Tripti Joshi (Editor)

Claire Smith

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Nationality
  
Australian

Occupation
  
Archaeologist

Name
  
Claire Smith



Born
  
15 July 1957 (age 66) (
1957-07-15
)
Sydney, Australia

Education
  
B.A, First Class Hons, 1990; PhD, 1996

Alma mater
  
University of New England,

Employer
  
Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia

Organization
  
World Archaeological Congress, President from 2003-2008 & 2008-2014

Under the covers with steph claire smith


Claire Smith (born 15 July 1957) is an Australian archaeologist specialising in indigenous archaeology and rock art. She is a dean of the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences at Flinders University, and the head of the Department of Archaeology. She served as the president of the World Archaeological Congress from 2003 to 2014 and edited the 11-volume Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology.

Contents

Interview with steph claire smith and laura henshaw


Education and career

Smith obtained a bachelor's degree in archaeology from the University of New England in 1990, and a PhD from the same university in 1996. Her doctoral thesis was an ethnoarchaeological study of Australian Aboriginal art. After that she held an Australian Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship and a Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellowship.

Selected publications

  • 2017. H. Burke, M. Morrison and C. Smith The Archaeologist’s Field Handbook. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 2nd edition. ISBN 9781743318065.
  • Smith, Clare, ed. (2014). Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. New York, NY: Springer. ISBN 978-1-4419-0465-2. doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2. 
  • 2008 H. Burke, C. Smith and L. Zimmerman The Archaeologist's Field Handbook. North American Edition. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press. ISBN 0-7591-0882-X.
  • 2008 H. Burke, C. Smith, D. Lippert, J. Watkins and L. Zimmerman (eds) Kennewick: Perspectives on the Ancient One. Walnut Grove, CA: Left Coast Press. ISBN 978-1-59874-347-0.
  • 2007 H. Burke and C. Smith Archaeology to Delight and Instruct. Active Learning in the University Classroom. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press. ISBN 978-1-59874-256-5.
  • 2007 I. Domingo, H. Burke and C. Smith Manual de Campo Para Arqueologos. Barcelona: Ariel Editorial. ISBN 978-84-344-5231-2.
  • 2007 C. Smith and H. Burke Digging it up Down Under: A Practical Guide to Doing Archaeology in Australia. New York: Springer. ISBN 0-387-35260-0.
  • 2005 C. Smith and H.M. Wobst Indigenous Archaeologies: Decolonising Theory and Practice. London: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-30965-4.
  • 2004 C. Smith Country, Kin and Culture. Survival of an Australian Aboriginal Community. Adelaide: Wakefield Press. ISBN 1-86254-575-8.
  • 2004 H. Burke and C. Smith The Archaeologist's Field Handbook. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-862-5.
  • 2000 C. Smith and G. K. Ward Indigenous Cultures in an Interconnected World. Sydney: Allen and Unwin & Vancouver: University of British Columbia. ISBN 1-86448-926-X.
  • 1997 A. Rosenfeld and C. Smith. Recent developments in radiocarbon and stylistic methods of dating rock art. Antiquity 72 (272):405-11.

    • References

    Claire Smith Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA