Clayton Fredericksen
Biographic Data
| ID | 218693 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Clayton Fredericksen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Clayton |
| FAMILY NAME | Fredericksen |
| SIGNATURE | FREDERICKSEN C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Charles Darwin University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 56 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
[Ceramics and Obsidian in Island Southeast Asia and Oceania] Points of Discussion: Obsidian blade technology in the Admiralty Islands, 2100 BP to 50 BP
Archaeology out of the classroom: Some observations from the Fannie Bay Gaol field school, Darwin
This paper reviews the role of the Fannie Bay Gaol undergraduate field school in archaeology teaching and learning at Charles Darwin University. It details trends in the field school's history in attracting students to the archaeology programme and provides an account of the issues encountered in retaining student interest while simultaneously teaching the fundamentals of archaeological practice. A decline in student participation in the latter y…
Legacy of the 'Fatal Shore: The Heritage and Archaeology of Confinement in Post-Colonial Australia
Why does the theme of 'confinement' link historic-period heritage places across the continent of Australia? This article explores incarceration as not only a dominant theme in heritage-listed and archaeological sites from post-contact Australia, but also as a central underlying element in both Anglo-Australians' sense of ambiguous difference from their European origins, and indigenous Australians' painful experiences of engagement with the state.…
Prison Heritage, Public History and Archaeology at Fannie Bay Gaol, Northern Australia
Prisons play an important role in the Australian psyche. As places in which the lawless element of society is incarcerated they possess a resonance that harks back to the stereotyped and mythologised convict foundations of the Australian nation. Many former places of confinement have been transformed into publicly accessible heritage sites and museums, but visitor numbers often do not reflect the widespread public interest in confinement. It is n…
Caring for history: Tiwi and archaeological narratives of Fort Dundas/Punata, Melville Island, Australia
Archaeologists working in post-colonial nations are still coming to terms with the contextuality of their data. This is accentuated for archaeologists researching sites of indigenous/colonizer contact. Here descendants of the indigenous people who confronted European colonizers or invaders often possess rich narratives of those events. These narratives form a culturescape, a physical place composed of localities where the events of the remembered…
Documentation and integration of spatial information for historical sites archaeology in the Northern Territory: A Pine Creek pilot study
In the 1960s the Northern Territory became the setting for some of the first historical archaeology in Australia (Allen 1969; Macknight 1976). A focus in the last decade on contact archaeology (Clarke 1994; Mitchell 1994; Wilson 1997; Paterson 2000) has seen the region again drawing the interest of researchers. While the intervening decades witnessed something of a hiatus in historical archaeological (but not historical) research, they also exper…
History and prehistory: Essential dichotomy or arbitrary separation
Last year I was co-applicant on a request for funding to carry out archaeological research at an early contact site in northern Australia. In due course I received the assessors' comments and, as might be expected in today's competitive environment, the application was supported by some and not so enthusiastically received by others. A comment by one of the more critical assessors stood out. This particular assessor wrote that although I had expe…
Unearthing Fannie Bay Gaol: Archives and the Archaeology of Water Management in Darwin's First Purpose-built Prison
In 1998 the author conducted an archaeological excavation at Fannie Bay Gaol, Darwin (Northern Territory, Australia).This focused on features that related to early water management; specifically one of two wells dug in 1883 and one of two subterranean water tanks constructed in 1884.With the aid of early plans and other historical references the location of the well and water tank were determined with what was considered to be a reasonable degree…
Changes in Admiralty Islands obsidian source use: The view from Pamwak
I report the results of characterisation analysis of obsidian from Pamwak shelter on Manus in the Admiralty Islands (Papua New Guinea). Evidence is presented that the first transport of obsidian to the shelter occurred in the terminal Pleistocene, probably from an offshore source. A mid Holocene change to the use of predominantly Pam Islands obsidian is noted. The use of significant amounts of Lou obsidian, a material widely used and traded after…
The reliability of flaked tool function studies in New Zealand archaeology
We report the results of a blind test of flaked tool function. Thirty freshly knapped obsidian flakes were used in a range of tasks. Tool function was identified employing a low power (< 40x) microscope and commonly used edge variables. We show that flakes used on pliable materials such as flax could not be identified as tools, whereas ca. 50% of those used in woodworking and all those used in boneworking were so recognised. However, most bonewor…
Prison Heritage, Public History and Archaeology at Fannie Bay Gaol, Northern Australia
Prisons play an important role in the Australian psyche. As places in which the lawless element of society is incarcerated they possess a resonance that harks back to the stereotyped and mythologised convict foundations of the Australian nation. Many former places of confinement have been transformed into publicly accessible heritage sites and museums, but visitor numbers often do not reflect the widespread public interest in confinement. It is n…
Legacy of the 'Fatal Shore: The Heritage and Archaeology of Confinement in Post-Colonial Australia
Why does the theme of 'confinement' link historic-period heritage places across the continent of Australia? This article explores incarceration as not only a dominant theme in heritage-listed and archaeological sites from post-contact Australia, but also as a central underlying element in both Anglo-Australians' sense of ambiguous difference from their European origins, and indigenous Australians' painful experiences of engagement with the state.…
Changes in Admiralty Islands obsidian source use: The view from Pamwak
I report the results of characterisation analysis of obsidian from Pamwak shelter on Manus in the Admiralty Islands (Papua New Guinea). Evidence is presented that the first transport of obsidian to the shelter occurred in the terminal Pleistocene, probably from an offshore source. A mid Holocene change to the use of predominantly Pam Islands obsidian is noted. The use of significant amounts of Lou obsidian, a material widely used and traded after…
Archaeology out of the classroom: Some observations from the Fannie Bay Gaol field school, Darwin
