Background
Ranson was born in Sheffield, England, subsequently migrating to Australia and completing his Doctor of Philosophy in 1978 on the excavation of one hut depression in a cluster of three at Sundown Point, Tasmania.
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Don Ranson
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This discovery has been documented in many subsequent histories of Tasmanian Archaeology, including that dedicated to the expedition itself, as well as video documentaries of the find. Ranson was one of the people credited with the discovery of Fraser Cave (later renamed Kutikina Cave), with Rhys Jones in Tasmania"s West Coast, which established the Pleistocene occupation of the Tasmanian highlands. In the 1990s he was senior archaeologist with the Department of Parks, Wildlife and Heritage Tasmania.
He has most recently been with the Aboriginal Heritage Office, in the Cultural Heritage Branch, DPIWE, Tasmania.
Ranson was also a pioneer of the application of remote sensing techniques for the discvery of archaeological sites in Australia, one example being applied to the Aboriginal burials at Wybellina.
