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Heritage professionals with a specialty in the aquatic environment; a global outlook; and a passion for nurturing the links between cultural and natural heritage.

Yes — history has a smell. (H**p rope smells like sheep.) 🐑Living history + archaeology workshops for incursions where s...
20/02/2026

Yes — history has a smell. (H**p rope smells like sheep.) 🐑

Living history + archaeology workshops for incursions where students learn through evidence — just like archaeologists — objects, materials, wear, pattern… and become immersed through the sensory learning of living history and experimental archaeology practice — the stuff you can’t “read” off a page.

It’s sensory, hands-on, and built around inquiry: observe → infer → justify → revise.

Students get to:
• handle replica tools/utensils/materials informed by archaeological finds (made to be used)
• partake in experimental archaeology through making
• practise evidence language: “This suggests… because…”

Designed for real school days: 45–60 mins • cap 25 • bell-time friendly.
If you’re planning:
• Stage 4: Vikings + Medieval Europe.
• Stage 2/3 option: early colonial Australia.
DM or enquire via iamarchaeology.com

Less race, more place. That's how we like our hiking adventures 🤩🥾So proud to be a part of this venture! There is no poi...
10/02/2026

Less race, more place.

That's how we like our hiking adventures 🤩🥾

So proud to be a part of this venture! There is no point to devoting our lives to the practice of archaeology if we do only half a job with it. The stories we uncover need to be given back to the community to which they belong and shared with visitors too. I am always on the lookout for effective and novel ways to do this and what is better than literally, physically immersing ourselves in places and their stories.

Sound fun? Take a gander 👉 heritagehikes.com.au

To do:• End poverty and deprivation • Improve health and education• Reduce inequality• Spur economic growth• Tackle clim...
26/11/2025

To do:
• End poverty and deprivation
• Improve health and education
• Reduce inequality
• Spur economic growth
• Tackle climate change
• Preserve oceans and forests

Sounds good right?! a bit overwhelming? heh.... 😅

This is the "to-do list" of all member states of the United Nations - including Australia. The target year for achieving these is 2030... how do you think we are going so far?

As daunting as it may seem, every step towards achieving these goals is worthwhile and we as individuals, businesses and even not-for-profit community groups can work on these too.
But what difference can an archaeologist or a living history practitioner make? These are global issues and "we simply look at history".

This is the very topic, from a maritime cultural heritage angle, we tackled at the International Congress for Underwater Archaeology (IKUWA 8) in Belgium last month with a collaborative paper titled 'If no one knows, then nobody can care - The role of maritime cultural heritage education & outreach in sustainable development'.

The quick and dirty: we uncover and tell stories. Stories lead to understanding. Understanding to respect. Respect to connection. Connection to care. And when we care we become more conscious and active citizens of the world.

Full abstract in the images.

The Revolting Peasants

A great paper to round off our presentations at The World Archaeological Congress in Darwin, Australia a couple of weeks...
16/07/2025

A great paper to round off our presentations at The World Archaeological Congress in Darwin, Australia a couple of weeks ago. Delving into the overlapping area between archaeology and living history, teasing out great discussions and sparkling conversations on developing methodologies in this space! 🤩

We've been thoroughly WACed! 😧Been back for over a week after an intense whirlwind of a visit to Darwin, presenting at T...
09/07/2025

We've been thoroughly WACed! 😧

Been back for over a week after an intense whirlwind of a visit to Darwin, presenting at The World Archaeological Congress (WAC10). Now that I've somewhat recovered, I can process the great feedback I received on the second paper I presented:

Way Back When: Cultural Heritage, Communities and Classrooms – an Immersive Approach

A paper showcasing the program we have been developing in the heritage education space, drawing together elements from archaeology and living history woven in with the objectives and outcomes of the NSW school curriculum to create a dynamic, immersive and interactive learning experience.

This work is so important to us at I AM Archaeology: commercial contract work can become quite distant from the connection to culture and community so this work in heritage education is essential in bringing us back to our true purpose - I think of it as keeping the soul in archaeology 🧡

I am so grateful it was so well received by colleagues in the heritage and education space and for the extremely helpful feedback, ideas and guidance everyone provided - it reassures me that we are on the right track!

A big thank you to co-author Kieran Hosty who has been a sounding board on this topic for months.

For the full abstract: https://www.academia.edu/130421870/Way_Back_When_Cultural_Heritage_Communities_and_Classrooms_an_Immersive_Approach

For session abstract: https://worldarchaeologicalcongress.com/wac10/t09-s02-papers/

Images: Nicola Speden and Kieran Hosty

Our first conference of the year! Been busy in the background working on exciting new ventures and it is great to get to...
23/06/2025

Our first conference of the year! Been busy in the background working on exciting new ventures and it is great to get to attend the event and have great discussions to get some feedback. First paper presented at The World Archaeological Congress! This year it is being held in Darwin, Australia, and although it is the 10th congress, it is the first one for I AM Archaeology 🤩 A huge thank you to ASHA and WAC for giving us the opportunity to bring this work forward.

“We crested the final rise in the road from where we could see the cairn. After being tossed about the old manual RAV4 o...
06/02/2025

“We crested the final rise in the road from where we could see the cairn. After being tossed about the old manual RAV4 on the winding dirt road, dodging wallabies and sheep, with the animated sea on our right and rolling shrubby hills to our left, our eyes met the location of a violent tragedy long ago. The day was sunny and a few clouds hung around the sky, almost for decoration than anything else. The waves crashed against the rocks further away while little calm rockpools glistened in the sunlight closer in shore, and the aspect was altogether so pleasant, it was difficult to fathom that almost 180 years ago this place represented the end of all things for so many people.”

Blog article about the project on King Island currently under construction and coming soon!

In the meantime, here is the article on which I collaborated with my fellow expeditioners, published in Signals, the quarterly publication of the Australian National Maritime Museum – full PDF of the article on my academia: www.academia.edu/123700370/Return_to_an_island_of_wrecks_King_Island_and_Cataraqui_1845

What is I AM Archaeology: Habitat & Heritage? Great question!It is exactly what it says on the box. We do archaeology - ...
30/07/2024

What is I AM Archaeology: Habitat & Heritage? Great question!

It is exactly what it says on the box. We do archaeology - all types. But we specialise in people's association with the ocean and waterways. Yes, this means we do underwater stuff like finding, diving on and investigating shipwrecks 🐙

And yeh, once we start looking at the cultural stuff, it is hard to ignore the natural environment around us. Cultural and natural heritage are inextricably linked - humans and their culture are a product of our surrounding environment. So we investigate both!

One thing leads to another though and once we start looking at that, we start to wonder what happens to it all in the future 🧐🤔 That's when we start to think about ways to safeguard both the stuff we can see and touch (tangible), like the artefacts, and what we can't (intangible), like the stories and the knowledge that hasn't been written down before. Otherwise it'll all be lost.

So all of a sudden, the work we are doing becomes broader in scope and a whole lot more important than just taking pictures of cool old stuff for fun. And that's what we do - we make it our purpose to find the objects and the stories, help look after them and give them back to the community, where they belong 🥰
Welcome aboard - let's begin exploring!

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📸 Renee Malliaros

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