John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Cramp, 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. 110
John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Corioli Souter of the WA Museum providing our AAA/AIMA conference keynote "All archaeology is maritime archaeology". @wamuseum.bsky.social @austarchaeology.bsky.social 011
John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 30/11/2025So 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/... 020
John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Guest lecture for our Digital Pasts topic on #machinelearning for archaeology with the talented Dr Jarrad Kowlessar 000
John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 26/06/2025AIMA-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! 🔱 051
John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Important 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 040
John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Important 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 031
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 020
John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Ian 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 020
John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 26/06/2025At #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 021
John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Fascinating 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 021
John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Assistant Professor Saravanan, University of Calicut, on locating the ancient city of Muziris #WAC10 021
John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 26/06/2025My presentation on the I-124 submarine off Darwin Harbour for #WAC10 040
John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Kicking 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 051
John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Flinders Maritime Archaeology program @flindersmap.bsky.social recent graduate Sasha Joura on her community archaeology Masters research in Rakiura/Stewart Island, New Zealand #WAC10 092
John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Karyn Moshe of the University of Cape Town on community maritime archaeology in South Africa #WAC10 082
John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Dr 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 030
John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Professor Geoff Bailey of @flindersmap.bsky.social and @yorkuniversity.bsky.social on global submerged landscapes at #wac10 0183
John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Amanda Evans of Gray & Pape on submerged #palaeolandscapes off the south and east coast of the US #WAC10 040
John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Testing what ChatGPT can do, it's quite effective #mcgregor 010
John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Calling 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 010
John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Delighted to be invited to the Sprigg Salon lecture on the visiting exhibition on the amazing Galloway hoard #viking #medieval 031
John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Confusing the puppy by checking on her with the robot hoover 000
John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 05/12/2024In the office today but back on the sea tomorrow for student training, can't wait! #maritimearchaeology 022
John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 11/07/2024I 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 000
John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 11/04/2024Dr Emma Beckett of @crar_m on the stone structures of Murujuga at @CAA2024AKL @CAA_Int 000
John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 03/01/2024A 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… 000
John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 16/11/2023All 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 000
John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 14/11/2023A figure from my paper on creating digital libraries of historic vessels made the cover of @ijna3#apconf2023 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… 000
John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 14/11/2023Hundreds of attendees at the Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Underwater Cultural Heritage in Gwangju #apconf2023 000
John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 27/09/2023Final day on Country of our underwater archaeological field campaign in Murujuga Sea Country with an amazing group of people @FlindersMAP #submergedlandscapes #DHSC @jon_benj 000
John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 23/09/2023Maritime archaeology kit in full use now with our @FlindersMAP divers in the water #DHSC @QyseaFifish @uwiseismic 000
John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 16/09/2023Our 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 000
John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 03/09/2023Let 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 000
John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 03/09/2023Smell ya later Belfast! Amazing work by all at @QUBelfast #EAA2023 000
John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 01/09/2023Presentation at #EAA2023 by @CalumFarrar of Griffith uni on making digital heritage useful for Indigenous Australia 000
John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 31/08/2023Session 92: 'Marginal landscapes and coastal adaptations during prehistory' kicking off in the beautiful @QUBelfast Graduate Building #EAA2023 000
John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 30/08/2023Not too many antipodeans at #EAA2023 but it's good to represent @Flinders and @FlindersMAP here at this incredible event back at my alma mater 000
John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 30/08/2023Given the recent AI growth, I'm a bit worried about this attendee of @archaeologyEAA conference #eaa2023 000
John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 30/08/2023Not helpful @dublinbusnews - I'm on an Aussie phone but in Naas... 000
John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 12/08/2023Open Day #2 at @FLINArchaeology #flindersuni 000
John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 10/08/2023Beautiful boats and early 3D experiences at Melbourne Museum @FlindersMAP 000
John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 24/07/2023Excited to take delivery of our new @QyseaFifish underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle supplied by @UWaustralasia #maritimearchaeology @FlindersMAP 000
John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 06/07/2023Can't wait to add my next bit of dive kit, close to perfection now #optimised #streamlined #fitforpurpose #midjourney #scuba 000
John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 29/06/2023testing 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 000
John McCarthy @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social · 08/06/2023Please 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… 100