Melissa Marshall
Biographic Data
| ID | 3783168 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melissa Marshall |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melissa |
| FAMILY NAME | Marshall |
| SIGNATURE | MARSHALL M |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Notre Dame Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3431-9007 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 49 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
If trees could talk: The Derby Prison Boab Tree and the punitive landscape of northwest Western Australia
Arboreal Alterations: An Introduction to Culturally Modified Trees (CMTs) in Australia
Culturally modified trees (CMTs) were once ubiquitous throughout the Australian landscape but they have been significantly affected by tree‐clearing practices associated with pastoralism, residential expansion and forestry. These, in addition to effects of bushfires and floods have had a massive impact on the survival of both dead and living CMTs. Despite their past ubiquity and current threats, they are probably one of the most under‐researched …
Snake and Moon ‘Right Way Marriage’ Stories on Stone and Bark
In northwest Australia, boab trees hold significant cultural values for First Nations people. Their leaves, bark, roots and nuts are important as traditional resources for food, medicine, fibre, water and shade and serve as reference points in the landscape. Some of the tree trunks are inscribed with images and symbols which tell of events and narratives that took place during the time when the landscape was created. One boab tree, at Karunjie St…
Contextualising digital cultural heritage: Bininj GIS and 3D modelling for conservation at Ubirr rock art complex, Kakadu National Park, Australia
This project develops a 3D model of the Ubirr rock art complex in Kakadu National Park to explore digital opportunities for cultural conservation and sustainable management. A key site within UNESCO-listed Kakadu National Park, Ubirr is a gallery of millennia-old paintings that embody both intangible and tangible cultural values of the local Traditional Owners. Using Participatory GIS, this research examines how digital landscape modelling can su…
Realising the Indigenisation and [de]-colonisation of the archaeological discipline in Australia
Trees to remember: Culturally Modified Boab Trees in the Face of Climate Change
Culturally modified trees (CMTs) are a unique form of archaeology and cultural heritage. There are several factors affecting the survival of culturally modified trees in Australia, and these will all likely be exacerbated by climate change. Boab trees (Adansonia gregorii), which are endemic to northwest Australia, have been subject to modification by Indigenous people both prior to and following the settlement of the Kimberley region by European …
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Build Las Vegas 2019 Event: Lessons Learned in Public Health Community Engagement
A well‐being framework for cross‐cultural assessment of development scenarios: A case study from North‐Western Australia
In Western‐democratic countries, it is widely accepted that affected communities should be involved in natural resource planning and decisions. This is especially so when the well‐being of diverse communities is directly involved, and where alternative future options are being considered. Although there is an agreement that ‘values’ and ‘well‐being’, in some form, guide decisions, there is no consensus on the well‐being framework(s) that might be…
Embedded in the Bark: Kimberley Boab Trees as Sites of Historical Archaeology
This paper discusses the Australian boab tree and its potential for research as living historical archaeology. Boab trees play an important role in the economy, culture, and cosmology of Indigenous people in northwest Australia and continue to hold a powerful presence in the Kimberley region today. Working with Nyikina and Mangala Traditional Owners we have undertaken to document examples of this iconic tree and its cultural and historical associ…
Hunter-Gatherer and Midrange Societies: Uluṟu
New Insights into the Rock Art of Anbangbang Gallery, Kakadu National Park
This paper presents findings from a recent study of the Anbangbang Gallery in the Burrungkuy (Nourlangie) site complex of Kakadu National Park, Australia. Using new technologies alongside established methods for rock art documentation, we discuss the complexity and uniqueness of Anbangbang Gallery as an icon of Australian rock art. We have taken a comprehensive approach to our investigations, deliberately linking new technologies and scientific a…
Hunter-Gatherer and Midrange Societies: Uluṟu
The rock art of Madjedbebe (Malakunanja II)
The western Arnhem Land site of Madjedbebe – a site hitherto erroneously named Malakunanja II in scientific and popular literature but identified as Madjedbebe by senior Mirarr Traditional Owners – is widely recognised as one of Australia’s oldest dated human occupation sites (Roberts et al. 1990a:153, 1998; Allen and O’Connell 2014; Clarkson et al. 2017). Yet little is known of its extensive body of rock art. The comparative lack of interest in …
The rock art of Ingaanjalwurr, western Arnhem Land, Australia
The painted and beeswax rock art of Ingaanjalwurr rockshelter in western Arnhem Land is a unique assemblage of art within an unassuming rockshelter. By combining a variety of approaches and methods to the study of Ingaanjalwurr, we were able to draw together an important archaeological context for inferring the antiquity of the painted rock art, as well as direct dates for the age of beeswax art. This chapter provides an overview of the rock art …
Reflections on the Pedagogy of Archaeological Field Schools within Indigenous Community Archaeology Programmes in Australia
In this paper we investigate the pedagogy of archaeological field schools. Specifically, we explore the combination of tertiary level field schools and Indigenous community (or community-based) archaeology. Using a detailed case study of a rock art field school in Arnhem Land, Australia, we explore the processes and outcomes of combining archaeological field training with the ideas and methods of community archaeology. We discuss the relationship…
The archaeology of Bindjarran rockshelter in Manilikarr Country, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory
