An archaeology of Australia since 1788/ Susan Lawrence, Peter Davies

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Unique IDLIB-00015276DateBetween 1st January 2011 and 31st December 2011Date qualifiercircaDescriptionDescription: 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. This 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.

Introduction

Convict origins

Aboriginal dispossession and survival

Shipwrecks and maritime trade

Sealing, whaling and maritime industries

Pastoralism and agriculture

Gold rushes and precious metals

Manufacturing and processing

Migration and ethnicity

An urbanized nation

Australians at home

Death

The twentieth century and beyond

Public Note: Includes indexLanguageEnglish (eng)Edition1st ed.IllustrationsBlack and white illustrationsPublisherSpringer VerlagPlace of publicationNew York
New York
The United States of America

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FormatPublication - Book

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Number of pages421

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Dimensions (free text)24 cm

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Subject tagsArchaeologyAntiquitiesHistorySocial conditions

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Dewey decimal numberSRC 994.02 LAWRISBN/ISSN9781441974846
1441974849
9781461427162/1574-0439Source system IDR0000314613Alternative ID30002037982501

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An archaeology of Australia since 1788/ Susan Lawrence, Peter Davies