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9780521454759

The Archaeology of Australia's History

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  • ISBN13:

    9780521454759

  • ISBN10:

    0521454751

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1994-05-27
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Summary

The material world of European settlement in Australia has been uncovered not only by historians but by archaeologists as well. These archaeological enquiries have revealed new and direct pictures of the public and private lives of Australians at home and at work. This book presents many of the findings of Australian historical archaeology. It discusses the first European towns, the archaeology of convicts and archaeological evidence of the agricultural, maritime, industrial and manufacturing activities of early Australia. This book was published originally in hardback with the title Of the Hut I Builded: The Archaeology of Australia's History.

Author Biography

Graham Connah is an active field archaeologist and a pioneer of historical archaeology in Australia. He is founding editor of the Australian Journal of Historical Archaeology. Currently Professor of Archaeology and Palaeoanthropology at the University of New England in Armidale, his archaeological researches have taken him beyond Australia to Egypt, West Africa and other parts of the world

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
1. 'There are no traces now': the material heritage of Australian history
2. 'They came by sea': the historical archaeology of precolonial contact
3. The birth of a nation: seeking the remains of early Sydney
4. 'It didn't always work': investigating the sites of failed settlements
5. The convict contribution: vestiges of the penal system
6. 'I built a little homestead': extracting history from houses
7. 'I cleared the land and fenced it': reading the rural landscape
8. 'Out of the ground came wealth': the archaeological evidence for mining
9. Made in Australia: information from industrial relics
10. 'The glad bright days have vanished': the potential of Australian historical archaeology
Suggested activities
Suggested reading
Index.

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