Archaeological excavations at Bindjarran rockshelter in Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, have revealed evidence of human settlement on the East Alligator River floodplain from the terminal Pleistocene through to the twentieth century. This excavation report summarises the archaeological, ethnographic and rock art research from the site, focusing on dated distributions of stone artefacts. The findings from Bindjarran conform to archaeolog…
Shopping for Schools: In the Land of the Blind, The One-Eyed Parent May be Enough
Theory: Market-like reforms, such as school choice, can work effectively in spite of the low levels of information commonly found among citizen/consumers. Hypothesis: We hypothesize that (1) parental knowledge of school characteristics is a function of ability, incentives, and whether parents believe a particular school attribute to be important; (2) parents will select schools for their children that rate high on the dimensions that they value; …
Shopping for Schools: In the Land of the Blind, The One-Eyed Parent May be Enough
Theory: Market-like reforms, such as school choice, can work effectively in spite of the low levels of information commonly found among citizen/consumers. Hypothesis: We hypothesize that (1) parental knowledge of school characteristics is a function of ability, incentives, and whether parents believe a particular school attribute to be important; (2) parents will select schools for their children that rate high on the dimensions that they value; …
The archaeology of Bindjarran rockshelter in Manilikarr Country, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory
Archaeological excavations at Bindjarran rockshelter in Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, have revealed evidence of human settlement on the East Alligator River floodplain from the terminal Pleistocene through to the twentieth century. This excavation report summarises the archaeological, ethnographic and rock art research from the site, focusing on dated distributions of stone artefacts. The findings from Bindjarran conform to archaeolog…
Trees to remember: Culturally Modified Boab Trees in the Face of Climate Change
Culturally modified trees (CMTs) are a unique form of archaeology and cultural heritage. There are several factors affecting the survival of culturally modified trees in Australia, and these will all likely be exacerbated by climate change. Boab trees (Adansonia gregorii), which are endemic to northwest Australia, have been subject to modification by Indigenous people both prior to and following the settlement of the Kimberley region by European …
Embedded in the Bark: Kimberley Boab Trees as Sites of Historical Archaeology
This paper discusses the Australian boab tree and its potential for research as living historical archaeology. Boab trees play an important role in the economy, culture, and cosmology of Indigenous people in northwest Australia and continue to hold a powerful presence in the Kimberley region today. Working with Nyikina and Mangala Traditional Owners we have undertaken to document examples of this iconic tree and its cultural and historical associ…
New Insights into the Rock Art of Anbangbang Gallery, Kakadu National Park
This paper presents findings from a recent study of the Anbangbang Gallery in the Burrungkuy (Nourlangie) site complex of Kakadu National Park, Australia. Using new technologies alongside established methods for rock art documentation, we discuss the complexity and uniqueness of Anbangbang Gallery as an icon of Australian rock art. We have taken a comprehensive approach to our investigations, deliberately linking new technologies and scientific a…
Arboreal Alterations: An Introduction to Culturally Modified Trees (CMTs) in Australia
Culturally modified trees (CMTs) were once ubiquitous throughout the Australian landscape but they have been significantly affected by tree‐clearing practices associated with pastoralism, residential expansion and forestry. These, in addition to effects of bushfires and floods have had a massive impact on the survival of both dead and living CMTs. Despite their past ubiquity and current threats, they are probably one of the most under‐researched …
Contextualising digital cultural heritage: Bininj GIS and 3D modelling for conservation at Ubirr rock art complex, Kakadu National Park, Australia
This project develops a 3D model of the Ubirr rock art complex in Kakadu National Park to explore digital opportunities for cultural conservation and sustainable management. A key site within UNESCO-listed Kakadu National Park, Ubirr is a gallery of millennia-old paintings that embody both intangible and tangible cultural values of the local Traditional Owners. Using Participatory GIS, this research examines how digital landscape modelling can su…
Reflections on the Pedagogy of Archaeological Field Schools within Indigenous Community Archaeology Programmes in Australia
In this paper we investigate the pedagogy of archaeological field schools. Specifically, we explore the combination of tertiary level field schools and Indigenous community (or community-based) archaeology. Using a detailed case study of a rock art field school in Arnhem Land, Australia, we explore the processes and outcomes of combining archaeological field training with the ideas and methods of community archaeology. We discuss the relationship…
Shopping for Schools: In the Land of the Blind, The One-Eyed Parent May be Enough
Theory: Market-like reforms, such as school choice, can work effectively in spite of the low levels of information commonly found among citizen/consumers. Hypothesis: We hypothesize that (1) parental knowledge of school characteristics is a function of ability, incentives, and whether parents believe a particular school attribute to be important; (2) parents will select schools for their children that rate high on the dimensions that they value; …
The archaeology of Bindjarran rockshelter in Manilikarr Country, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory
Archaeological excavations at Bindjarran rockshelter in Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, have revealed evidence of human settlement on the East Alligator River floodplain from the terminal Pleistocene through to the twentieth century. This excavation report summarises the archaeological, ethnographic and rock art research from the site, focusing on dated distributions of stone artefacts. The findings from Bindjarran conform to archaeolog…
