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Dr Tam Smith

Honorary Fellow
School of Social Science
tam.smith@uq.edu.au
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Publications

Book Chapters (2)
Journal Articles (8)
Conference Papers (2)
Generic Document (1)
Research Reports (3)
Theses (3)
Department Technical Reports (10)

Book Chapters

Smith, Tam, Koshy, Jinu and Aravazhi, P. (2017). Excavating limestone caves in India: the Billa Surgam experience. Beyond stones and more stones: defining Indian prehistoric archaeology. (pp. 261-309) edited by Ravi Korisettar. Bengaluru, India: The Mythic Society.
Smith, A. D. (Tam) (2006). MRAP and beyond: Bribie island, Southeast Queensland. An archaeological life: papers in honour of Jay Hall. (pp. 149-160) edited by S. Ulm and I. Lilley. Brisbane, Australia: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit, The University of Queensland.

Journal Articles

Smith, Tam (2025). Three thousand years of oyster fisheries: a view from Southeast Queensland, Australia. Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology, 4 1517380. doi: 10.3389/fearc.2025.1517380
Amano, Noel, Faulkner, Patrick, Wedage, Oshan, Clarkson, Chris, Amila, Dambara, del Val, Miren, Jurkenas, Dovydas, Kapukotuwa, Alexander, López, Gloria I., Pares, Josep, Pathmalal, M. M., Smith, Tam, Wright, Martin, Roberts, Patrick, Petraglia, Michael and Boivin, Nicole (2024). Early Sri Lankan coastal site tracks technological change and estuarine resource exploitation over the last ca. 25,000 years. Scientific Reports, 14 (1) 26693, 1-16. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-77504-5
Adams, Shaun, Norman, Kasih, Kemp, Justine, Jacobs, Zenobia, Costelloe, Michael, Fairbairn, Andrew, Robins, Richard, Stock, Errol, Moss, Patrick, Smith, Tam, Love, Serena, Manne, Tiina, Lowe, Kelsey M., Logan, India, Manoel, Michael, McFadden, Karen, Burns, Darren, Falkiner, Zac and Clarkson, Chris (2024). Early human occupation of Australia’s eastern seaboard. Scientific Reports, 14 (1) 2579. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-52000-y
Reeder-Myers, Leslie, Braje, Todd J., Hofman, Courtney A., Elliott Smith, Emma A., Garland, Carey J., Grone, Michael, Hadden, Carla S., Hatch, Marco, Hunt, Turner, Kelley, Alice, LeFebvre, Michelle J., Lockman, Michael, McKechnie, Iain, McNiven, Ian J., Newsom, Bonnie, Pluckhahn, Thomas, Sanchez, Gabriel, Schwadron, Margo, Smith, Karen Y., Smith, Tam, Spiess, Arthur, Tayac, Gabrielle, Thompson, Victor D., Vollman, Taylor, Weitzel, Elic M. and Rick, Torben C. (2022). Indigenous oyster fisheries persisted for millennia and should inform future management. Nature Communications, 13 (1) 2383, 1-13. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-29818-z
Faulkner, Patrick, Sarathi, Akshay, Crowther, Alison, Smith, Tam, Harris, Matthew, Ali, Abdallah K., Haji, Othman, LaViolette, Adria, Norman, Neil L., Horton, Mark and Boivin, Nicole (2022). Human-ecodynamics and the intertidal zones of the Zanzibar Archipelago. Frontiers in Earth Science, 10 982694, 1-27. doi: 10.3389/feart.2022.982694
Smith, Tam and McNiven, Ian J. (2019). Aboriginal marine subsistence foraging flexibility in a dynamic estuarine environment: The late development of Tin Can Inlet (southeast Queensland) middens revisited. Queensland Archaeological Research, 22, 1-38. doi: 10.25120/qar.22.2019.3670
Haslam, Michael, Korisettar, Ravi, Petraglia, Michael, Smith, Tam, Shipton, Ceri and Ditchfield, Peter (2010). In Foote's steps: The history, significance and recent archaeological investigation of the Billa Surgam caves in Southern India. South Asian Studies, 26 (1), 1-19. doi: 10.1080/02666031003719115
Hall, Jay, O'Connor, Susan, Prangnell, Jonathan and Smith, Tam (2005). Teaching Archaeological Excavation at the University of Queensland: Eight years inside TARDIS. Australian Archaeology, 61 (1), 48-55. doi: 10.1080/03122417.2005.11681820

