latest book is a text book about the study of culture contact called 'A Millennium of Cultural Contact' (Left Coast Press, 2011) intended for students of historical anthropology. I work with a range of partners, especially the staff at the WA Museum and key communities around Australia.
Phone: Phone: +61 8 6488 2867 Fax: +61 8 6488 1023
Address: Post: Archaeology, M405, UWA, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley 6009, Australia
Phone: Phone: +61 8 6488 2867 Fax: +61 8 6488 1023
Address: Post: Archaeology, M405, UWA, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley 6009, Australia
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This session aims to bring together papers focusing on art from later prehistory. It will include both portable and parietal art created on or in a variety of materials. This session will specifically focus on the importance of archaeological context and examine how these can better inform our understandings of the significance of prehistoric art and its functions in society. It will ask what prehistoric art is, what it means, what it does and how it is enfolded into complex social relationships in both the past and present. A key objective of the session will be to showcase and share different interpretive methodologies across regional/disciplinary boundaries.