Sarah Colley is an honorary research fellow in the

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, school of Archaeology and Ancient History. She was elected as a Fellow of the

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in 2011. Colley is interested in using modern digital communication technology and applies them to enhance researches in the field of

archaeology Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landsca ...

. Because of that interest, she is currently working with

Penelope Allison Penelope 'Pim' Allison academic archaeologist specialising the Roman Empire and since 2015 has been professor of archaeology at the University of Leicester. She is also a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and an Honorary Fellow of the Australi ...

on the development of digital research resources in the Kinchega Archaeological Research Project.

Education

Colley obtained a

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in archaeology at

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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

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at the

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on the topic of Australian Aboriginal archaeology.

Career

She has been a senior lecturer of archaeology at the

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, and has published articles about teaching archaeology to students in the university level. 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 Historical archaeology is a form of archaeology dealing with places, things, and issues from the past or present when written records and oral traditions can inform and contextualize cultural material. These records can both complement and conflict ...

. Colley has specialized in studying shells, fish bones and mammals to try and better understand early humans' diets, economies and environmental changes. She has worked in sites in

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and south east Australia. She currently manages the Archaeological Fish Bone Images Archive Tables, Archaeological fish-bone images and NSW Archaeology Online: Grey Literature Archive.

Selected publications

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References

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