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 the Autumn Quarter of 2009 I am teaching ARCHY 369 'Mainland Southeast Asian Archaeology'.
In Winter 2009 I'll be teaching ARCHY 482 'Geoarchaeology'. This class is now full and closed for registration. I expect to offer it again next year but you'll need to contact me for an add code about two weeks before registration starts to get a spot.
In Summer 2010 I'll be running an Australian Desert Archaeology Field School. Applications will open in November 2009.
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]