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Study Archaeology.

Find your fearless

Study Archaeology.

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Get your hands dirty, digging up secrets of the past and get ready for an exciting career.

Excavating, or digging, is only one part of an archaeologist's job. You’ll spend your time researching, reporting and teaching, as well as out in the field.

You’ll uncover artefacts to gain an understanding of history through a human, cultural and social lense. You’ll collect and interpret data, and locate and record suitable sites using survey maps, photographs and aerial photography. You may work in cultural heritage management, where you'll be responsible for the archaeological research required to follow state and Commonwealth preservation laws.

Your work could take you all over the world. Studying and locating sites to uncover. Or you could stay locally and work within government, museums and parks. Regardless of the path you choose, you’ll be a highly skilled professional within this high-growth occupation. 

No. 3 in Australia
for Archaeology

QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021

No.1 in SA
in Humanities, Culture & Social Sciences for full-time employment, median salary, overall educational experience and skills development.

(The Good Universities Guide 2022 (undergraduate & postgraduate), public SA-founded universities only)

Study Options

Bachelor of Archaeology

Postgraduate Maritime Archaeology

Bachelor of Arts (Archaeology)

Postgraduate Archaeology & Heritage Management

Careers

Unearth and analyse artefacts with a degree that prepares you for a wide range of jobs in museums, government, community organisations and the cultural heritage management industry.

Potential occupations

Studying Archaeology can lead to a variety of jobs. These include archaeologist, assistant curator, cultural heritage officer, cultural ranger and education and interpretation officer.

Potential employers

Whether you are looking for local, interstate or international employment, your skills will be highly sought after by independent archaeological consultants, heritage agencies, museums, academic institutions, the public service as well as wildlife services and sanctuaries. 

Why study Archaeology at Flinders?

  • Connect with industry leaders
  • Get hands-on and learn in the field
  • Discover your passion, in a the field you're most interested in
  • Be equipped with the knowledge of the latest evidence-based practice 

Hear from our students

“Flinders has one of the best Maritime Archaeology postgraduate programs in the world. The staff are very kind and supportive to students, and I am lucky to be here. Flinders is the only Master of Maritime Archaeology program that provides a field school and scientific diving training, which is the most exciting part of my studies. If you want to learn maritime archaeology and gain diving skills that lead you to your future job, please consider studying at Flinders. ”

Hiroshi Ishii, Master of Maritime Archaeology, Japan

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Our incredible teaching and research staff within the Archaeology sector are experts in their professions and well-connected to industry.

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Associate Professor Maritime Archaeology: 
Dr Wendy van Duivenvoorde

Growing up in the Netherlands, a nation famed for its maritime heritage, Wendy van Duivenvoorde became fixated on the sea. Drawn to archaeology at university, she jumped at the opportunity to volunteer on dives at maritime archaeological sites, sealing her fate as a scholar captivated by the histories of the deep. 

Dr van Duivenvoorde came to Australia to be involved in the study of the Batavia, a Dutch East India Company vessel built in Amsterdam that was wrecked on its maiden voyage on the West Australian coast, at a time when the waters of the southern hemisphere were largely uncharted – and 150 years before Captain Cook mapped Australia’s eastern coastline. The loss of the Batavia and the trail of mutiny and murder that followed the disaster fostered huge interest in the excavation of the wreck after it was rediscovered in 1963.

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Associate Professor Space Archaeology: 
Dr Alice Gorman

Dr Alice Gorman is an internationally recognised leader in the field of space archaeology. Her research on space exploration has been featured in magazines such as National Geographic and New Scientist. She is a faculty member of the International Space University's Southern Hemisphere Space Program in Adelaide and tweets as @drspacejunk.

Alice has worked extensively in Indigenous heritage management, providing advice for mining industry, urban development, government departments, local councils and Native Title groups in NSW, WA, SA and Queensland. She is also a specialist in stone tool analysis, and the Aboriginal use of bottle glass after European settlement.

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Associate Professor of Archaeological Science:
Dr Ian Moffat

Dr Ian Moffat is an archaeological scientist who mainly works with geological techniques. His principal research focus is examining the effect of climate variation on human evolution based on sediments from archaeological rock shelter sites in South Africa, Indonesia and Australia. Applying methods including geophysics, sediment analysis and isotope geochemistry, he is developing new climate proxies and understanding the depositional history of these sites.

A related area of interest is the isotopic and trace element analysis of biogenic materials (including tooth, bone and otoliths) to examine mobility, diet, maternal behaviour and climate. This includes the analysis of the mobility of animals in Palaeolithic France and Israel, the maternal behaviour of early hominins and the diet and mobility of colonial era migrants in Adelaide, using recent developments in the field of laser ablation analysis to undertake spatially resolved in-situ measurements.

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Professor of Indigenous Archaeology:
Dr Claire Smith

Claire Smith is an anthropological archaeologist who works primarily with Indigenous communities. She analyses rock art, statues, monuments and memorials, graves, modern material culture, and social media. She has undertaken archaeological, ethnoarchaeological and anthropological research with Australian Aboriginal communities in the Barunga region, Northern Territory, every year since 1990 and with Ngadjuri people in South Australia since 1998.

As the twice-elected President of the World Archaeological Congress (2003-2014), Claire is committed to intellectually enriching academia by strengthening the global impact of research by scholars from low-income countries. 

Take your study global with a semester exchange

Living and studying overseas presents you with the unique opportunity to immerse yourself in the local culture while continuing your tertiary study at one of Flinders University’s 70+ overseas partner universities.

Why wait until you graduate to see the world? Let our program offer you the educational adventure of a lifetime.

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