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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2026-03-31 human Helen Cohn updated 2026-03-31 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P008011b.htm person Balme Jane Margaret AACR2 c. 1957 Archaeologist Jane Balme is an archaeologist who is recognised as an expert on early Indigenous groups and Australian archaeology. She became interested in the field while working for the Western Australian Museum at the Devil's Lair cave in southwest Australia. Her research focus has mainly been on subsistence and social organisation in Pleistocene Australia, the development of gendered social organisation, and archaeology as a discipline. She has worked across Australia including in New South Wales, the Northern Territory and Western Australia. Balme is Emerita Professor and Senior Research Fellow at the School of Social Sciences, University of Western Australia where she had been Professor of Archaeology. 1979 1979 Education - BSc (hons), University of Western Australia 1986 1996 Career position - Lecturer in Archaeology, University of New England 1989 1990 Career position - Secretary, Australian Archaeological Association 1990 1990 Education - PhD, Australian National University 2018 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of the Humanities The University of Western Australia (1911 - )

Professor of Archaeology (later senior Research Fellow), School of Social Sciences

 Australian Academy of the Humanities (1969 - )

Fellow 2018 -

 Australian Archaeological Association (1973 - )

Secretary 1989 - 1990

 'Balme, Jane Margaret', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Balme, Jane Margaret Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Late Quaternary mammal remains, spanning about 30,000 years, from excavations in Devil's Lair, Western Australia Balme, Jane, Merrilees, D. and Porter, J. K. Late Quaternary mammal remains, spanning about 30,000 years, from excavations in Devil's Lair, Western Australia 1978 Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 61 33-65 Journal Article: Starch and charcoal: useful measures of activity areas in archaeological rock shelters Balme, Jane and Beck, Wendy Starch and charcoal: useful measures of activity areas in archaeological rock shelters 2002 Journal of archaeological science 29 2 157-66 Journal Article: Of boats and string: the maritime colonisation of Australia Balme, Jane Of boats and string: the maritime colonisation of Australia 2013 Quaternary international 285 68-75 Edited Book: Archaeology in practice: a student guide to archaeological analyses Balme, Jane and Paterson, A. Alistair Archaeology in practice: a student guide to archaeological analyses Malden, MA Blackwell 2006 Journal Article: Embedded in the bark: Kimberley boab trees as sites of historical archaeology Frederick, Ursula K., Balme, Jane, Jamieson, J., Marshall, M, and O'Connor, Sue Embedded in the bark: Kimberley boab trees as sites of historical archaeology 2023 International journal of historical archaeology 27 817-40 Journal Article: Holocene subsistence change in eastern Australia: the zooarchaeology of Graman B1Rockshelter Koungoulos, Loukas George, Balme, Jane and O'Connor, Sue Holocene subsistence change in eastern Australia: the zooarchaeology of Graman B1Rockshelter 2025 Holocene 35 9 865-82 Journal Article: 30,000 years of fishery in western New South Wales Balme, Jane 30,000 years of fishery in western New South Wales 1995 Archaeology in Oceania 30 1 1-46 Journal Article: From 'Jane roughed it with the men' - the last 50 years Balme, Jane From 'Jane roughed it with the men' - the last 50 years 2024 Australian archaeology 90 1 6-8 Journal Article: Introduction to special volume: more unconsidered trifles Balme, Jane and O'Connor, Sue Introduction to special volume: more unconsidered trifles 2008 Australian Archaeology 67 1-2