Geordie Ball

Geordie Ball is a Junior Archaeologist currently completing his Bachelor of Archaeology at La Trobe University. He has over a year of fieldwork experience focusing on Aboriginal heritage sites and artefact salvage digs. He has also excavated in a paleoanthropological context at the fossil hominin site of Drimolen in South Africa, as well as paleontological digs on the Bass Coast.

Geordie has experience with the practical application of archaeological excavation, field skills such as artefact cataloguing and analysis, stratigraphic recording, site recording and mechanical excavation site setup and pack down. Geordie hopes to pursue an honours in palaeoanthropological dental macrowear studies on South African fossil specimens.

Geordie loves to play/DM Dungeons and Dragons with friends in his spare time, and take care of his pet snake Loki.

Education and affiliations

• Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Archaeology, La Trobe University, Melbourne (current)
• Membership of the Australian Archaeological Association (AAA)