Catherine Frieman is an associate professor in European archaeology at the School of Archaeology and Anthropology at the Australian National University. Previously, she was a post-doctoral research fellow at the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art at the University of Oxford, and a lecturer in archaeology at the University of Nottingham. 

Her research interests include innovation and conservatism, and she is a material culture and technology specialist with a particular expertise in stone tools. Her fieldwork includes research in the UK, exploring human mobility and the diffusion of innovations in prehistoric Iberia and the Pacific, and studying lithic material and technology from Neolithic sites in Vietnam.

Catherine’s latest book, An archaeology of innovation: Approaching social and technological change in human society, was published in early 2021. She is also the Editor of the Journal of European Archaeology.

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James Flexner is a senior lecturer in historical archaeology and heritage at the University of Sydney. His research interests include landscape archaeology, historical archaeology with a geographic focus on Oceania, and early ethnographic collections in archaeological analysis.

His research prioritises close collaboration with local communities and public outreach to make archaeology more accessible. His doctoral research focused on a 19th century leprosarium at Kalawao, Moloka’i in the Hawaiian Islands. Since then, his research efforts have centred around fieldwork projects in Vanuatu.

James’s recent publications include articles on anarchism, degrowth and archaeology, mission archaeology in Southern Vanuatu, and an open access co-edited book on Community-Led Research

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