Rebekah Hawkins

Rebekah is an archaeologist and lithic artefact analyst with a broad range of experience in the preparation and management of Aboriginal cultural heritage assessments, due diligence assessments, both historical and ethnographic research and the analysis of large and significant Aboriginal stone artefact assemblages. Rebekah has worked on a number of state significant historical excavations throughout metropolitan NSW and several large-scale Aboriginal excavations across NSW and Victoria. Rebekah has a passion for inclusive and accessible archaeology and prides herself in establishing relationships with stakeholders from a range of different fields.

Rebekah’s particular specialty focuses on the cataloguing, analysis and reporting of stone artefacts, with over seven years’ experience. She completed her honours thesis on a large stone artefact assemblage from Weereewa (Lake George) and investigated the dissimilar approaches to different raw material types. Rebekah has since analysed thousands of artefacts from across NSW and Victoria while working at Extent Heritage and aims to deliver key insights into behaviour, spatial patterning, raw material procurement, site integrity and chronological change. She is skilled in conjoining, artefact photography and the management of assemblages post-analysis.

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Recent assemblages include the significant Pleistocene assemblage discovered at Windsor, a high-density assemblage from North Clyde, Victoria, and a refitting of the quartz porphyry assemblage from Bathurst. She has provided training on lithics artefacts and currently she is volunteering with Dr Amy Way at the University of Sydney on an assemblage from the Blue Mountains.