scholarly journals Everything You’ve Been Told About the History of Australian Archaeology is Wrong!

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Spriggs
Keyword(s):  
History Of ◽  
Australian Archaeology

Visions of archaeology. An interview with Tim Murray

2007 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gavin Lucas
Keyword(s):  
Central Element ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
International Community ◽  
History Of Archaeology ◽  
Central Importance ◽  
History Of ◽  
Australian Archaeology ◽  
Politics Of Archaeology

Tim Murray has occupied a unique, and at times contentious, position within Australian archaeology. His primary interests in the history of archaeology and theory made him ‘a luxury no department could afford’ in the fieldwork-dominated atmosphere of 1980s Australian archaeology, though he has since gone on to establish himself as a leading figure in both Australia and the international community. The politics of archaeology has also been a central element of his thought through both his historical work on race and his engagment with indigenous communities in Tasmania. The breadth of Murray's interests and contributions to the discipline of archaeology emerges very clearly from this interview and highlights issues that remain of central importance to the discipline.

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