The Oxford Handbook of Industrial Archaeology

by Casella, Eleanor; Nevell, Michael; Steyne, Hanna

• ISBN13: 9780199693962
• ISBN10: 019969396X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2022-10-31
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Eleanor Casella, Professor, University of Tasmania,Michael Nevell, Industrial Heritage Support Officer for England, Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust,Hanna Steyne, PhD researcher, University of Manchester

Eleanor Conlin Casella is a historical archaeologist, with particular expertise in colonial and industrial archaeology. Currently a Professor at the University of Tasmania, her work primarily focuses on 19th century institutional sites within their wider global historic contexts.

Michael Nevell is the Industrial Heritage Support Officer for England, based at the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, and an Honorary Research Fellow in Industrial Archaeology at the University of Salford. He was also the founding Head of Archaeology at the Centre for Applied Archaeology, University of
Salford (2009-2020).

Hanna Steyne is an archaeologist with expertise in maritime, industrial, and post-medieval archaeology. She has worked on archaeological sites on land and in the inter-tidal zone, and as a qualified commercial diver and has also led research on sites underwater dating from the prehistoric to the
modern period.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: The Past Made Public, Paul A. Shackel
2. Water Power, Colin Rynne
3. The Gas Industry, Ian West
4. An Archaeology of Nuclear Power: Monuments of the Atomic Age, Vicki Cummings and David Robinson
5. Slate Production, David Gwyn
6. The Archaeology of the British Coal Industry, Marilyn Palmer and Michael Nevell
7. Gold Rush Archaeology: Gold and Silver Mining Around the Pacific Rim, Susan Lawrence
8. . Non-ferrous Metal Mining and Processing in Industrial Britain, Marilyn Palmer
9. Enclosure: A Living Historical Process, Chris Dalglish
10. Australian Colonial Land Settlement, Sean Winter and Alistair Paterson
11. Timber, Peter Davies
12. Textiles: Cotton, Roger N. Holden
13. The Linen and Wool Industries in Britain and Ireland, Colin Rynne
14. Maritime Industry: Whaling, Martin Gibbs
15. 'A Fruit of the Art of Fire': The Glass Industry in Britain, Ian Miller
16. Food Processing, Amber Patrick and Hanna Steyne
17. Mechanical Engineering and the Integrated Engineering Works, Michael Nevell
18. Ceramic Production, Eleanor Conlin Casella
19. British Car Factories since 1896: An Industrial Archaeology Site Type Survey Case Study, Paul Collins
20. The Archaeology of the Iron and Steel Industries in Britain, Michael Nevell
21. Butte and Anaconda, Montana: Industrial Waste as Industrial Heritage, Fredric L. Quivik
22. Roads and Bridges, Geoff Timmins
23. Railways, David Gwyn
24. Canals and Inland Waterways, Hanna Steyne and Nigel Crowe
25. Ports and Shipping, Richard Newman and Hanna Steyne
26. Global Communications, 1561 to 2016, Nigel Linge
27. Warehouses c. 1770 to 1914, Michael Nevell
28. Ceramics and Pottery: The Enduring Appeal of the Willow Pattern Print, Nigel Jeffries
29. Food Storage, Eleanor Conlin Casella and Samantha Bolton
30. Commodities and Consumption, Penny Crook
31. Industrial Workers' Housing in Britain, Michael Nevell
32. Churches and Chapels, Angela Connelly
33. The Industrial Archaeology of the Burial Landscape, Julie Rugg
34. A Celebration of Growth, Independence, and Worth: Symbolism and Functionality in Pools for Developing Industrial Communities, Gordon S. Marino
35. Mechanics' Institutes in Britain and Ireland, Maria Turk
36. Bars, Public Houses, and Saloons, Andrew Davison
37. Temperance, Andrew Davison
38. Social Welfare Institutions, Eleanor Conlin Casella and Katherine Fennelly
39. Industrialised Conflict, Wayne D. Cocroft
40. The Cold War: Archaeologies of Protest and Opposition, John Schofield
41. They Were Here Too: Women and Children in Industrial Communities, Marika Hyttinen and Titta Kallio-Seppä
42. The Social Life of Coal Mining, Karin Larkin
43. Conclusion: Industrial Archaeology: Past, Present and Future, Marilyn Palmer