Claire Edwina Smith AO, FSA, FAHA (born 15 July 1957) is an Australian archaeologist specialising in Indigenous archaeology, symbolic communication and rock art.

She was dean (research) of the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences at Flinders University in 2017-2018 and, before that, head of the Department of Archaeology.

[citation needed] With her husband, Gary Jackson, Smith has conducted long term field research in the Aboriginal community of Barunga.

[4] Her scholarly output has largely focused on the relationship between archaeologists and indigenous communities, both in Australia and around the world.

Her interest in bringing heritage and community archaeology issues to public attention, particularly the plight of Aboriginal peoples in Australia, has led to a series of articles in the Australian news source The Conversation on these topics.