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John McCarthy

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Senior Lecturer in Maritime Archaeology at Flinders University

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John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Cramp, S., Murray, S., Knapp, L., Coyne, H., Eades, A., Lullfitz, A., Speldewinde, P., & Hopper, S. D. (2022). Overview and Investigation of Australian Aboriginal Lizard Traps. Journal of Ethnobiology, 42(4), 400-416.
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John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Corioli Souter of the WA Museum providing our AAA/AIMA conference keynote "All archaeology is maritime archaeology". @wamuseum.bsky.social @austarchaeology.bsky.social
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John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
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/... handbook.flinders.edu.au/topics/2026/...
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John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Guest lecture for our Digital Pasts topic on #machinelearning for archaeology with the talented Dr Jarrad Kowlessar
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John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
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! 🔱
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John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
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
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John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
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
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John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
📊 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
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John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
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
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John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
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
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John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
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
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John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Assistant Professor Saravanan, University of Calicut, on locating the ancient city of Muziris #WAC10
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John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
My presentation on the I-124 submarine off Darwin Harbour for #WAC10
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John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
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
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John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Flinders Maritime Archaeology program @flindersmap.bsky.social recent graduate Sasha Joura on her community archaeology Masters research in Rakiura/Stewart Island, New Zealand #WAC10
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John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Karyn Moshe of the University of Cape Town on community maritime archaeology in South Africa #WAC10
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John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
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
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John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Professor Geoff Bailey of @flindersmap.bsky.social and @yorkuniversity.bsky.social on global submerged landscapes at #wac10
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John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Amanda Evans of Gray & Pape on submerged #palaeolandscapes off the south and east coast of the US #WAC10
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John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Testing what ChatGPT can do, it's quite effective #mcgregor
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John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Calling all maritime archaeologists attending WAC10 - please consider presenting in our session 'Exploring the Depths: Maritime Archaeology Across the Globe' worldarchaeologicalcongress.com/wac10/explor... @flindersmap.bsky.social
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John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Delighted to be invited to the Sprigg Salon lecture on the visiting exhibition on the amazing Galloway hoard #viking #medieval
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John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Confusing the puppy by checking on her with the robot hoover
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John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Flinders archaeology is the best!
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John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
New team member
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John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
In the office today but back on the sea tomorrow for student training, can't wait! #maritimearchaeology
over/under photo of student divers in the water, in front of a jetty
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John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 11/07/2024
I was honoured yesterday to get a tour with the amazing staff of the Deutsches Schifffahrtsmuseum in Bremerhaven, Germany yesterday and to give a talk on my digital maritime archaeology work @deutschesmuseum @flindersmap
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John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 11/04/2024
Dr Emma Beckett of @crar_m on the stone structures of Murujuga at @CAA2024AKL @CAA_Int
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John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 03/01/2024
A welcome break today to visit the National Heritage Park with reconstructed monuments including a polychromatic high cross, one of the inspirations for our 2020 paper @erin_sebo researchgate.net/publication/34…
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John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 16/11/2023
All of our @FlindersMAP current and former staff and students who are attending #QPCONF2023 in Gwangju having dinner on the penultimate night of the conference in Gwangju Korea
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John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 14/11/2023
A figure from my paper on creating digital libraries of historic vessels made the cover of @ijna3#apconf2023 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
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John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 14/11/2023
Hundreds of attendees at the Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Underwater Cultural Heritage in Gwangju #apconf2023
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John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 27/09/2023
Final day on Country of our underwater archaeological field campaign in Murujuga Sea Country with an amazing group of people @FlindersMAP #submergedlandscapes #DHSC @jon_benj
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John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 23/09/2023
Maritime archaeology kit in full use now with our @FlindersMAP divers in the water #DHSC @QyseaFifish @uwiseismic
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John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 16/09/2023
Our session for the CAA2024 conference is a go! (Auckland April 8th-12th 2024) 'Beyond Binary: Exploring Maritime and Coastal Archaeology across the Water's Edge through Digital Methods. Submit papers for the 18th at@thepastfromabo1 @AIMA_underwater 2023.caaconference.org
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John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 03/09/2023
Let down again by @DublinCoach1 just not turning up at the airport. Chaos at stand 16, 50 people wandering around in circles, no information posted, drivers ignoring requests for information then leaving empty. This line is unusable
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John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 03/09/2023
Smell ya later Belfast! Amazing work by all at @QUBelfast #EAA2023
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John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 01/09/2023
Presentation at #EAA2023 by @CalumFarrar of Griffith uni on making digital heritage useful for Indigenous Australia
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John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 31/08/2023
Session 92: 'Marginal landscapes and coastal adaptations during prehistory' kicking off in the beautiful @QUBelfast Graduate Building #EAA2023
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John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 30/08/2023
Not too many antipodeans at #EAA2023 but it's good to represent @Flinders and @FlindersMAP here at this incredible event back at my alma mater
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John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 30/08/2023
The real reason to go to #EAA2023
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John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 30/08/2023
Given the recent AI growth, I'm a bit worried about this attendee of @archaeologyEAA conference #eaa2023
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John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 30/08/2023
Not helpful @dublinbusnews - I'm on an Aussie phone but in Naas...
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John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 29/08/2023
Wicklow glamour
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John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 12/08/2023
Open Day #2 at @FLINArchaeology #flindersuni
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John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 10/08/2023
Beautiful boats and early 3D experiences at Melbourne Museum @FlindersMAP
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John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 24/07/2023
Excited to take delivery of our new @QyseaFifish underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle supplied by @UWaustralasia #maritimearchaeology @FlindersMAP
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John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 06/07/2023
Can't wait to add my next bit of dive kit, close to perfection now #optimised #streamlined #fitforpurpose #midjourney #scuba
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John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 29/06/2023
testing today of our recently acquired @UWISOy underwater tracking system "GPS for divers" at Noarlunga Jetty in Adelaide, should be a game changer for maritime archaeology survey. Able assistance from @Scuba_Hiro and students Ash & Gerry @FlindersMAP @wvduivenvoorde @jon_benj
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John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 08/06/2023
Please take a look at my new Open Access article out on the creation and design of a virtual dive on a 1942 Japanese submarine wreck off Darwin, Australia #submarine #maritimearchaeology1/2 link.springer.com/article/10.100…
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