Sarah Colley

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Sarah Colley FSA is an honorary research fellow in the University of Leicester, school of Archaeology and Ancient History. She was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 2011. [1]

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Colley is interested in using modern digital communication technology and applies them to enhance researches in the field of archaeology. [2] Because of that interest, she is currently working with Penelope Allison on the development of digital research resources in the Kinchega Archaeological Research Project. [3]

Education

Colley obtained a bachelor of arts in archaeology at University of Southampton in 1977 and graduated with a PhD from the school of archaeology, University of Southampton in 1984. After completing her PhD Colley went on to become a postdoctoral researcher at the Australian National University on the topic of Australian Aboriginal archaeology. [3]

Career

She has been a senior lecturer of archaeology at the University of Sydney, and has published articles about teaching archaeology to students in the university level. [4] As a senior lecturer, she was able to develop teaching and researching programs in Archaeological ethics and theory, Cultural heritage management, public archaeology, Australian Aboriginal pre-history and Historical archaeology. Colley has specialized in studying shells, fish bones and mammals to try and better understand early humans' diets, economies and environmental changes. [5] She has worked in sites in England, Scotland and south east Australia. She currently manages the Archaeological Fish Bone Images Archive Tables, [6] Archaeological fish-bone images [7] and NSW Archaeology Online: Grey Literature Archive. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Dr Sarah Colley, Society of Antiquaries of London, retrieved 13 January 2022
  2. ↑ Colley, Sarah (18 April 2012). "Digital technologies & archaeological ethics". Australian National University open research library. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Sarah Colley". University of Leicester. Archived from the original on 9 February 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  4. ↑ Colley, Sarah (2004). "University-based archaeology teaching and learning and professionalism in Australia". World Archaeology. 36 (2): 189–202. doi:10.1080/0043824042000260979. S2CID   144410104. – via  Taylor & Francis (subscription required)
  5. ↑ Colley, Sarah (1987), "Fishing for Facts. Can We Reconstruct Fishing Methods from Archaeological Evidence?", Australian Archaeology, 24 (24): 16–26, doi:10.1080/03122417.1987.12093098, JSTOR   40286850
  6. ↑ Colley, Sarah (18 June 2010). "Archaeological Fish Bone Images Archive Tables". University of Sydney Library. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  7. ↑ "Archaeological fish-bone images". Research Data Australia. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  8. ↑ "NSW Archaeology Online: Grey Literature Archive". Research Data Australia. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
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