David Frankel
Emeritus Professor David Frankel
- Post Nominals: FAHA
- Fellow Type: Fellow
- Elected to the Academy: 1993
- Section(s): Archaeology
Biography
David Frankel studied archaeology at the University of Sydney before going on to complete a PhD at Gothenburg University, Sweden. After some years at The British Museum, he returned to Australia in 1978 to take up a lectureship at La Trobe University. Retiring after 35 years as Emeritus Professor, he maintains a close connection with the Department of Archaeology and History at La Trobe University.
He is Joint Editor of Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology; a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities; and a Member of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. In 2015 he was awarded the Rhys Jones Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Australian Archaeology by the Australian Archaeological Association.
His primary research interests are in Australian Aboriginal archaeology and in the archaeology of Bronze Age Cyprus. He has excavated a range of sites in Australia and Cyprus and published extensively on the archaeology of these areas. His most recent book is Between the Murray and the Sea. Aboriginal Archaeology in Southeastern Australia.