Don Ranson
Biographic Data
| ID | 5667812 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Don Ranson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Don |
| FAMILY NAME | Ranson |
| SIGNATURE | RANSON D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Victoria Archaeological Survey, 29-31 Victoria Avenue, Albert Park Vic 3206 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Department of Parks, Wildlife and Heritage
A Note on Excavations at the Maxwell River Site, M86/2, Southwest Tasmania
As part of the general Maxwell River survey carried out by a team from the archaeology section of the Tasmanian Department of Lands, Parks and Wildlife (Harris et al. 1988) one of us (D.R.) excavated a small test pit into the floor of one of the sites discovered. The excavated material was subsequently partly sorted by volunteers in Hobart and in 1988 transferred for analysis to the La Trobe Archaeology Department, where it became part of the dat…
Maxwell River Archaeological Survey 1986
In January 1986, Aboriginal cave paintings were discovered in the remote valley of the Maxwell River. It is the most spectacular gallery of cave paintings known in Tasmania and the first to be found in western Tasmania. The art is highly significant even though its age is presently unknown.In addition, five occupation sites were also discovered, one of which probably contains an occupation deposit that is the first of its kind to be discovered in…
New evidence from Fraser Cave for glacial age man in south-west Tasmania
The Australian National University-Tasmanian National Parks and Wildlife Service Archaeological Expedition to the Franklin River, 1982
Dead logs and branches impeded us a t every step; and we were continually meeting with large tracts of dense thicket, from thirty to forty feet high so closely interwoven and matted together, as to be impenetrable below: and we were often obliged to be walking upon these never dry, slippery branches covered with moss, as much as twenty feet above the ground, which being in many instances rotten, occasioned us many awkward falls, and tore our clot…
The Australian National University-Tasmanian National Parks and Wildlife Service Archaeological Expedition to the Franklin and Gordon Rivers, 1983
Fallen trees in every direction had interrupted our march, and it is a question whether ever human beings either civilised or savage had ever visited this savage looking country. Be this as it may, all about us appeared well calculated to arrest the progress of the traveller, sternly forbidding man to traverse those places which nature had selected for its own silent and awful repose [Jorgen Jorgenson, 19 March 1827; Binks 1980: 75]
Forthcoming Fieldwork
A Preliminary Examination of Prehistoric Coastal Settlement at Nelson Bay, West Coast of Tasmania
This paper describes the results and interpretations of a preliminary survey of archaeological sites on the west coast of Tasmania undertaken as part of a PhD project into the prehistory of the area
The Australian National University-Tasmanian National Parks and Wildlife Service Archaeological Expedition to the Franklin and Gordon Rivers, 1983
Fallen trees in every direction had interrupted our march, and it is a question whether ever human beings either civilised or savage had ever visited this savage looking country. Be this as it may, all about us appeared well calculated to arrest the progress of the traveller, sternly forbidding man to traverse those places which nature had selected for its own silent and awful repose [Jorgen Jorgenson, 19 March 1827; Binks 1980: 75]
Maxwell River Archaeological Survey 1986
In January 1986, Aboriginal cave paintings were discovered in the remote valley of the Maxwell River. It is the most spectacular gallery of cave paintings known in Tasmania and the first to be found in western Tasmania. The art is highly significant even though its age is presently unknown.In addition, five occupation sites were also discovered, one of which probably contains an occupation deposit that is the first of its kind to be discovered in…
The Australian National University-Tasmanian National Parks and Wildlife Service Archaeological Expedition to the Franklin River, 1982
Dead logs and branches impeded us a t every step; and we were continually meeting with large tracts of dense thicket, from thirty to forty feet high so closely interwoven and matted together, as to be impenetrable below: and we were often obliged to be walking upon these never dry, slippery branches covered with moss, as much as twenty feet above the ground, which being in many instances rotten, occasioned us many awkward falls, and tore our clot…
A Note on Excavations at the Maxwell River Site, M86/2, Southwest Tasmania
As part of the general Maxwell River survey carried out by a team from the archaeology section of the Tasmanian Department of Lands, Parks and Wildlife (Harris et al. 1988) one of us (D.R.) excavated a small test pit into the floor of one of the sites discovered. The excavated material was subsequently partly sorted by volunteers in Hobart and in 1988 transferred for analysis to the La Trobe Archaeology Department, where it became part of the dat…
A Preliminary Examination of Prehistoric Coastal Settlement at Nelson Bay, West Coast of Tasmania
This paper describes the results and interpretations of a preliminary survey of archaeological sites on the west coast of Tasmania undertaken as part of a PhD project into the prehistory of the area
Forthcoming Fieldwork
A Preliminary Examination of Prehistoric Coastal Settlement at Nelson Bay, West Coast of Tasmania
This paper describes the results and interpretations of a preliminary survey of archaeological sites on the west coast of Tasmania undertaken as part of a PhD project into the prehistory of the area
New evidence from Fraser Cave for glacial age man in south-west Tasmania
The Australian National University-Tasmanian National Parks and Wildlife Service Archaeological Expedition to the Franklin River, 1982
Dead logs and branches impeded us a t every step; and we were continually meeting with large tracts of dense thicket, from thirty to forty feet high so closely interwoven and matted together, as to be impenetrable below: and we were often obliged to be walking upon these never dry, slippery branches covered with moss, as much as twenty feet above the ground, which being in many instances rotten, occasioned us many awkward falls, and tore our clot…
The Australian National University-Tasmanian National Parks and Wildlife Service Archaeological Expedition to the Franklin and Gordon Rivers, 1983
Fallen trees in every direction had interrupted our march, and it is a question whether ever human beings either civilised or savage had ever visited this savage looking country. Be this as it may, all about us appeared well calculated to arrest the progress of the traveller, sternly forbidding man to traverse those places which nature had selected for its own silent and awful repose [Jorgen Jorgenson, 19 March 1827; Binks 1980: 75]
Maxwell River Archaeological Survey 1986
In January 1986, Aboriginal cave paintings were discovered in the remote valley of the Maxwell River. It is the most spectacular gallery of cave paintings known in Tasmania and the first to be found in western Tasmania. The art is highly significant even though its age is presently unknown.In addition, five occupation sites were also discovered, one of which probably contains an occupation deposit that is the first of its kind to be discovered in…
A Note on Excavations at the Maxwell River Site, M86/2, Southwest Tasmania
As part of the general Maxwell River survey carried out by a team from the archaeology section of the Tasmanian Department of Lands, Parks and Wildlife (Harris et al. 1988) one of us (D.R.) excavated a small test pit into the floor of one of the sites discovered. The excavated material was subsequently partly sorted by volunteers in Hobart and in 1988 transferred for analysis to the La Trobe Archaeology Department, where it became part of the dat…
Department of Parks, Wildlife and Heritage
Archaeology (7 works) · Geography (7 works) · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (6 works) · Australian Indigenous Culture and History (5 works) · Ecology (4 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (4 works) · Wildlife (4 works) · Biology (3 works) · Geology (3 works) · Project commissioning (3 works)