The rock art of Madjedbebe (Malakunanja II)
The western Arnhem Land site of Madjedbebe – a site hitherto erroneously named Malakunanja II in scientific and popular literature but identified as Madjedbebe by senior Mirarr Traditional Owners – is widely recognised as one of Australia’s oldest dated human occupation sites (Roberts et al. 1990a:153, 1998; Allen and O’Connell 2014; Clarkson et al. 2017). Yet little is known of its extensive body of rock art. The comparative lack of interest in …
The rock art of Ingaanjalwurr, western Arnhem Land, Australia
The painted and beeswax rock art of Ingaanjalwurr rockshelter in western Arnhem Land is a unique assemblage of art within an unassuming rockshelter. By combining a variety of approaches and methods to the study of Ingaanjalwurr, we were able to draw together an important archaeological context for inferring the antiquity of the painted rock art, as well as direct dates for the age of beeswax art. This chapter provides an overview of the rock art …
Reflections on the Pedagogy of Archaeological Field Schools within Indigenous Community Archaeology Programmes in Australia
In this paper we investigate the pedagogy of archaeological field schools. Specifically, we explore the combination of tertiary level field schools and Indigenous community (or community-based) archaeology. Using a detailed case study of a rock art field school in Arnhem Land, Australia, we explore the processes and outcomes of combining archaeological field training with the ideas and methods of community archaeology. We discuss the relationship…
Hunter-Gatherer and Midrange Societies: Uluṟu
Hunter-Gatherer and Midrange Societies: Uluṟu
New Insights into the Rock Art of Anbangbang Gallery, Kakadu National Park
This paper presents findings from a recent study of the Anbangbang Gallery in the Burrungkuy (Nourlangie) site complex of Kakadu National Park, Australia. Using new technologies alongside established methods for rock art documentation, we discuss the complexity and uniqueness of Anbangbang Gallery as an icon of Australian rock art. We have taken a comprehensive approach to our investigations, deliberately linking new technologies and scientific a…
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Build Las Vegas 2019 Event: Lessons Learned in Public Health Community Engagement
A well‐being framework for cross‐cultural assessment of development scenarios: A case study from North‐Western Australia
In Western‐democratic countries, it is widely accepted that affected communities should be involved in natural resource planning and decisions. This is especially so when the well‐being of diverse communities is directly involved, and where alternative future options are being considered. Although there is an agreement that ‘values’ and ‘well‐being’, in some form, guide decisions, there is no consensus on the well‐being framework(s) that might be…
Embedded in the Bark: Kimberley Boab Trees as Sites of Historical Archaeology
This paper discusses the Australian boab tree and its potential for research as living historical archaeology. Boab trees play an important role in the economy, culture, and cosmology of Indigenous people in northwest Australia and continue to hold a powerful presence in the Kimberley region today. Working with Nyikina and Mangala Traditional Owners we have undertaken to document examples of this iconic tree and its cultural and historical associ…
Trees to remember: Culturally Modified Boab Trees in the Face of Climate Change
Culturally modified trees (CMTs) are a unique form of archaeology and cultural heritage. There are several factors affecting the survival of culturally modified trees in Australia, and these will all likely be exacerbated by climate change. Boab trees (Adansonia gregorii), which are endemic to northwest Australia, have been subject to modification by Indigenous people both prior to and following the settlement of the Kimberley region by European …
Realising the Indigenisation and [de]-colonisation of the archaeological discipline in Australia
If trees could talk: The Derby Prison Boab Tree and the punitive landscape of northwest Western Australia
Arboreal Alterations: An Introduction to Culturally Modified Trees (CMTs) in Australia
Culturally modified trees (CMTs) were once ubiquitous throughout the Australian landscape but they have been significantly affected by tree‐clearing practices associated with pastoralism, residential expansion and forestry. These, in addition to effects of bushfires and floods have had a massive impact on the survival of both dead and living CMTs. Despite their past ubiquity and current threats, they are probably one of the most under‐researched …
Snake and Moon ‘Right Way Marriage’ Stories on Stone and Bark
In northwest Australia, boab trees hold significant cultural values for First Nations people. Their leaves, bark, roots and nuts are important as traditional resources for food, medicine, fibre, water and shade and serve as reference points in the landscape. Some of the tree trunks are inscribed with images and symbols which tell of events and narratives that took place during the time when the landscape was created. One boab tree, at Karunjie St…
Contextualising digital cultural heritage: Bininj GIS and 3D modelling for conservation at Ubirr rock art complex, Kakadu National Park, Australia
This project develops a 3D model of the Ubirr rock art complex in Kakadu National Park to explore digital opportunities for cultural conservation and sustainable management. A key site within UNESCO-listed Kakadu National Park, Ubirr is a gallery of millennia-old paintings that embody both intangible and tangible cultural values of the local Traditional Owners. Using Participatory GIS, this research examines how digital landscape modelling can su…
Archaeology (13 works) · Geography (11 works) · Sociology (9 works) · History (8 works) · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (7 works) · History (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Ecology (6 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (5 works) · Rock art (5 works)