Barry L. Frankhauser is an archaeologist who has worked in Australia and New Zealand.

One of his more publicly-displayed works included a study of the historical uses of the cabbage tree, an important food and fibre source for Maori for at least 800 years. His thesis was the subject of a documentary shown on New Zealand television.

References

• Smith, M.A., M. Spriggs, and B. Frankhauser (eds) 1993 Sahul in review: Pleistocene archaeology in Australia, New Guinea and Island Melanesia. Department of Prehistory, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, Canberra. Occasional papers in prehistory 24

External links

• AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY - PREH2004 : AUSTRALIAN PREHISTORY - 2nd Semester 2001
• Society for Archaeological Sciences