Culture and communication

The academic staff are incredibly supportive of students and are always willing to go that extra mile to help you achieve. All projects and topics are provided with fantastic resources, including field equipment, boating and diving gear and dedicated artefact, photography and computer labs.

The students themselves are active in the community, leading the Flinders Archaeology Society. The society organises social events and offers opportunities for students to gain practical experience. It is something every student should be a part of. Together with the supportive staff, range of resources and a positive community, archaeology is by far one of the best subjects to be involved in at Flinders University.

Opportunities always come up for practical field work or workshops, even special guest lectures. I volunteered a week of my time in April 2016 to help a PhD student excavating the remains of a 19^th century Irish settlement at Kapunda. To actually be in the field, digging, sifting and unearthing artefacts was an amazing experience and one I’ll never forget.

I commenced the Bachelor of Archaeology at Flinders in 2016, and soon found that the degree breaks the archaeological stereotypes. It’s not about Egyptian tombs or Indiana Jones-esque relic-hunting antiquarians wearing smoking jackets and carrying trowels. Students will encounter topics and ideas which they may not expect to study in an archaeology degree such as the Archaeology of Modern Society, Archaeology of Art, and The Archaeological Imagination, which blend ancient and contemporary notions of culture and human behaviour.