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2004. Attenbrow, V. Val Attenbrow's tips to excavating shell middens. In H. Burke and C. Smith, The Archaeologist's Field Handbook, pp 145–46. Allen and Unwin.

2004. Attenbrow, V. What's Changing? Population Size or Land–Use Patterns? The Archaeology of Upper Mangrove Creek, Sydney Basin. Terra australis No 21. Pandanus Press, ANU, Canberra.

2003–2004. Attenbrow, V. Potential archaeological deposits in the storage area of the Mangrove Creek Dam in the nsw central coast. Newsletter of the Australian Association of Consulting Archaeologists 94:17–18.

2003. Attenbrow, V. ANPS research friend: Val Attenbrow. Placenames Australia. Newsletter of the Australian National Placenames Survey, September 2003:5.

2003. Attenbrow, V. Habitation and land use patterns in the Upper Mangrove Creek catchment, NSW central coast, Australia. In Specht, J., V. Attenbrow and R. Torrence (eds) Shaping the Future Pasts: Papers in Honour of J. Peter White. Australian Archaeology 57:20–31.

2003. Attenbrow, V.J. 'Land and Sea: Common Ground and Contemporary Issues for Australasian Archaeology'. Australian Archaeology Conferences, 17-21 November 2002, Townsville, Queensland. Australian Association of Consulting Archaeologists Inc Newsletter 92:18-19.

2003. Attenbrow, V.J. Sydney's Aboriginal Past. Investigating the Archaeological and Historical Records, (reprint, paperback). UNSW Press, Sydney.

2002. Attenbrow, V.J. Sydney's Aboriginal Past. Investigating the Archaeological and Historical Records , (1st edn, hardback). UNSW Press, Sydney.

1999. Attenbrow, V. Archaeological research in coastal southeastern Australia: a review. In Hall, J and McNiven, I (eds), Australian Coastal Archaeology, pp. 195-210. ANH Publications, RSPAS, The Australian National University, Canberra.

1999. Attenbrow, V.J. The Southeast. In J. Hall and I. McNiven. Australian Coastal Archaeology, p. 193. ANH Publications, RSPAS, The Australian National University, Canberra.

1995. Attenbrow, V.J. Port Jackson Archaeological Project - Levels of Aboriginal involvement. In I. Davidson, C. Lovell-Jones, R. Bancroft (eds) p.18-21. Archaeologists and Aborigines Working Together. University of New England Press, Armidale.

1992. Attenbrow, V.J. Shell Bed or Shell Midden. Australian Archaeology 34:3-21.

1992. Attenbrow, V.J. The Australian Museum, Division of Anthropology. Deposition of archaeological materials. Australian Archaeology 34:48.

1991. Attenbrow, V.J. The Port Jackson Archaeological Project: a study of the prehistory of the Port Jackson catchment, New South Wales. Stage I - site recording and site assessment. Australian Aboriginal Studies 2:40-55.

1989. Attenbrow, V.J. Aboriginal People of New South Wales. Australian and Torres Strait Islander Commission.

1987. Attenbrow, V.J. Upper Mangrove Creek. In: J.C.R. Camm and J. McQuilton (eds). Australians – A Historical Atlas, pp.34-35. Fairfax, Syme & Weldon Associates, Sydney.

1982a. Attenbrow, V.J. Mangrove Creek Dam Salvage Excavation Project. Aboriginal Sites Newsletter 5:4-5.

1982b. Attenbrow V.J. The Archaeology of Upper Mangrove Creek Catchment - Research in Progress. In: S. Bowdler (ed.). Coastal Archaeology of Eastern Australia:63-78. Department of Prehistory, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, Canberra.

1980. Attenbrow, V.J. Loggers Shelter, Upper Mangrove Creek. Australian Archaeology 11:25-27.

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Joint authorship - Senior author

2004. Attenbrow, V. and R. Fullagar (eds) A Pacific Odyssey – Archaeology and Anthropology in the Western Pacific. Papers in Honour of Jim Specht. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 29:v.

1998. Attenbrow, V.J., Fullagar, R. and Szpak, C. Stone files and shell fish-hooks in southeastern Australia. In Fullagar, R. (ed), A Closer Look: Recent Australian Studies of Stone Tools. Sydney University Archaeological Methods Series 6, pp.127-148. Archaeology Computing Laboratory, School of Archaeology, University of Sydney.

1995. Attenbrow, V.J., David, B. and Flood, J. Mennge-ya 1 and the origins of points: new insights into the appearance of points in the semi-arid zone of the Northern Territory. Archaeology in Oceania 30:105-20.

1995. Attenbrow, V.J. and Steele, D. Fishing in Port Jackson, New South Wales - more than met the eye. Antiquity 69:47-60.

1995. Attenbrow, V.J. and Khan, K. F.D. McCarthy: His work and legacy at the Australian Museum. In: M. Sullivan, S. Brockwell and A. Webb (eds), Archaeology in the North. Proceedings of the 1993 Australian Archaeological Association Conference, pp.5-16. The North Australia Research Unit, Australian National University, Darwin.

1984. Attenbrow, V.J. and Negerevich, T. Lucas Heights Waste Disposal Depot: A Case Study. In: S. Sullivan and S. Bowdler (eds). Site Surveys and Significance Assessment in Australian Archaeology:136-151. Department of Prehistory, Research School of Pacific Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra.

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2005a. Hiscock, P. and V. Attenbrow. Australia's Eastern Regional Sequence revisited: Technology and Change at Capertee 3. British Archaeological Reports, Archaeopress, Oxford.