Conference Papers

Smith, Tam (2019). A (preliminary) historical ecology model of mid to late Holocene subsistence and settlement in coastal southeast Queensland. Australian Archaeological Association 2019 Conference - Disrupting Paradise, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 10-13 December 2019.
Smith, Tam (2019). A (preliminary) historical ecology model of mid to late Holocene subsistence and settlement in coastal southeast Queensland. Society for American Archeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM United States, 10–14 April 2019.

Generic Document

Prangnell, J. and Smith, T. (2007). Archaeological Assessment of Middens on Coombabah Creek and Saltwater Creek, Gold Coast City. The University of Queensland Archaeological Services Unit.

Research Reports

Smith, Tam (2021). Report on the remnant molluscan assemblage from Wallen Wallen Creek, Minjerribah. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Smith, Tam (2021). Report on the analysis of the MCA20 molluscan assemblage to Everick Foundation Pty Ltd and the Quandamooka Yoolooburrabee Aboriginal Corporation. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Smith, Tam (2020). Report on the analysis of the LCN19 molluscan assemblage to Everick Foundation Pty Ltd and the Quandamooka Yoolooburrabee Aboriginal Corporation. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.

Theses

Smith, Annette Deborah (Tam) (2016). Archaeological expressions of Holocene cultural and environmental change in coastal Southeast Queensland. PhD Thesis, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2016.1103
Smith, Annette Deborah (Tam) (2003). Archaeological spatial variability on Bribie Island, southeast Queensland. M.A. Thesis, School of Social science, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/195389
Smith, Annette Deborah (Tam) (1992). An archaeological site location and subsistence-settlement analysis of Bribie Island, southeast Queensland. Honours Thesis, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/295050

Department Technical Reports

Jagera Daran and Smith, Tam (2009). Results of exploratory test pitting at the police driving school facility and the Basil Stafford Centre, Wolston Park, Wacol. 455. The University of Queensland Culture and Heritage Unit.
Prangnell, Jonathan, Murphy, Karen, Smith, Tam and Terry, Linda (2008). Cultural heritage report for the proposed northern link project. The University of Queensland Archaeological Services Unit Report, 423b. Archaeological Services Unit, University of Queensland.
Prangnell, Jonathan, Murphy, Karen, Smith, Tam and Terry, Linda (2008). Existing cultural heritage environment report for the proposed northern link project. The University of Queensland Archaeological Services Unit Report, 423. Archaeological Services Unit, University of Queensland.
Kabi Kabi Aboriginal ILUA Party and Smith, Tam (2008). Initial cultural heritage assessment of the Traveston Crossing Dam Project Area. 433. The University of Queensland Archaeological Services Unit.
Smith, Tam (2007). Archaeological investigation of potential GPR anomalies at Dutton Park. The University of Queensland Archaeological Services Unit, The University of Queensland, Brisbane.
Prangnell, J. M., Smith, A. and Howe, I (2006). Salvage excavation and artefact analysis of Powerlink's Algester substation site. The University of Queensland Archaeological Services Unit.
Prangnell, J. M., Smith, A. and Coghill, S. (2005). Cultural Heritage Study, ML1108, North Stradbroke Island. The University of Queensland Archaeological Services Unit.
Smith, Tam and Undambi Land Council (1999). A field survey of the proposed ‘Windsong’ development, Lake Weyba . The University of Queensland Archaeological Services Unit.
Smith, Tam (1999). Bribie Island Forest Archaeological Project: Report on Site BI9 to CSR Softwoods, Caboolture, Queensland. Department of Anthropology and Sociology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane.
Smith, Tam (1997). Bribie Island Forest Archaeological Project 1996: Interim Report to CSR Softwoods. Department of Anthropology and Sociology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane.
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