Resurrecting Pompeii Author talks bones, autopsies and more

Estelle Lazer – author of Resurrecting Pompeii, a hugely important new work using new evidence from skeletal remains – is to appear on Australia’s ABC Radio on Tuesday, September 29th with morning host Margaret Throsby.

Estelle was also recently interviewed for Blogging Pompeii where she talks openly about her rather unconventional apprenticeship into forensic archaeology, the difficulties of studying the human remains of Pompeii, her work in the Antarctic and more. Read the full interview.

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Archaeology of Ancient Australia
By Peter Hiscock
Recognised for it’s contribution to both academic and public archaeology in Australia, this book is a lucid, undergraduate-tailored account of the diversity and colour of the history of humanity in the southern continent; from prehistoric times to the eighteenth century.