Louise Zarmati is an Australian archaeologist, educator, and author. She is most notable for pioneering Archaeology education in schools in Australia.[1]
Zarmati began her career as an English and history teacher at secondary schools. After five years she pursued a career in archaeology. She first began as a volunteer at Tel Dor in Israel in 1988. In 1990, she became a database designer for the Kavousi Project in Crete.[3] During that time, she was an active member of the Women in Archaeology research group.[4]
1993 brought her back to Australia, where she worked on the Sydney Cyprus Survey Project and the Dawes Point Archaeological Excavation.[5] She returned to teaching in 1996, and during that time she wrote several archaeology textbooks.[6] In addition to her textbooks, she also created programs for children to get involved with archaeology; for instance, on a site at Kerry Lodge.[7]
In 2013, she returned to archaeology digs alongside Heather Burke.[8] She now works as a lecturer in Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Tasmania.
Zarmati has written on feminist theory and archaeology.[9]
Zarmati, Louise (2015). "Echoes from the past: Oral history in the National Museum of Australia". MuseumEdu. 2: 53–62. ISSN2408-0748.
Zarmati, Louise (2009). Heinemann ancient and medieval history : Pompeii and Herculaneum (2nd ed.). Port Melbourne: Pearson Australia. ISBN9781740811958. OCLC799794621.
Kiem, Paul; Smithson, Michael; Zarmati, Louise (2004). Old worlds new worlds : stage 4 world history. Sydney, Melbourne: Pearson Longman. ISBN978-0123600073. OCLC1057975911. [11]
Kiem, Paul; Zarmati, Louise; Smithson, Michael (2000–2001). Studies in history. South Melbourne: Addison Wesley Longman. ISBN9780733924026. OCLC223275815.
Cremin, Aedeen; Zarmati, Louise (1998). Experience archaeology. Cambridge; Melbourne: Cambridge University Press. ISBN978-0521571746. OCLC881158235. [12][13]
^"Louise Zarmati". University of Tasmania. 2 May 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
^Gesell, Geraldine C.; Day, Leslie Preston; Coulson, William D. E. (January–March 1995). "Excavatons at Kavousi, Crete, 1989 and 1990". Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. 64 (1). The American School of Classical Studies at Athens: 67–120. JSTOR148260.
^Connor, Peter J.; Walmsley, Alan; Betts, Alison; Clarke, Graeme; Connor, Peter; Mairs, L. D.; Kennedy, D.; Knapp, A. Bernard; Johnson, Ian; Frankel, David; Bicknell, Peter; Hope, Colin A. (1995). "Recent Australian and New Zealand Field Work in the Mediterranean Region". Mediterranean Archaeology. 8. Meditarch: 113–143. JSTOR24667838.
^Zarmati, Louise (2005). Heinemann Ancient and Medieval History: Pompeii and Herculaneum. Pearson Australia. ISBN9781740811958.
^Jessop, Sasha. "Teachers getting dirty: Experiencing archaeology to build teacher understanding of historical skills and archaeological thinking: The Willow Court and Kerry Lodge archaeology projects". Teaching History. 52: 68–70.