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GEOFF AVERN In a previous incarnation, Geoff was based at the Australian Museum and worked in malacological taxonomy and systematics. He now focuses upon techniques for recording excavations, and managing and interpreting data, particularly in relation to La Tene settlement, burial and trade. He has worked at the Iron Age hillfort of Bibracte/Mont Beuvray in the Morvan region of central France, the Iron Age rural site of Gerzat/Patural, Clermont-Ferrand in France, the Iron Age eperon-barre fort of Le Chesle at Ardennes, southern Belgium, and the C16-17 majolica ceramic workshop at Carfaggiolo, Medicean villa, Mugello Valley, Italy. SEBASTIAN PAYNE Sebastian has an interest and expertise in shell from the Australia/New Zealand region, as well as his interests in Western European and Mediterranean shell. While his zooarchaeological work has mainly been focused on bone assemblages from the Eastern Mediterranean and Near East, he has particular interests in the taphonomy and construction of shell assemblages - especially as they relate to wave action and sorting processes. KATHERINE SZABÓ As with Katherine's work in Southeast Asia, her focus in the Pacific is split between shell artefact production and study of midden-derived subsistence shell. Her doctoral work investigated the connections between the shell-working traditions of the Lapita Cultural Complex of the Western Pacific area (c.3300 B.P to 2700 B.P.) with earlier Papua New Guinea/Solomon Island shell-working traditions on the one hand, and Island Southeast Asian traditions on the other. This has involved the study of worked shell from the Bismarck Archipelago in Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia and Fiji. Shell midden from these locations (as well as the Hauraki Gulf region, Auckland, New Zealand) has also been studied to investigate mollusc exploitation patterns, palaeoenvironment, and taphonomic issues of island environments. For a selection of publications on these area, please refer to the publications page.
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