Hello folks! I’m Kim, a Grad Dip Arch student from near Orange in NSW. I’m enrolled in the ARCH 8514A CHM Internship topic this semester and am completing this through OzArk EHM, a small archaeological / ecological heritage assessment firm based in Dubbo.
My work thus far has involved consultancy report writing and a field survey near Forbes – in fact I’ll be setting out on a survey of mountainous country near Lithgow tomorrow, primarily with a focus on Indigenous rock shelters.
I’m also project managing a test excavation of an Indigenous open site due to take place near my own home sometime in April. So far this has involved making contact with local backhoe / water truck contractors and obtaining quotes for their services.
Late April will see me travelling to the Lithgow area again to work on a survey of significant non-Indigenous industrial archaeological sites.
One of the advantages of this placement at OzArk is the variety of project types available. Thus far I have had the opportunity to survey a site involving scarred trees in inland NSW and, as mentioned above, have (likely) rock shelters, stone tool assemblages, and industrial archaeology coming up. I also have the chance to work closely with our ecologists, thus gaining insights into an aspect of heritage that I have not studied in detail during my archaeological training.
KT
