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30/07/2013 Teaching depth studies in Ancient World History Thea Kinsela Project Officer Young Archaeologists’ Program La Trobe University (c) Alethea Kinsela 2013. All rights reserved. 1 30/07/2013  High school teaching, university lecturing, research and contract experience  Archaeology field experience:  Western Sydney –Year 10 work experience  Port Arthur –2011  Czech Republic –2012  Australia –2011-ongoing (c) Alethea Kinsela 2013. All rights reserved. 1. Clarify important historical and archaeological terms of reference 2. Define ‘Ancient Australia’ 3. Cover critical points in the ‘Ancient Australia’ timeline 4. Discuss ways to approach the topic ‘Ancient Australia’ in the classroom 5. Examine some stone tools (c) Alethea Kinsela 2013. All rights reserved. 2 30/07/2013  The study of the human past using scientific analysis of material remains (c) Alethea Kinsela 2013. All rights reserved. (c) Alethea Kinsela 2013. All rights reserved. 3 30/07/2013  What?  Where?  When?  Who?  Why?  How? (c) Alethea Kinsela 2013. All rights reserved.  Sites  Tools  Surveys  Food remains  Excavations  Other disciplines (c) Alethea Kinsela 2013. All rights reserved. 4 30/07/2013 Anthropology Palaeontology Geology Ecology History Archaeology Art history Geography Biology Palaeoclimatology (c) Alethea Kinsela 2013. All rights reserved. (c) Alethea Kinsela 2013. All rights reserved. 5 30/07/2013 (c) Alethea Kinsela 2013. All rights reserved. But is it possible to define the ‘history’ of Ancient Australia? (c) Alethea Kinsela 2013. All rights reserved. 6 30/07/2013  A record or account of past events  All that is preserved or remembered of the past (c) Alethea Kinsela 2013. All rights reserved. Challenges from a ‘Western’ perspective:  No written records  No visible architecture or infrastructure  Historical sources often biased Approaches:  Evidence  Theory  Interpretation (c) Alethea Kinsela 2013. All rights reserved. 7 30/07/2013  What is it?  Where did it start?  When did it start?  Who came here?  Why did they come?  How do we know? (c) Alethea Kinsela 2013. All rights reserved. Stratigraphy and Artefact types and style contextual data (c) Alethea Kinsela 2013. All rights reserved. 8 30/07/2013  Measures the rate of decay in the unstable, radioactive isotope C14 to determine the age of organic matter  Only reliable for dates younger than about 40,000BP  Dates charcoal and bone (c) Alethea Kinsela 2013. All rights reserved. 45 40 35 O G A30 S R A EY25 F O S D20 N A S UO15 H T 10 5 0 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1990 2000 2010 (c) Alethea Kinsela 2013. All rights reserved. 9 30/07/2013 1. Electron spin resonance (ESR) 2. Thermoluminescence (TL) 3. Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL)  Often used in conjunction with radiocarbon dating to ensure accuracy of age-estimates  Often used when radiocarbon dates are not able to be determined (c) Alethea Kinsela 2013. All rights reserved.  Measures the number of trapped electrons in enamel since the time of burial  Dates teeth (c) Alethea Kinsela 2013. All rights reserved. 10

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