An Archaeology of Australia Since 1788
by Susan Lawrence, Peter Davies.
Bok Engelsk 2011 Susan. Lawrence
| Medvirkende | Davies, Peter. (author.)
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (432 p.)
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| Utgave | 1st ed. 2011.
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| Opplysninger | Includes index.. - Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Introduction; Australia on the World Stage; Historical Archaeology in Australia; 2 Convict Origins; Crime, Punishment and Penal Reform; Convict Archaeology; The Early Years: York Town and Sydney; Assigned Servants: Lake Innes, New South Wales; Repeat Offenders: Iron Gangs on the Great North Road, New South Wales; Women and Children Convicts: The Ross Female Factory and Point Puer, Port Arthur; Conclusion; 3 Aboriginal Dispossession and Survival; Approaches; Native Title; Methods; Aboriginal Experiences; Ancient Trajectories. - 11 Australians at HomeFood; Beverages; Soft Drinks and Strong Drinks; Table Settings; Tobacco; Dress and Ornament; Health and Hygiene; Childhood; Money; Conclusion; 12 Death; Responses to Death; Old Sydney Burial Ground; Convicts; Mortality and Cemeteries; Cadia; St. Mary's, Adelaide; Parramatta Convict Hospital; Randwick Destitute Children's Asylum Cemetery, Sydney; Bush Graves; Violent Death; Batavia, Western Australia; The Police Garage, Melbourne; Chinese Burials; The Great War; Contemporary Aboriginal Traditions; Conclusion; 13 The Twentieth Century and Beyond; Index. - 9 Migration and EthnicityThe Chinese in Australia; Labour Organisation and Settlement Patterns; Food; Health and Recreation; Religious Beliefs; Afghan Cameleers; Polish and German Settlers; Australian and British Identity; New Australians: Bonegilla; Conclusion; 10 An Urbanised Nation; Understanding the Archaeology of Cities; Creating Ground Surfaces: Filling and Levelling; Dealing with Waste: Plumbing and Rubbish Disposal; Changing Neighbourhoods; Archaeological Insights on City Life; Slums; The Well-to-Do; The Respectable and the Genteel; The Industrialising City; Conclusion. - Killing TimesThe Missions; Station Times; Fringe Camps; Conclusion; 4 Shipwrecks and Maritime Trade; Maritime Archaeology in Australia; The Archaeology of Shipwrecks; Shipbuilding Technology; Cargoes; Life on Board; Industrial Shipping; Ships of War; Theorising Shipwreck Archaeology; Maritime Infrastructure; Shipbuilding and Maintenance; Ships' Graveyards; Jetties and Wharves; Conclusion; 5 Sealing, Whaling and Maritime Industries; Sealing; Whaling; Archaeological Evidence; Food on the Stations; Fish-Curing; Pearling; Maritime Cultural Landscapes; Conclusion; 6 Pastoralism and Agriculture. - The Bush as Cultural LandscapeSquatters and Pastoralists; The Outback; Selectors; Creating Rural Landscapes; Growing Simple Pleasures; Conclusion; 7 Gold Rushes and Precious Metals; Technology; Alluvial Mining; Deep Lead and Reef Mining; Processing; Gold-mining Landscapes; Townships; Environments; Gold-mining Communities; Dolly's Creek; Arltunga; Chinese Miners in the South-Eastern Highlands; Copper; Tin; Conclusion; 8 Manufacturing and Processing; Water Mills; Timber Milling; Minor Forest Industries; Bricks; Lime; Pottery; Coal, Iron and Steel; Coal; Iron; Steel; Conclusion. - This volume provides an important new synthesis of archaeological work carried out in Australia on the post-contact period. It draws on dozens of case studies from a wide geographical and temporal span to explore the daily life of Australians in settings such as convict stations, goldfields, whalers' camps, farms, pastoral estates and urban neighbourhoods. The different conditions experienced by various groups of people are described in detail, including rich and poor, convicts and their superiors, Aboriginal people, women, children, and migrant groups. The social themes of gender, class, ethnicity, status and identity inform every chapter, demonstrating that these are vital parts of human experience, and cannot be separated from archaeologies of industry, urbanization and culture contact. The book engages with a wide range of contemporary discussions and debates within Australian history and the international discipline of historical archaeology. The colonization of Australia was part of the international expansion of European hegemony in the eighteenth and nineteenth century. The material discussed here is thus fundamentally part of the global processes of colonization and the creation of settler societies, the industrial revolution, the development of mass consumer culture, and the emergence of national identities. Drawing out these themes and integrating them with the analysis of archaeological materials highlights the vital relevance of archaeology in modern society.
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| ISBN | 1-282-97348-7. - 1-4419-7485-7. - 9786612973482
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