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CHRISTOHER J DAVEY
Director
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The Australian Institute of Archaeology,
LaTrobe University Vic 3086 |
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+61 3 9455 2882 |
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+61 3 9455 3883 |
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+61 0 421 595 966 |
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director@aiarch.org.au
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BIOGRAPHY
Christopher Davey became the honorary director of the
Institute in 2002 after retiring from National Australia
Bank where he was a project finance executive. He has
been responsible for the Institute’s re-establishment
at LaTrobe University after it ceased to operate in 1999.
Chris began his archaeology at Cambridge University
and the Institute of Archaeology in London where he also
studied ancient languages. He has dug in the Middle East,
Australia and the United Kingdom. He has published papers
in the history of mining and metallurgy and ancient architecture.
Having a background in mining engineering and surveying
has enabled Chris to contribute a technical perspective
to his historical studies while his many years in banking
have equipped him to understand the economic dimension.
Environmental implications have been important in Chris’
mineral industry and banking work and these together with
his grounding in theology are being applied his current
work.
Curriculum Vitae
Current Projects
Bronze Age Metalworking Technology and Equipment
Ancient Mining technology
Ancient Near Eastern Temple Architecture
The nature of sustainability in ancient cultures
Archaeological and textual evidence relating to the House
of the Forest of Lebanon
Publications
Near Eastern Archaeology and History
2007 Crucibles from the Bronze Age of Egypt and Mesopotamia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 120(1): 146–154. (with W.I. Edwards). Download PDF (1.5mb)
2001 The Excavation Technology used in the Cow Catacombs of the Sacred Animal Necropolis, North Saqqara, Egypt, Buried History, 37 & 38, 15-24. Download PDF (474kb)
1988 Tell Edh-Dhiba'i and the Southern Near Eastern Metalworking Tradition, The Beginnings of the Use of Metals and Alloys, ed. R. Maddin, (MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.) 63-68. Download PDF (529kb)
1985 The Negub Tunnel, Iraq, 47, 49-55. Download PDF (1.7mb)
1985 Crucibles in the Petrie Collection and Hieroglyphic Ideograms for Metal, Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 71, 142-148. Download PDF (1.9mb)
1983 The Metal Workers' Tools from Tell edh Dhiba'i, Bulletin of the Institute of Archaeology, University of London, 20, 169-185. Download PDF (1.6mb)
1980 Temples of the Levant and the Buildings of Solomon, Tyndale Bulletin, 31, 107-146. Download PDF (562kb)
1979 Ancient Near Eastern Pot Bellows, Levant, 11, 101-111. Download PDF (742kb)
1977 Domestic Architecture of the Old Testament, Buried History, 13, 21-37.
1976 Qadesh on the Orontes, Buried History, 12, 14-21. Download PDF (1mb)
Mining History
2002 The Development of Victorian Gold Mining Technology, Victorian Historical Journal, Vol 73, No 1, April, 64-92. (with P.L. McCarthy)
1996 The origins of Victorian mining technology, 1851 - 1900, The Artefact, 19, 52 - 62. Download PDF (2mb)
1993 Mining Heritage, Proceedings of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Centenary Conference, Adelaide, 395 - 398.
1993 Timber Support in the Burra Mines, Proceedings of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Centenary Conference, Adelaide, 309 - 310.
1988 Deep Lead Mining in Victoria, Second AusIMM Mineral Heritage Seminar, Sydney, 17-26, (with P.L. McCarthy).
1988 The development of the Stamp Battery in Victoria, The Fourth National Conference on Engineering Heritage, Sydney.
1986 The Mining Equipment Models of the Museum of Victoria, Third National Conference on Engineering Heritage, IEAust, 60-62.
1986 The History and Archaeology of the North British Mine Site, Australian Journal of Historical Archaeology, 4, 51-56.
1985 Engineering Heritage with Reference to Mining, Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Engineering Heritage, IEAust, 4-8.
1985 Archaeological Investigation of a Mine Site, Historic Environment, 4, No 4, 24-29.
1983 Bergbau in fossilen Goldseifen im australischen Victoria, (Deep Lead Mining in Victoria), Der Anschnitt, 35 95-103.
1981 Die Begrabnisstatte der heiligen Tiere im Nord Saqqara (Agypten), (Tunnelling Techniques in the Catacombs of the Mothers of Apis, North Saqqara (Egypt)), Der Anschnitt, 32, 228-234.
Environment and Finance
1994 Victoria's Green Clean up Model Dazzles, Decisions, Vol 6 No 2, 24 - 27.
1993 Managing Environmental Risk, Decisions, Vol 5 No 3, 18 - 19.
1990 The Environment Joins the Board, Decisions, Vol 2 No 1, 14 - 17.
1990 The High Cost of Financing a Clean Environment, Decisions, Vol 2 No 3, 8 - 11.
1988 Project Financing of Gold Mining in Victoria, Contempoary Gold - Bendigo, Bendigo CAE. (with John Ballard)
Excavation Experience
Excavations attended and Directors
1975 West Heath Common, Sussex, UK. Mr P. Drewett
1975 Ammam Citadel, Jordan. Mrs C. M. Bennett
1975 Jawa, Jordan. Dr S. Helms
1975 Tell Nebi Mend, Syria Mr P. J. Parr
1976 North Saqqara, Egypt Prof H. S. Smith
1977 Tell Nebi Mend, Syria. Mr P. J. Parr
1977 Negub Tunnel Survey, Iraq. C. J. Davey
1977 Tell Arpachiyah Survey, Iraq. Ismail Hijara
1983 Tell El Qitar, Syria. Mr W. Culican &
1984 Tell El Qitar, Syria. Dr T McClellan
1985 North British Mine Site, Victoria. C. J. Davey
1990 Stewart's United Mine Site, Victoria C. J. Davey
1995 Thomas United Mine Site, Victoria C. J. Davey
Qualifications and Professional Associations
BSc (tech), University of New South Wales, Mining Engineering.
MA, University of London, Western Asiatic Archaeology
and History.
MA, University of Cambridge, Theology, (Hebrew and Greek).
Mine Managers Certificate of Competency, Victoria and
NSW
Interests
Sailing, Sketching, Historic ship modelling, Tai Chi
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