John McCarthy

Corioli Souter of the WA Museum providing our AAA/AIMA conference keynote "All archaeology is maritime archaeology". @wamuseum.bsky.social @austarchaeology.bsky.social

So proud of the students in my new topic Digital Pasts: Applied 3D Capture and Reconstruction of Ancient Worlds. The class really stepped up, in most cases without any prior experience in 3D, and produced amazing work. handbook.flinders.edu.au/topics/2026/...
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Rain pouring on battered tents. Water rising everywhere. Mattresses, blankets, and clothes soaked through in minutes.

This is the reality for over 900,000 Palestinians who the Israeli military’s genocidal campaign in Gaza has displaced from their homes.

Uncovering the ancient landscape hidden below Sydney Harbour Maritime archaeologists at Flinders University have produced a striking 3D reconstruction of Sydney Harbour as it appeared thousands of years ago, when sea levels were much […]

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Guest lecture for our Digital Pasts topic on #machinelearning for archaeology with the talented Dr Jarrad Kowlessar

ARC2214 Europe Before Europe starts next week! Taught by @erinsebo.bsky.social, @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social, @janaanvari.bsky.social, Chelsea Wiseman, and @danclaggett.bsky.social

YouTube video by ABC Australia Discover an underwater frontier of submerged heritage sites | Landline | ABC Australia

The TV coverage of our recent work with the Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation. I'm really happy with it, although it does incorrectly state that I led the research since 2019, when it was @Jon_Benjamin and the DHSC team (deephistoryofseacountry.com) youtu.be/Ags54zpnG6A?...

Their old people sang of a place lost beneath the waves. Now it's found For years, researchers have been trying to find ancient artefacts sitting on the ocean floor. Now they have brought in Indigenous rangers to help.

Their Old People sang of a place lost beneath the waves. Now it’s found.

Another fantastic achievement of the Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation collaborating with our Deep History of Sea Country project.

Congratulations @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social for leading this.

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SUNDAY LISTEN 🎧 Our new First Nations figurehead: who was she? Matt Poll, Manager of Indigenous Programs, talks to Awaye on ABC Radio National about this rare 19th-century ship's figurehead.

www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/awaye/unravelling-a-19th-century-maritime-mystery/105490936

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AIMA-sponsored Maritime Archaeology session co-convened with @sea-greeny.bsky.social for #wac10 is all complete! We had a great time and thanks to all presenters! 🔱

Important case study at #WAC10 from Ralph Behr (Wessex/Trident Archéologie) on archaeological mitigation demonstrating work on densely distributed submerged landscape sites and an early 18th-century wreck in the Baltic Sea ⚓🛠️ Excavation, 3D documentation & redeposition #MaritimeArchaeology

Important insights from Carlos del Cairo Hurtado & Jesús Aldana Mendoza at #WAC10 on deep-sea heritage: the San José Galleon. 🏴‍☠️⚓ How can we safeguard its archaeological context from natural & human impacts? A crucial interdisciplinary challenge. #MaritimeArchaeology #WAC2025 @sea-greeny.bsky.social

📊 Weile Li (Univ. of Hong Kong) presents a structured analysis of shipwrecks in East & SE Asia (7th–13th C) using database frameworks, typologies & regression analysis. Ambitious quant meets deep time. #WAC10 #MaritimeArchaeology #ShipwreckStudies

Ian McCann & team explore Quang Ngai’s pre-modern maritime past through shipwrecks, citadels & ceramics 🇻🇳🌊 Supported by a KAKEN grant & strong JP-VN collaboration. #MaritimeArchaeology #WAC2025

At #WAC10, Mauro Frontini and team virtually presented their methodology for reconstructing historical maritime structures—using Aegina’s ancient harbor (Greece) as a case study. ⚓🏛️ #MaritimeArchaeology #WAC2025

Fascinating talk at #WAC10 by Sumit Kumar Pandey (Kongunadu College of Engineering & Technology) on the Chola Kingdom’s far-reaching influence on maritime archaeology. 🌊⚓ A powerful reminder of South Asia’s seafaring past! #MaritimeArchaeology #WAC2025

Assistant Professor Saravanan, University of Calicut, on locating the ancient city of Muziris #WAC10

My presentation on the I-124 submarine off Darwin Harbour for #WAC10

Kicking off the WWII maritime archaeology session with Dr Fiona Earl of the Northern Territory Heritage Branch on the recent discovery of a Bristol Beaufort aircraft in the NT #WAC10

Flinders Maritime Archaeology program @flindersmap.bsky.social recent graduate Sasha Joura on her community archaeology Masters research in Rakiura/Stewart Island, New Zealand #WAC10

Karyn Moshe of the University of Cape Town on community maritime archaeology in South Africa #WAC10

⚓️ 🌊 Today’s the day - our Global Approaches to Maritime Archaeology session is on all day in DFL1.11. We’ve got shipwrecky books for sale and free nautical-themed tattoos courtesy of AIMA, plus sessions on community, WWII, ports and harbours, and wrecks! #WAC10 🌊⚓️

Dr Bill Jeffrey of the University of Guam opens the AIMA-sponsored Maritime Archaeology session at #WAC10 with a talk on #communityarchaeology for maritime heritage in Micronesia

Professor Geoff Bailey of @flindersmap.bsky.social and @yorkuniversity.bsky.social on global submerged landscapes at #wac10

Amanda Evans of Gray & Pape on submerged #palaeolandscapes off the south and east coast of the US #WAC10

Rock art expert accuses state government of rock art 'propaganda' One of the world's leading rock art specialists accuses the WA government of burying evidence that shows current pollution levels in the state's north has left ancient petroglyphs resembling "Swiss cheese".

Rock art expert accuses state government of rock art 'propaganda': https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-27/murujuga-rock-art-benjamin-smith-government-cover-up/105342280