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Creating culturally-safe schools for Māori students
No full textIn order to better understand the present trends in New Zealand’s schooling contexts, there is a clarion call for educators to develop sensitivity and sensibility towards the cultural backgrounds and experiences of Māori students. This paper reports on the work of four scholars who share research that has been undertaken in educational settings with high numbers of Māori students, and discusses the importance of creating culturally-safe schools – places that allow and enable students to be who and what they are. The theoretical frameworks drawn on are based on both a life partnership analogy as well as on a socio-cultural perspective on human development and learning. The Māori worldview presented in this paper is connected to the Treaty of Waitangi, The Educultural Wheel and the Hikairo Rationale. Data were collected from two ethnographic case studies and analysed through these frameworks. Practical suggestions are then made for using restorative practices and creating reciprocal relationships in classrooms within an environment of care. The paper reports on an evidence-based approach to creating culturally-safe schools for Māori students
The archaeology of the southern Curtis Coast: an overview
Full text linkSince 1993 archaeological surveys and excavations have been undertaken on the southern Curtis Coast as the coastal component of the Gooreng Gooreng Cultural Heritage Project. This paper briefly outlines the physical environment of the study region including geology, vegetation and fauna communities before presenting the preliminary results of archaeological surveys and excavations. These initial results suggest that the region has an extensive mid-to-late Holocene archaeological record that has the potential to contribute to understandings of changes in late Holocene Aboriginal societies in Central Queensland
The Gooreng Gooreng Cultural Heritage Project: preliminary results of archaeological research, 1993-1997
Full text linkThis paper summarizes the background to, and preliminary results of, archaeological investigations conducted between 1993 and 1997 under the auspices of the Gooreng Gooreng Cultural Heritage Project. The implications of these results are briefly considered before research in progress and future research directions are outlined
The Genetic Speciation of Archaeological Fish Bone: A Feasibility Study from Southeast Queensland
Full text linkCurrent genetic methods enable highly specific identification of DNA from modern fish bone. The applicability of these methods to the identification of archaeological fish bone was investigated through a study of a sample from late Holocene southeast Queensland sites. The resultant overall success rate of 2% indicates that DNA analysis is, as yet, not feasible for identifying fish bone from any given site. Taphonomic issues influencing the potential of genetic identification methods are raised and discussed in light of this result
Eurimbula Site 1, Curtis Coast: site report
Full text linkThis site report presents an account of archaeological excavations undertaken at Eurimbula Site 1, a large open midden site complex located in Eurimbula National Park on the southern Curtis Coast, Central Queensland. Excavations yielded a cultural assemblage dominated by mud ark (Anadara trapezia) and commercial oyster (Saccostrea commercialis) and incorporating small quantities of stone artefacts, fish bone and charcoal. Densities of cultural material were found to decrease markedly with distance from the creek. Analyses of excavated material demonstrate extensive low intensity use of the site from at least c.3,200 cal BP to the historical period
The archaeology of Cania Gorge: an overview
Full text linkThis paper presents a general overview of archaeological investigations in the Cania Gorge region, located on the western margin of the Gooreng Gooreng Cultural Heritage Project study area. It includes a physical description of the region and a brief outline of the cultural setting, before presenting a summary of archaeological investigations undertaken in the area
Big Foot Art Site, Cania Gorge: Site report
Full text linkThis site report presents a description of archaeological investigations undertaken at Big Foot Art Site, a large rockshelter and art site located at Cania Gorge, eastern Central Queensland. Field and laboratory methods are outlined and results presented. Excavation revealed evidence for occupation spanning from before 7,700 cal BP to at least 300 cal BP, with a significant peak in stone artefact discard between c.4,200-3,200 cal BP. Results are compared to analyses undertaken in the adjacent Central Queensland Highlands
Index of Dates from Archaeological Sites in Queensland data
No full text<p>This dataset presents an indexed compilation of chronometric determinations obtained from archaeological sites in the state of Queensland (including Torres Strait), Australia. The list includes conventional radiocarbon (14C), accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS), thermoluminescence (TL) and optically-stimulated luminescence (OSL) determinations. The dataset includes site name, laboratory code, dating method, the reported age, estimated error, sample material (including taxa where available), sample details (including weight, provenience), comments on individual determinations which require further explanation or clarification, site information (including region, 1:250,000 map sheet name, latitude and longitude, state site designation, site type, alternative site names), names of principal investigators and references. The Index has three primary aims. The first is to provide a comprehensive listing of chronometric determinations obtained from archaeological sites in Queensland, including sample provenance and sample activity data where available. Secondly it aims to present basic information about chronometrically-dated sites in Queensland, including site location and basic site characteristics. The third aim is to provide a list of references for each of the dated sites which covers excavation, laboratory analysis, dating and interpretation. This last component forms a type of citation index and provides a structured entry-point to the literature concerning individual sites or sites in a particular region.</p><p>Version 1.0 includes determinations published until the end of 2000. It contains 849 determinations from 258 sites.</p><p>This index is necessarily a work-in-progress. Inevitably there will be errors and omissions in this compilation. New versions of the index are planned to be released on this site in the future. Any corrections or additions to this list would be appreciated and should be directed to Sean Ulm.</p><p>The files are in xls format.</p><p>This dataset presents an indexed compilation of chronometric determinations obtained from archaeological sites in the state of Queensland (including Torres Strait), Australia. The list includes conventional radiocarbon (14C), accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS), thermoluminescence (TL) and optically-stimulated luminescence (OSL) determinations.</p>
Roof Fall Cave, Cania Gorge: Site report
Full text linkThis site report presents a description of archaeological investigations undertaken at Roof Fall Cave, an occupied rockshelter and art site located at Cania Gorge, eastern Central Queensland. Excavation yielded quantities of stone artefacts, bone and charcoal, along with some freshwater mussel shell and ochre with an occupational sequence spanning from up to 18,576 cal BP to the historical period. Roof Fall Cave is currently the oldest dated site in Cania Gorge and possibly in the Central Queensland region
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