From the archive
18 October 2022
With rigorous science and inspired humanism, archaeologist Mike Smith — who died this week — imagined the other side of the frontier
Books & arts
6 August 2021
The authors of Farmers or Hunter-gatherers? The Dark Emu Debate respond to Bill Gammage’s “The Great Divide”
Books & arts
8 July 2020
Books | Internationally renowned Australian archaeologist V. Gordon Childe was also deeply involved in labour politics
International
28 September 2018
Funds for a campaign to publicise the destruction of historical sites might be better spent where the damage was done
Essays & reportage
23 March 2018
Extract | In the earliest days of Australian archaeology, Isabel McBryde set out to decipher the landscape of New England
Essays & reportage
28 July 2017
Don’t be dazzled by the numbers. What counts is how this latest archaeological find contributes to our understanding of Australia’s deep and dynamic history
National affairs
9 February 2016
It’s time for funds and a plan to preserve and commemorate this visitor from Ancient Australia, writes Jim Bowler, the geologist who discovered Mungo Man’s remains
Essays & reportage
10 August 2015
In the face of expert opposition, scientist Grafton Elliot Smith promoted the theory that ancient Egypt was the source of almost every major innovation. It was a campaign that…
Books & arts
2 October 2014
Sylvia Lawson reviews The Immigrant and Message from Mungo
Books & arts
18 June 2013
What explains our fascination with the buried Neapolitan town?
