Bruno David is Chief Investigator in the Australian Research Council Centre and the Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, and Associate Professor in the Monash Indigenous Studies Centre Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. He specializes in the archaeology of Indigenous Australia and Papua New Guinea, rock art, and oral traditions.
Ian J. McNiven is Professor of Indigenous Archaeology in the Monash Indigenous Studies Centre and the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. He specializes in coastal societies and seascapes and ritual and spiritual relationships with the sea. He is a member of the Australian Academy of Humanities.