National Archaeology Week (NAW) in Australia – May 17 to May 23 – which aims to put ‘archaeology in the spotlight’ , is (of course) fully online this year due to coronavirus. NAW has 4 prizes :
- Best online event or content
- People’s Choice. Nominate and vote for your favourite via social media.
- Bake It and Make It. Bake a stratigraphic layer cake, french knit a scale bar, the only limit is your imagination. Post a photo of your creation on the NAW FB page.
- Archaeology at Home. You can take the archaeologist out of the field, but you can’t take the field out of the archaeologist.
The archaeologists that are featured , move us to the following topics of interest…
World Heritage Sites such as Polonnaruva, one of Sri Lanka’s ancient capitals and a UNESCO World Heritage Site including a fascinating story of rise and fall
Victoria (Australia) Aboriginal Heritage map…..
Carly Monks studies zoo-archaeology and especially the relationship of animals and humans. Follow her on twitter
Other Australia web resources
Australia Archaeology Association ‘skills passport ‘
Australian Indigenous Archaeology Association
Australian Institute of Maritime Archaeology
Australian Society of Historical Archaeology – celebrates 50 years!
