Dr Sally Brockwell
Areas of expertise
- Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Archaeology 210101
- Archaeology Of Asia, Africa And The Americas 210103
Biography
My doctoral research was on earth mound sites on the Adelaide River in the Northern Territory. Currently I am part of a multi-institutional, cross-disciplinary ARC Linkage Project with Rio Tinto Alcan led by Associate Professor Trish Fanning (Macquarie University) to investigate earth mounds at Weipa, with ANU colleague Dr Janelle Stevenson. I am also involved in several other collaborative projects: ARC Linkage Project, From Prehistory to History: Landscape and Cultural Change on the South Alligator River, Kakadu National Park with ANU colleagues Dr Janelle Stevenson, Dr Robert Levitus and Mr Kim McKenzie, The Anbarra Project with Dr Betty Meehan, analysing shell midden sites from the Blyth River, Northern Territory; the Northern Territory Dating Project researching Holocene coastal settlement in the Northern Territory and ARC Discovery Project, Earth Mounds in Northern Australia: Archaeological and Environmental Archives of the Mid to Late Holocene.
Career highlights
ARC Research Associate (2008-2011) and Research Fellow (current) Department of Archaeology and Natural History, ANU.
Researcher's projects
Enhancing Cultural Heritage Management for Mining Operations: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach (ARC Linkage Project, Lead CI Dr P. Fanning, Macquarie University)
From Prehistory to History: Landscape and Cultural Change on the South Alligator River, Kakadu National Park (ARC Linkage Project)
NEW LIGHT ON THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF CANBERRA: ON-LINE DATABASE AND GAZETTEER OF ACT ‘GREY LITERATURE’ AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS (ACT Heritage Project)
The Anbarra Archaeological Project (ANU Small Grant with Dr Betty Meehan)
Shapeshifters: Visualising Cultural and Natural Taxonomies (ANU Small Grant with Dr Sarah Colley, University of Sydney)
Available student projects
The department welcomes inquiries from potential research students who would like to develop projects on archaeology in northern Australia, earth mounds in Australia and the archaeology of East Timor.
Current student projects
Mr Daryl Wesley (PhD candidate): Baijini, Macassans, Balanda, and Bininj: Defining the Indigenous Past of Arnhem Land through Culture Contact
Mr Nick McClean (PhD candidate): Rethinking Cultural Heritage- Culture and Nature in the Australasian Region: A Multi-Media Project
Ms Helen Cooke (PhD candidate): Enhancing Cultural Heritage Management for Mining Operations: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach
Mr Billy O'Foglu (PhD candidate): The Relationship between North Australian Earth Mounds and Shell Mounds
Publications
- Brockwell, S 2013, ''Dead Men and Dreamings': Some Reflections on An-barra Archaeology, Australia', in Geoffrey N. Bailey, Karen Hardy and Abdoulaye Camara (ed.), Shell Energy: Mollusc Shells as Coastal Resources, Oxbow Books, Oxford, pp. 287-298.
- Brockwell, S, O'Connor, S & Byrne, D, eds, 2013, Transcending the Culture-Nature Divide in Cultural Heritage: Views from the Asia-Pacific Region, ANU ePress, Canberra Australia.
- Brockwell, S 2013, 'Australian wetland occupation before and after the Europeans', in Francesco Menotti and Aidan O'Sullivan (eds) The Oxford Handbook of Wetland Archaeology, Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom, pp. 211-229.
- Brockwell, S, Marwick, B, Bourke, P et al 2013, 'Late Holocene climate change and human behavioural variability in the coastal wet -dry tropics of northern Australia : Evidence from a pilot study of oxygen isotopes in marine bivalve shells from archaeological sites', Australian Archaeology, vol. 76, pp. 21-33.
- O'Connor, S, Pannell, S & Brockwell, S 2013, 'The dynamics of culture and nature in a 'protected' Fataluku landscape', in Sally Brockwell, Sue O'Connor & Denis Byrne (eds) Transcending the Culture-Nature Divide in Cultural Heritage: Views from the Asia-Pacific Region. ANU ePress, Canberra Australia, pp. 203-234.
- McWilliam, A, Bulbeck, F, Brockwell, S et al 2012, 'The Cultural Legacy of Makassar Stone in East Timor', Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, The, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 262-279.
- O'Connor, S, McWilliam, A, Fenner, JN, Brockwell, S. 2012, 'Examining the Origin of Fortifications in East Timor: Social and Environmental Factors', Journal of Island & Coastal Archaeology, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 200-218.
- Brockwell, C, Meehan, B, O'Connor, S et al 2011, 'Holocene settlement of the northern coastal plains, Northern Territory, Australia', Beagle: records of the museums and art galleries of the northern territory, vol. 2011, no. 27, pp. 1-22.
