Bruno David

Professor in Australian and PNG archaeology, Monash University

ORCID 0000-0002-8567-6135
https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/bruno-david

Professor Bruno David (Monash University) is an archaeologist who researches First Nations homelands (in Aboriginal Australia, known as ‘Country’) in close partnership with Indigenous communities who request such research. He has undertaken field research in Australia, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu and New Mexico in the USA. Bruno is an Australian Research Council Industry Laureate Fellow. He has published 17 academic books and c. 300 refereed papers on various aspects of landscape and coastal archaeology, rock art, and the archaeology of oral traditions.

BOOKS BY THIS CONTRIBUTOR

Pundawar Manbur

Bruno David

This monograph offers the first detailed study of Pundawar Manbur, a major Kimberley rock art site with 600+ paintings and engravings. It reveals complex superimpositions, reuse practices, and imagery spanning thousands of years, highlighting its cultural significance in Kwini Country. READ MORE

Paperback: £45.00 | Open Access

Fires in GunaiKurnai Country

ed. Bruno David

Anthropogenic climate change is becoming a reality, and in Australia this means longer , more intense wildfire seasons over a wider area. The GunaiKurnai people saw much of their Country decimated during ‘Black Summer’ (2019/2020), prompting questions about both the management of Country and its heritage resources moving forward. READ MORE

Paperback: £45.00 | Open Access

The Archaeology of Tanamu 1

ed. Bruno David

Presenting results from Tanamu 1, the first site to be published in detail in the Caution Bay Studies in Archaeology series. Yielding well-provenanced and finely dated assemblages of ceramics, faunal remains, and stone and shell artefacts, these remarkable sites extend the range of the Lapita cultural complex to the south coast of Papua New Guinea. READ MORE

Paperback: £58.00 | Open Access

Archaeological Research at Caution Bay, Papua New Guinea

ed. Bruno David

The first volume of the Caution Bay monographs is designed to introduce the goals of the Caution Bay project, the nature and scope of the investigations and the cultural and natural setting of the study area. READ MORE

Paperback: £42.00 | Open Access

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