MJ Morwood

Michael Morwood is the president of the Australian Rock Art Association and teaches Australian archaeology at the University of New England. Since graduating from Australian National University, he has worked both as an academic researcher and as a public archaeologist, carrying out extensive field research in New Zealand and throughout Queensland, New South Wales and the Northern Territory. He is currently working on early hominid sites on the Indonesian islands of Java and Flores. Professor...See more

Michael Morwood is the president of the Australian Rock Art Association and teaches Australian archaeology at the University of New England. Since graduating from Australian National University, he has worked both as an academic researcher and as a public archaeologist, carrying out extensive field research in New Zealand and throughout Queensland, New South Wales and the Northern Territory. He is currently working on early hominid sites on the Indonesian islands of Java and Flores. Professor Morwood is particularly interested in ethnohistory, material culture studies and the social and ceremonial role of art in Aboriginal Culture. Current projects include work on rock art and its cultural context in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. He has edited two monographs and written numerous articles on rock art. See less