John Clegg

Indigenous Archaeology Consultant

Contact

Email: jcless @ mail.usyd.edu.au

Education

MA in Archaeology (Cambridge)
Certificate in Education (Cambridge)
MA(Hons) in Archaeology (Sydney)

Research Interests

John is a retired Senior Lecturer in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Sydney. His primary research area is Aboriginal rock art. John has four years of professional schoolteaching experience in the UK, followed by over 35 years of teaching and research in Sydney. He has published numerous articles, book chapters and books on archaeology, particularly focussed on how to get archaeological insights from rock art. He also has a few publications in teaching and education.

John is the Archaeology consultant for the Aboriginal Astronomy and Sydney Rock Art projects.

Selected Publications

Clegg, J. Towards a philosophy of rock art study

Heyd, T & Clegg, J. (Editors), 2005, Aesthetics and Rock Art, Ashgate Publishing

Clegg, J., 2003, "Sydney's Aboriginal Past: Investigating the Archaeological and Historical Records", Archaeology in Oceania, Vol. 38

Clegg, J. & Ghantous, S., 2003, "Rock-paintings of exotic animals in the Sydney Basin, New South Wales, Australia", Australia Before Farming, 2003/1 (7)

Clegg, J., 1998, Chapter 19: "Making sense of obscure pictures from our own history: exotic images from Callan Park, Australia" in The archaeology of rock-art, (Edited by by Christopher Chippindale, Paul Stephen Charles Taçon), Cambridge University Press

Stanbury, P. & Clegg, J., 1996, A Field Guide to Aboriginal Rock Engravings, Oxford University Press, Melbourne.

Clegg J., 1990, "Berowra waters koala engravings" in Daniel Lunney, Chris Ann Urquhart and Philip Reed (eds) Koala Summit: MANAGING KOALAS INNEW SOUTH WALES, Proceedings of the Koala Summit held at the University of Sydney 7..8 November 1988. NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service Sydney 1999, pp. 93-106

Clegg, J., 1984, "Pictures 'of'Bulls and Boats: Some Evidence of Prehistoric Perceptive Processes" in Richard A. Hutch and Peter G. Fenner (eds) Under the shade of the Coolibah tree: Australian Studies in Consciousness, University Press of America, Lanham, pp. 219-238

Clegg, J., 1983, Chapter 9: "Recording Prehistoric Art" and Chapter 18: "A gadget to help in drawing small finds" in Australian Field Archaeology: a guide to techniques, (Edt by Graham Connah), Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies : Canberra