Phd Scholarship In Australian Archaeology

The OpportunityA PhD scholarship is offered as an important part of an ARC-funded project Before and After the Last Ice Age: GunaiKurnai Archaeology along the Snowy, conducted by a team of transdisciplinary researchers co-ordinated by Elder Uncle Russell Mullett of the GunaiKurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation (GLaWAC) and Professor Bruno David of Monash University.This PhD project will be part of the broader ARC project that aims to investigate the deep-time Aboriginal occupation of the limestone country of the Buchan region in inland East Gippsland, GunaiKurnai Country, Victoria.
The successful PhD candidate will each be expected to archaeologically excavate, analyse and write-up for their PhD the results of one or more excavations of caves, rock shelters or open sites in or adjacent to the Buchan limestone country.
The successful PhD candidate is expected to have reasonable excavation experience, but will be mentored into fine-grained excavation methods approved by both GLaWAC and Professor David at Monash.