Caroline Bird

Caroline Bird is an academic at The University of Western Australia, holding positions as Project Assistant and Adjunct Research Fellow in the School of Social Sciences (Archaeology department) alongside Casual Teaching across multiple disciplines. Her research centers on Aboriginal archaeology in Australia, with emphasis on Western Australian contexts.

Her research interests include:

• Archaeology (broad discipline)
• Aboriginal Archaeology (specializing in Australian contexts)
• Material Culture studies of crafting practices and artifact distribution
• Landscape Archaeology and Indigenous connections to country
• Indigenous Heritage management

Analysis of Dr. Bird's 2020-2021 publications reveals concentrated research on Aboriginal archaeology in Western Australia, particularly the Chichester Range and Nyiyaparli country. Her work examines fossiliferous chert procurement, crafting practices, and archaeological writing through Indigenous perspectives, bridging archaeological science with Indigenous knowledge systems to document cultural landscapes and deep history.