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NASC 2015, Sydney by Rebekah Hawkins

In 2015, NASC was co-hosted by archaeology students of both Macquarie University and the University of Sydney from the 14th-16th of August, hosting over 100 attendees, with over 30 papers and poster presentations from students nationwide. Keynote speakers included Professor Amanda Esterhuysen (University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa -https://wits.academia.edu/AmandaEsterhuysen) and Dr. Aedeen Cremin (University of Canberra - https://independent.academia.edu/aedeencremin).

Conferences Organised by Rebekah Hawkins

The National Archaeology Student Conference (NASC) aims to provide students (Undergraduate, Honou... more The National Archaeology Student Conference (NASC) aims to provide students (Undergraduate, Honours, Post-graduate) with a platform from which they can discuss research amongst their peers and receive feedback from judges, who are professional archaeologists/consultants and university academic staff. The scope of NASC encompasses all fields of archaeological inquiry, irrespective of geographical focus. Participation was open to students at Australian and overseas universities. In 2015, NASC was co-hosted by archaeology students of both Macquarie University and the University of Sydney from the 14th-16th of August, hosting over 100 attendees, with over 30 papers and poster presentations from students nationwide. Keynote speakers included Professor Amanda Esterhuysen (University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa -https://wits.academia.edu/AmandaEsterhuysen) and Dr. Aedeen Cremin (University of Canberra - https://independent.academia.edu/aedeencremin).

Papers by Rebekah Hawkins

Lithic Technology, 2020

Quartz is regularly held to be of lower quality than fine-grained siliceous (FGS) material and of... more Quartz is regularly held to be of lower quality than fine-grained siliceous (FGS) material and often correlated with lower levels of retouch. This paper examines the "desirability" of quartz as a raw material for the production of backed artefacts in a landscape which also contains fine-grained siliceous material. Quartz, chert and silcrete backed artefact manufacturing strategies and morphologies are compared to examine whether technological choices differ by raw material. Quartz and chert are found to display high degrees of similarity in terms of core reduction technology, flake selection and backed artefact morphology. This alignment challenges perceptions regarding the desirability of quartz for the manufacture of small, standardized retouched flakes.

IJSRA by Rebekah Hawkins

International Journal of Student Research in Archaeology, 2017

The Australian Archaeological Association (AAA) conference is an annual conference aiming to enco... more The Australian Archaeological Association (AAA) conference is an annual conference aiming to encourage the advancement of archaeology in Australia. The 39th AAA conference was held in the coastal town of Terrigal, New South Wales and for the first time in its history it was hosted by an Indigenous organisation; the Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land Council (LALC). This defining moment in the history of AAA conferences and along with the theme “Interwoven: Indigenous and Western Knowledge in Archaeology and Heritage” promoted collaboration and understanding of different ways to explore Australian archaeology.

by Gonzalo Linares Matás, Devin L Ward, John Vandergugten, Cherene de Bruyn, Jacqueline Jordaan, Valletta Verezen, Dannielle Croucher, Rebekah Hawkins, Ariane Maggio, Kate Rose, Jennifer Bates, Camilo GC, Patricia Kenny, Frances Koziar, Rhiannon C Stammers, Christina M Carolus, and IJSRA Journal

Contents Gonzalo Linares Matás - Presentation of the third issue of IJSRA Interview Cherene de B... more Contents
Gonzalo Linares Matás - Presentation of the third issue of IJSRA

Interview
Cherene de Bruyn, Jacqueline Jordaan - Regional feature: Perspectives from southern African archaeology professionals

II Articles
Valletta Verezen - The Crumbling Wonder: A damage- and risk-assessment of sandstone monuments and natural features in the Petra Archaeological Park (Jordan)
Frances Koziar, Camilo Gomez - From Colonialism to Nationalism, the Indian to Indigenismo: A History of Central Mexican Archaeology
Dannielle Croucher - Quantification of Interpersonal Violence in Skeletal Remains from Medieval and Post-Medieval London
Amanda Padoan - Gendering the Traces

III Conference Reviews
Rebekah Hawkins, Jacqueline Matthews, Francesca McMaster - Australian Archaeological Association 2016 Conference Review
Barney Harris, Dannielle Croucher, Hayden McKee - The 3rd Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Research Student Symposium, UCL

IV Book Review - Ariane Maggio
Review of Crowder, C. & Stout, S. D. (eds.) 2012. Bone Histology: An Anthropological Perspective

by Jane Fyfe, Tim Forssman, Rob Rownd, Dylan S Davis, Devin L Ward, Michael B C Rivera, Rebekah Hawkins, Andrew W Lamb, Hannah Ryan, Rhiannon C Stammers, Kate Rose, Jacqueline Jordaan, Amelia W. Eichengreen, Gonzalo Linares Matás, Sarah Scoppie, Rachel Wilkinson, Dámaris López, Alba Menéndez Pereda, Milosz Klosowski, Oluseyi O Agbelusi, Fabio Saccoccio, Jennifer Bates, Richard Takkou, Claire Maass, IJSRA Journal, and Gabrielle Thiboutot

Christmas and other festivities associated with the winter solstice are a wonderful opportunity t... more Christmas and other festivities associated with the winter solstice are a wonderful opportunity to imagine changes.
At IJSRA, we work everyday on a voluntary basis to transform the academic publishing landscape, in our firm belief that authors should not have to pay for publishing, and that making research freely available to a global readership help address growing (academic) inequalities worldwide.
We aim to make an impact through an independent, unaffiliated, open-access student forum, without any submission, publication, or subscription fees.

Therefore, what better time to publish our second issue that in this merry Christmas Eve. We have an amazing variety of contents, including original fieldwork in Botswana, a model for undergraduate skills development, Indo-Greek coinage, heritage legislation in the Philippines, medieval perceptions and attitudes to health, a reassessment of Natufian sedentism, a Big Data cross-cultural analysis, a book review, and reviews of many conferences! We hope you enjoy reading these outstanding examples of student scholarship!