Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
IGERT Program in Evolutionary Modeling (IPEM)
Center For Statistics And The Social Sciences
Affliations
About Ben
My main research activity is using models from evolutionary ecology to analyse past human behaviour in mainland Southeast Asia and Australia. My technical specialisation in stone artefact technology provides me with wide scope in time periods and geography. My specific interests include the hominin colonisation of mainland Southeast Asia, forager technologies and ecology in Australia and mainland Southeast Asia, and transitions to agriculture in mainland Southeast Asia.
Key words: Evolutionary ecology, archaeology, stone artefact technology; Mainland Southeast Asia and Australia
Teaching
In Winter 2010 I'm teaching ARCHY 482 'Geoarchaeology'.
In Spring 2010 I'll be teaching ARCHY 101 'Archaeology in Film'. This class is for undergraduates who are generally interested in archaeology and popular culture and have no background in archaeology (or film! we'll be watching one film a week in class).
In Summer 2010 I'll be running an Australian Desert Archaeology Field School. Contact me for an application form.
Recent Publications
Marwick, B., White, J.C., B. Bouasisengpaseuth 2009. The Middle Mekong Archaeology Project and International Collaboration in Luang Prabang, Laos. SAA Archaeological Record 9 (3) 25-27 [saa.org] [PDF]
White, J.C., Lewis, H., Bouasisengpaseuth, B., Marwick, B. and K. Arrell 2009. Archaeological investigations in northern Laos: New contributions to Southeast Asian prehistory. Antiquity 83(319) [antiquity.ac.uk]
Marwick, B. 2009. Change or Decay? An interpretation of late Holocene archaeological evidence from the Hamersley Plateau, Western Australia. Archaeology in Oceania 44: 16-22 [PDF]
Fairbairn, A., S. O'Connor and B. Marwick (eds) 2009. New Directions in Archaeological Science. Terra Australis 28. ANU E Press: Canberra [PDF]