2005b. Hiscock, P. and V. Attenbrow. Reduction continuums and tool use. In C. Clarkson & L. Lamb (eds) Lithics 'Down Under': Australian Perspectives on Lithic Reduction, Use and Classification, pp.43–55. British Archaeological Reports International Monograph Series. Oxford: Archaeopress.

2004. Fullagar, R. and V. Attenbrow. Preface. In Attenbrow, V.J. & R. Fullagar (eds), A Pacific Odyssey – Archaeology and Anthropology in the Western Pacific. Papers in Honour of Jim Specht. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 29:v.

2004. Hiscock, P. and V. Attenbrow. A revised sequence of backed artefact production at Capertee 3. Archaeology in Oceania 39:94–99.

2003. Specht, J., V. Attenbrow and R. Torrence. Introduction to special volume. Australian Archaeology 57: iii.

2003. Specht, J., V. Attenbrow and R. Torrence (eds). Shaping the Future Pasts: Papers in Honour of J. Peter White. Special issue Australian Archaeology 57.

2002. Hiscock, P and Attenbrow, VJ. Early Australian implement variation: a reduction model. Journal of Archaeological Science 30:239-49.

2002. Hiscock, P. and Attenbrow, V. Morphological and reduction continuums in eastern Australia: measurement and implications at Capertee 3. pp. 167-174 In Ulm, S, Westcott, C, Reid, J., Ross, A., Lilley, I., Prangnell, J., and Kirkwood, L. (eds), Barriers, Borders, Boundaries. Proceedings of the 2001 Australian Archaeological Association Annual Conference, . Tempus 7. Anthropology Museum, The University of Queensland, Brisbane.

1998.Hiscock, P. and Attenbrow, V. Early holocene backed artefacts from Australia. Archaeology in Oceania 33(2):49-62.

1996. Hiscock, P. and Attenbrow, V. Backed into a corner. Australian Archaeology 42:64-65.

1994[1998] David, B., McNiven, I., Flood, J. and Attenbrow, V. Of Lightning Brothers and White Cockatoos: dating the antiquity of signifying systems in the Northern Territory. Antiquity 68 (259):241-51. Reprinted in T. Murray (ed) 1998 Archaeology of Aboriginal Australia, pp.290-304. Allen and Unwin.

1994. David, B., McNiven, I., Flood, J. and Attenbrow, V. Of Lightning Brothers and White Cockatoos: dating the antiquity of signifying systems in the Northern Territory. Antiquity 68 (259):241-51.

1990. David, B., McNiven, I., Flood, J., Attenbrow, V. and Frost, R. The Lightning Brothers Project: The 1988 and 1989 Field Seasons. Australian Archaeology 31:86-91.

1991. Specht, J., Gordon, P., Attenbrow, V., Tacon, P., Wakelin-King, Z., Bonshek, L. and J. Graham, Working together on issues of access: Indigenous peoples and the Australian Museum, In S. Tonkin (ed), Something for Everyone. Access to Museums, pp.185-188. Proceedings of the 1991 Conference of The Council of Australian Museum Associations, Adelaide.

1990. Meehan, B. and Attenbrow, V. Australian Museum. In J. Stanton, B. Meehan, V. Attenbrow, A.H. Mian, B. Reynolds, R. Robins, E. Wishart, C. Anderson, J. Clark. and R.J. Watt. Positions and Policies of Museums in Australia on Human Skeletal Remains. pp.52-53. Australian Archaeology 31:52-60

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Book reviews

2005. Attenbrow, V. Palaeo-Environmental Change and the Persistence of Human Occupation in South-Western Australian Forests, by Joe Dortch, 2004. Archaeology in Oceania 40(2):77–78.

2003. Attenbrow, V.J. Aboriginal Sydney – A Guide to Important Places of the Past and Present, by Melinda Hinkson, with photography by Alana Harris. Aboriginal Studies Press for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Canberra 2001. Aboriginal History 27:274–75.

1995. Attenbrow, V.J. Angophora Reserve, by Josephine McDonald. 1992. Australian Archaeology 41:59-61.

1995. Attenbrow, V.J. Blue Mountains Dreaming: The Aboriginal Heritage, edited by E. Stockton, 1993. Australian Archaeology 40:70-71.

1995. Attenbrow, V.J. The Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia. Gen.Ed. David Horton, 1994. Nature Australia Winter 1995, 25(1):72.

1994. Attenbrow, V.J. Blue Mountains Dreaming: The Aboriginal Heritage, edited by E. Stockton, 1993. Australian Natural History, Summer 1994, 24(11):73.

1994. Attenbrow, V.J. The Riches of Ancient Australia, by Josephine Flood, 1993. Australian Natural History, Spring 1994, 24(10):70-71.

1989. Attenbrow, V.J. Checklist and Requirements for Consultants Reports, edited by L. Haglund, 1984. Australian Archaeology 28:150-151.

1989. Attenbrow, V.J. Directory of Consulting Reports in Australian Archaeology No 1, edited by P. Hughes, I. Johnson and H. Brayshaw. 1985; and Directory of Consulting Reports in Australian Archaeology No 2, edited by J. McDonald and A. Ross. 1987. Australian Archaeology 28:151.

1985. Attenbrow, V.J. Between Plateau and Plain - Flexible Responses to Varied Environments in Southwestern Australia, by June Anderson 1984. AIAS, Canberra. Archaeology in Oceania 20(2):72.

1983. Attenbrow, V.J. Coast and Estuary. Archaeological Investigations in the North Coast of New South Wales at Wombah and Schnapper Point, by Isabel McBryde 1982. Department of Prehistory, Research School of Pacific Studies, ANU, Canberra. In: Mankind 41(2):135-137.

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