Australian Museum Journal Jim Specht’s brilliant career—a tribute. In A Pacific Odyssey: Archaeology and Anthropology in the Western Pacific. Papers in Honour of Jim Specht
- Shortform:
- Taçon et al., 2004, Rec. Aust. Mus., Suppl. 29: 1–8
- Author(s):
- Taçon, Paul S. C.; Golson, Jack; Huffman, K.; Griffin, D. J. G.
- Year published:
- 2004
- Title:
- Jim Specht’s brilliant career—a tribute. In A Pacific Odyssey: Archaeology and Anthropology in the Western Pacific. Papers in Honour of Jim Specht
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement
- Volume:
- 29
- Start page:
- 1
- End page:
- 8
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0812-7387.29.2004.1396
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 19 May 2004
- Cover date:
- 19 May 2004
- ISBN:
- ISBN 0-9750476-2-0 (printed), ISBN 0-9750476-3-9 (online)
- ISSN:
- 0812-7387
- CODEN:
- RAMSEZ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- ANTHROPOLOGY
- Digitized:
- 19 May 2004
- Available online:
- 19 May 2004
- Reference number:
- 1396
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (16kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (1193kb PDF)
Abstract
Jim Specht's career at the Australian Museum spanned almost thirty years, over half as Head of Anthropology. In his capacity as Division Head, field expedition leader, museum curator, scholar and friend he had an enormous impact on both the anthropological and museum worlds. Although much of his work focuses on the western Pacific, its ramifications have been felt across the world. In this brief overview we highlight some of his more outstanding achievements.