Robert John Skelly Author

Robert John Skelly has been involved in archaeological research projects in Australia, the Philippines, and Papua New Guinea. In recent years he has focused on investigating the archaeology of cultural practices and social interactions along the south coast of Papua New Guinea, in particular in rainforest and sandy beach settings of the Gulf of Papua. Bruno David is an archaeologist who specializes on the north Australian-western Pacific region. He has published numerous books and hundreds of articles in professional journals and popular magazines. He is editor of the World Archaeological Congress Handbook of Landscape Archaeology. He is regularly engaged by Indigenous groups to undertake partnership research on matters of history of particular significance to their own communities.