Distinguished Professor of Archaeology at James Cook University & Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories & Futures
Joined April 2012
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Aboriginal people made pottery and sailed to distant offshore islands thousands of years before Europeans arrived theconversation.com/aborigin… via @ConversationEDU
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After nearly 13 years on Twitter/X, I'm retiring from it today and moving full-time over to @bluesky.
If you would like to continue our conversations I'll be at bsky.app/profile/seanulm.bsk…
It's been fun.
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An amazing 590 respondents already to the Australian Archaeology in Profile 2025: A Survey of Working Archaeologists!
More than 1/3 of respondents so far anticipate their archaeological workplace will grow in 2025.
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An amazing 569 respondents already to the Australian Archaeology in Profile 2025: A Survey of Working Archaeologists!
More than 70% of respondents so far indicate that they are employed full-time.
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New excavation of ‘rings of mystery’ in Victoria reveals rich Aboriginal history theconversation.com/new-exca… via @ConversationEDU
Full text of the article by @carolinedigs and colleagues published in @AustArchJ available at: doi.org/10.1080/03122417.202…
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An amazing 500 respondents already to the Australian Archaeology in Profile 2025: A Survey of Working Archaeologists!
More than 1/3 of respondents so far indicate that they have a PhD or MPhil.
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Already 460 respondents to our Australian Archaeology in Profile 2025: A Survey of Working Archaeologists!
1/3 indicate that they worked for more than 1 employer in 2024.
QLD, SA & ACT are still poorly represented.
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Celebrate truth, knowledge and cultures with Always Was, Always Will Be this 19-26 January 2025 on @NITV and @SBS #TheFirstInventors
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Already 415 respondents to our Australian Archaeology in Profile 2025: A Survey of Working Archaeologists!
But maritime archaeology and classical archaeology are very poorly represented!
Where are you @AIMA_underwater???
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ALT Which of the following best describes the primary area of archaeology in which you worked during 2024? (tick one only)
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An amazing 244 respondents already to our Australian Archaeology in Profile 2025: A Survey of Working Archaeologists!
BUT only 12 from South Australia and 4 from the ACT!
Where are you?????
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ALT If based in Australia, what state or territory are you based in?
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Congratulations @alidoostsalimi! Wonderful to see this paper out! @ciehfcoe #AustralianArchaeology
7 Dec 2024
I am very happy to share my PhD student @alidoostsalimi ‘s first PhD publication! 🐚🐚🎉🎉
Great Barrier Reef Conomurex shells as SST and seasonal foraging archives
#sclerochronology
#ProudSupervisor
@SciMelb @SeanUlm @ciehfcoe @cabahCoE
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Thank-you @SING_Australia for a thought-provoking panel to kick-off the @AustArchaeology 2024 conference!
4 Dec 2024
What a wonderful start to #AAA45 in #Gimuy we appreciate you inviting #SINGAustralia to open with an #Indigenous #Genomics panel and thank you @ciehf for sponsoring our session
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Another great @ciehfcoe postdocjob opportunity, this time at the UWA Node:
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@AAAStudents @AustArchaeology #AustralianArchaeology
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Australian Archaeology in Profile 2025: A Survey of Working Archaeologists
Help us build a profile of professional archaeology in Australia! Now in its 20th year, this survey develops an understanding of our discipline and how it is changing.
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I'm moving over the BlueSky. Please follow me there at:
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Sean Ulm retweeted
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So glad to see this work out! Lead by the fabulous @FionaHook:
Late Pleistocene scaphopod beads from Boodie Cave and deep time traditions of personal ornamentation in northwest Australia
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Sean Ulm retweeted
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New article by Michael Kneppers and colleagues compares methods of mollusc quantification from two midden sites on the northern Great Barrier Reef island group of Jiigurru (the Lizard Island Group). 🔓⬇️
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Many thanks to @DawulWuru for hosting @ciehfcoe on beautiful Yirrganydji Country at Jakal/Palm Cove this week!
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Another important contribution led by @LynleyWallis documenting and protecting the Indigenous cultural heritage of Cape York Peninsula.
3 Sep 2024
New @QldArchResearch #OpenAccess article – A preliminary study of culturally modified sugarbag trees in the Laura Sandstone Basin, Cape York Peninsula by @LynleyWallis, Heather Burke, Mia Dardengo, Cat Morgan, Noelene Cole et al.
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ALT Photographs showing the status of sugarbag culturally modified trees (CMTs)
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It was an amazing privilege to spend more time with the Butchulla Aboriginal Corporation last week, listening to Country and talking about how we can work together to support Butchulla aspirations for healthy Country.
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Bereline Loogatha from MIArt and I talk about the extraordinary stone-walled intertidal fishtraps of the Wellesley Island Region on @ABCaustralia Radio National PM program.
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ALT Catfish Story, Bentinck Island, Kaiadilt Country
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