Dr Keryn
Walshe
BA ANU
GradCertTertEd Flinders
PhD ANU
Email: Keryn.Walshe@flinders.edu.au
Research Interests
Indigenous Australian Archaeology; Faunal Analysis; Taphonomy; Archaeological
Laboratory and Field Methods; Cultural Heritage Management; oral history
in archaeology
- Expertise for Media Contact
I am able to provide media comment in the following areas of expertise:
Indigenous Australian Archaeology; Faunal Analysis; Taphonomy; Cultural
Heritage Management
Recent publications
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Keryn joined the Department in February 1999 and has resigned as an academic staff
member. She has taught ARCH1001 Introduction to Archaeology; ARCH1002 World Archaeology;
ARCH1004 Laboratory Archaeology; ARCH2012 Cultural Imprints on Animal Landscapes;
ARCH2003 Cultural Heritage Management; and ARCH3305 Indigenous Archaeology Field
School.
Prior to joining the department Keryn was actively involved in Cultural Heritage
Management of Indigenous places for six years and completed consultancies throughout
eastern Australia, but principally in South Australia. She has worked closely
with heritage staff in Division of State Aboriginal Affairs (DOSAA) whilst assisting
with the National Estate program in South Australia and acted as regional Archaeologist
with New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service in 1998.
Dr Walshe has worked closely with Pauline Coulthard, a community leader for
the Adnyamathanha people and heritage consultant. Pauline and Keryn developed
a field school topic (ARCH 3305)
for archaeology students which was run in July 2001.
Her principal research areas include Indigenous archaeology, vertebrate analysis
of cave assemblages and middens, Cultural Heritage Management of Indigenous
places, interpretation and presentation of tourist places and the contribution
of oral history to archaeology. Dr Walshe is currently completing research in
the Far West and Kangaroo Island.
Dr Walshe has also been recently involved with National Parks and Wildlife
and the local Kaurna and Njarrendgeri people in a survey of the southern coastal
and dune regions of Kangaroo Island.
Keryn was Vice Chair of the South Australian chapter for
Australian Association of Consulting Archaeologists Inc., President
of the Anthropology Association, South Australia, a member of
Australian Archaeology Association and was 'Short Reports'
Editor for the associated journal Australian Archaeology.
She is currently working as Collections Manager for the South Australian Museum and has recently worked as a consultant in her own business called TimeMap.
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