Harry Lourandos (born 1945) is an Australian archaeologist, adjunct professor in the Department of Anthropology, Archaeology and Sociology, School of Arts and Social Sciences at James Cook University, Cairns.
[1] Lourandos was born in Sydney in 1945, to migrant parents from the island of Ithaca in western Greece.
He attended Sydney Grammar School and commenced a degree the University of Sydney in 1963, leading to an honours degree followed by a position as Research Archaeologist at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, the first professional archaeologist appointed at the museum.
Intensification involved an increase in human manipulation of the environment (for example, the construction of eel traps in Victoria[5]), population growth, an increase in trade between groups, a more elaborate social structure, and other cultural changes.
A shift in stone tool technology, involving the development of smaller and more intricate points and scrapers, occurred around this time.