- Taylor, P & Brockwell, C 2011, 'ART DECO IN A CANBERRA CONTEXT: A WALK IN THE INNER NORTH'.
- Taylor, P & Brockwell, C 2011, 'Art Deco in Acton: A Self-Guided Walking Tour'.
- Reepmeyer, C, O'Connor, S & Brockwell, C 2011, 'Long-term obsidian use at the Jerimalai rock shelter in East Timor', Archaeology in Oceania, vol. 46, no. 2, pp. 85-90.
- O'Connor, S, Brockwell, C & Pannell, S 2011, 'Whose Culture and Heritage for Whom? The Limits of National Public Good Protected Area Models in Timor Leste', in John N. Miksic, Geok Yian Goh and Sue O'Connor (ed.), Rethinking Cultural Resource Management in Southeast Asia, Anthem Press, London, pp. 39-65.
- Brockwell, C, Faulkner, P, Bourke, P et al 2009, 'Radiocarbon Dates from The Top End: A Cultural Chronology for the Northern Territory Coastal Plains', Australian Aboriginal Studies, vol. 1, pp. 54-76.
- Bourke, P & Brockwell, C 2009, 'Book Review: Shell Middens in Atlantic Europe', International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, vol. 38, no. 1 (March), pp. 176-178.
- Brockwell, C 2009, Archaeological Settlement Patterns and Mobility Strategies: Lower Adelaide River, Northern Australia, John and Erica Hedges Ltd, London UK.
- Bourke, P, Brockwell, C, Faulkner, P et al 2007, 'Climate variability in the mid to late Holocene Arnhem Land Region, North Australia: Archaeological Archives of environmental and cultural change', Archaeology in Oceania, vol. 42, no. 3, pp. 91-101.
- Brockwell, C & Akerman, K 2007, 'Bone points from the Adelaide River, Northern Territory', Australian Aboriginal Studies, vol. 1, pp. 111-128.
- Brockwell, C 2006, 'Earth Mounds in Northern Australia: A Review', Australian Archaeology, vol. 63, pp. 47-56.
- Brockwell, C 2006, 'Radiocarbon dates for earth mounds on the Adelaide River, Northern Australia', Archaeology in Oceania, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 118-122.
- Bourke, P, Brockwell, C & Fredericksen, C, eds, 2005, Darwin Archaeology: Aboriginal, Asian and European Heritage of Australia's Top End, Charles Darwin University Press, Darwin, Australia.
- Brockwell, C 2005, 'Settlement patterns on the lower Adelaide River in the Mid to Late Holocene', in P Bourke, S Brockwell, C Fredericksen (ed.), Darwin Archaeology: Aboriginal, Asian and European Heritage of Australia's Top End, Charles Darwin University Press, Darwin, Australia, pp. 9-18.
- Fredericksen, C, Brockwell, C & Bourke, P 2005, 'Introduction: Physical and cultural transformations in the Darwin Region', in P Bourke, S Brockwell, C Fredericksen (ed.), Darwin Archaeology: Aboriginal, Asian and European Heritage of Australia's Top End, Charles Darwin University Press, Darwin, Australia, pp. 1-8.
- Brockwell, C, Meehan, B & Ngurrabangurraba, B 2005, 'The An-barra Archaeological Project: A progress report', Australian Aboriginal Studies, vol. 1, pp. 84-89.
- Brockwell, C & Chippindale, C 2005, 'Walter Burley Griffin and a Museum of Archaeology at the Heart of Australia's Capital', Australian Archaeology, vol. 60, pp. 52-54.
- Brockwell, C, ed., 2005, Culture, Conflict Management and Native Title: An Emerging Bibliography, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies AIATSIS), Canberra.
- Brockwell, C 2001, 'Wetland Archeology in the Top End:Models, Mounds and Mobility', in A.Anderson, I.Lilley & S.O'Connor (ed.), Histories of Old Ages: Essays in honour of Rhys Jones, Pandanus Books, Canberra, pp. 327-340.
- Brockwell, C, Levitus, R & Clarke, A 2001, 'Seasonal movement in the prehistoric human ecology of the Alligator Rivers region, north Australia', in A.Anderson, I.Lilley & S.O'Connor (ed.), Histories of Old Ages: Essays in honour of Rhys Jones, Pandanus Books, Canberra, pp. 361-380.
Projects and Grants
- Earth Mounds in Northern Australia: Archaeological and Environmental Archives of the Mid to Late Holocene (Primary Investigator)
- From Prehistory to History: Landscape and Cultural Change on the South Alligator River, Kakadu National Park (Primary Investigator)
- Enhancing cultural heritage management for mining operations: a multi-disciplinary approach (Secondary Investigator)