This paper reviews the role of the Fannie Bay Gaol undergraduate field school in archaeology teaching and learning at Charles Darwin University. It details trends in the field school's history in attracting students to the archaeology programme and provides an account of the issues encountered in retaining student interest while simultaneously teaching the fundamentals of archaeological practice. A decline in student participation in the latter y…
Caring for history: Tiwi and archaeological narratives of Fort Dundas/Punata, Melville Island, Australia
Archaeologists working in post-colonial nations are still coming to terms with the contextuality of their data. This is accentuated for archaeologists researching sites of indigenous/colonizer contact. Here descendants of the indigenous people who confronted European colonizers or invaders often possess rich narratives of those events. These narratives form a culturescape, a physical place composed of localities where the events of the remembered…
History and prehistory: Essential dichotomy or arbitrary separation
Last year I was co-applicant on a request for funding to carry out archaeological research at an early contact site in northern Australia. In due course I received the assessors' comments and, as might be expected in today's competitive environment, the application was supported by some and not so enthusiastically received by others. A comment by one of the more critical assessors stood out. This particular assessor wrote that although I had expe…
The reliability of flaked tool function studies in New Zealand archaeology
We report the results of a blind test of flaked tool function. Thirty freshly knapped obsidian flakes were used in a range of tasks. Tool function was identified employing a low power (< 40x) microscope and commonly used edge variables. We show that flakes used on pliable materials such as flax could not be identified as tools, whereas ca. 50% of those used in woodworking and all those used in boneworking were so recognised. However, most bonewor…
The reliability of flaked tool function studies in New Zealand archaeology
We report the results of a blind test of flaked tool function. Thirty freshly knapped obsidian flakes were used in a range of tasks. Tool function was identified employing a low power (< 40x) microscope and commonly used edge variables. We show that flakes used on pliable materials such as flax could not be identified as tools, whereas ca. 50% of those used in woodworking and all those used in boneworking were so recognised. However, most bonewor…
Changes in Admiralty Islands obsidian source use: The view from Pamwak
I report the results of characterisation analysis of obsidian from Pamwak shelter on Manus in the Admiralty Islands (Papua New Guinea). Evidence is presented that the first transport of obsidian to the shelter occurred in the terminal Pleistocene, probably from an offshore source. A mid Holocene change to the use of predominantly Pam Islands obsidian is noted. The use of significant amounts of Lou obsidian, a material widely used and traded after…
Unearthing Fannie Bay Gaol: Archives and the Archaeology of Water Management in Darwin's First Purpose-built Prison
In 1998 the author conducted an archaeological excavation at Fannie Bay Gaol, Darwin (Northern Territory, Australia).This focused on features that related to early water management; specifically one of two wells dug in 1883 and one of two subterranean water tanks constructed in 1884.With the aid of early plans and other historical references the location of the well and water tank were determined with what was considered to be a reasonable degree…
History and prehistory: Essential dichotomy or arbitrary separation
Last year I was co-applicant on a request for funding to carry out archaeological research at an early contact site in northern Australia. In due course I received the assessors' comments and, as might be expected in today's competitive environment, the application was supported by some and not so enthusiastically received by others. A comment by one of the more critical assessors stood out. This particular assessor wrote that although I had expe…
Documentation and integration of spatial information for historical sites archaeology in the Northern Territory: A Pine Creek pilot study
In the 1960s the Northern Territory became the setting for some of the first historical archaeology in Australia (Allen 1969; Macknight 1976). A focus in the last decade on contact archaeology (Clarke 1994; Mitchell 1994; Wilson 1997; Paterson 2000) has seen the region again drawing the interest of researchers. While the intervening decades witnessed something of a hiatus in historical archaeological (but not historical) research, they also exper…
Caring for history: Tiwi and archaeological narratives of Fort Dundas/Punata, Melville Island, Australia
Archaeologists working in post-colonial nations are still coming to terms with the contextuality of their data. This is accentuated for archaeologists researching sites of indigenous/colonizer contact. Here descendants of the indigenous people who confronted European colonizers or invaders often possess rich narratives of those events. These narratives form a culturescape, a physical place composed of localities where the events of the remembered…
Prison Heritage, Public History and Archaeology at Fannie Bay Gaol, Northern Australia
Prisons play an important role in the Australian psyche. As places in which the lawless element of society is incarcerated they possess a resonance that harks back to the stereotyped and mythologised convict foundations of the Australian nation. Many former places of confinement have been transformed into publicly accessible heritage sites and museums, but visitor numbers often do not reflect the widespread public interest in confinement. It is n…
Legacy of the 'Fatal Shore: The Heritage and Archaeology of Confinement in Post-Colonial Australia
Why does the theme of 'confinement' link historic-period heritage places across the continent of Australia? This article explores incarceration as not only a dominant theme in heritage-listed and archaeological sites from post-contact Australia, but also as a central underlying element in both Anglo-Australians' sense of ambiguous difference from their European origins, and indigenous Australians' painful experiences of engagement with the state.…
Archaeology out of the classroom: Some observations from the Fannie Bay Gaol field school, Darwin
This paper reviews the role of the Fannie Bay Gaol undergraduate field school in archaeology teaching and learning at Charles Darwin University. It details trends in the field school's history in attracting students to the archaeology programme and provides an account of the issues encountered in retaining student interest while simultaneously teaching the fundamentals of archaeological practice. A decline in student participation in the latter y…
[Ceramics and Obsidian in Island Southeast Asia and Oceania] Points of Discussion: Obsidian blade technology in the Admiralty Islands, 2100 BP to 50 BP
Archaeology (10 works) · History (9 works) · History (9 works) · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies (6 works) · Geography (5 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (4 works) · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (4 works) · Context (archaeology (3 works)