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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. "
Between 1990 and 1992, a group of archaeologists mapped the remains
of the settlement on the Moorabool and excavated four houses there.
Like the miners, they were drawn to the site by the desire to dig
for treasure. In Dolly s Creek, Susan Lawrence tells the story both
of their archaeological research and of the community they
uncovered. Dolly s Creek uses landscape, material objects and
documents to gain an understanding of the nature of the diggings
community and of the ways in which it changed as the gold rush
passed. Susan Lawrence's imaginative, exploratory approach invites
us to engage in the clue-finding, jigsaw-like quality of the
archaeological hunt. This is a beautifully written book-historical
ethnography at its best.
The Routledge Handbook of Global Historical Archaeology is a
multi-authored compendium of articles on specific topics of
interest to today's historical archaeologists, offering
perspectives on the current state of research and collectively
outlining future directions for the field. The broad range of
topics covered in this volume allows for specificity within
individual chapters, while building to a cumulative overview of the
field of historical archaeology as it stands, and where it could go
next. Archaeological research is discussed in the context of
current sociological concerns, different approaches and techniques
are assessed, and potential advances are posited. This is a
comprehensive treatment of the sub-discipline, engaging key
contemporary debates, and providing a series of
specially-commissioned geographical overviews to complement the
more theoretical explorations. This book is designed to offer a
starting point for students who may wish to pursue particular
topics in more depth, as well as for non-archaeologists who have an
interest in historical archaeology. Archaeologists, historians,
preservationists, and all scholars interested in the role
historical archaeology plays in illuminating daily life during the
past five centuries will find this volume engaging and
enlightening.
Environments, landscapes, and ecological systems are often seen as
fundamental by archaeologists, but how they relate to society is
understood in very different ways. The chapters in this book take
environment, culture, and technology together. All have been the
focus of much attention; often one or other has been seen as the
starting point for analysis, but this volume argues that it is the
study of the inter-relationships between these three factors that
offers a way forward. The contributions to this book pick up
different strands within the tangled web of intersections between
environment, technology, and society, providing a series of case
studies which explore facets of this common theme in different
settings and circumstances and from different perspectives. As well
as addressing themes of theoretical and methodological interest,
these case studies draw on primary research dealing with time
periods from the late Pleistocene glacial maximum to the very
recent past, and involve societies of very different types. Running
through all the contributions, however, is a concern with the
archaeological record and the ways in which scales of observation
and availability of evidence affect the development of questions
and explanations. The diversity of the chapters in this volume
demonstrates the inherent weakness in any attempt to prioritise
environment, technology, or society. These three factors are all
embedded in any human activity, as change in one will result in
change in the others: social and technical changes alter relations
with the environment-and indeed the environment itself-and as
environmental change drives changes in society and technology. As
this book shows, it is possible to consider the relationship
between the three factors from different perspectives, but any
attempt to consider one or even two in isolation will mean that
valuable insights will be missed.
The Routledge Handbook of Global Historical Archaeology is a
multi-authored compendium of articles on specific topics of
interest to today's historical archaeologists, offering
perspectives on the current state of research and collectively
outlining future directions for the field. The broad range of
topics covered in this volume allows for specificity within
individual chapters, while building to a cumulative overview of the
field of historical archaeology as it stands, and where it could go
next. Archaeological research is discussed in the context of
current sociological concerns, different approaches and techniques
are assessed, and potential advances are posited. This is a
comprehensive treatment of the sub-discipline, engaging key
contemporary debates, and providing a series of
specially-commissioned geographical overviews to complement the
more theoretical explorations. This book is designed to offer a
starting point for students who may wish to pursue particular
topics in more depth, as well as for non-archaeologists who have an
interest in historical archaeology. Archaeologists, historians,
preservationists, and all scholars interested in the role
historical archaeology plays in illuminating daily life during the
past five centuries will find this volume engaging and
enlightening.
Beginning with the early English colonisation of Ireland and
Virginia, the international range of contributors in Archaeology of
the British examine the interplay of objects and identity in
Scotland and Wales, regional England, Canada, Australia, South
Africa, Cyprus, and Sri Lanka.
Informed by developments in historical archaeology and by
postcolonial scholarship, the case-studies in this volume look at
the colonists themselves. The evidence draws upon includes
vernacular architecture, landscapes, and objects of everyday
life.
Archaeologies of the British makes it clear that Britishness has
never been a fixed entity, and that material culture can challenge
historical and contemporary understandings of Britishness.
Archaeologists have had an abiding interest in the rise and fall of state-level societies. Now they are beginning to turn their attention to the British Empire. Informed by developments in historical archaeology and by postcolonial scholarship, the case-studies in this volume look at the colonists themselves. Beginning with the early English colonisation of Ireland and Virginia, the international range of contributors examine the interplay of objects and identity in Scotland and Wales, regional England, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Cyprus, and Sri Lanka. The evidence drawn upon includes vernacular architecture, landscapes, and objects of everyday life. Archaeologies of the British makes it clear that Britishness has never been a fixed entity, and that material culture can challenge historical and contemporary understandings of Britishness.
Although demographic change has been a widely discussed topic for
decades, its scope, social impact and related policy responses
leave us with many unresolved social issues. Demographic change is
a reality for all European societies but the ways in which it is
taking place differ from country to country. Active ageing both as
a concept and policy response to the demographic ageing of
populations has been widely debated, researched and utilised,
informing both policy and practice, and providing a common
narrative framework to ageing. However, there continues to be a
lack of clarity around the precise meaning of 'active ageing'. This
book explores the way in which social work is critically engaging
with the theme of active ageing, in light of, or maybe as a
reaction to, the policy responses witnessed within the context of
large-scale and rapid demographic change. This book was originally
published as a special issue of the European Journal of Social
Work.
With neo-liberal resource rationing, and the onus of cost shifting
from the state to individuals, families, and communities, migration
issues can add a further layer of complexity to the question of
caring for the elderly. By presenting examples from a variety of
contexts and countries, this book will stimulate readers into
considering new approaches to their own local situation in an
attempt to find sustainable social work responses, and in helping
to build intergenerational solidarity and social capital.
Contributions to the book focus on patterns of migration: older
migrants, migrating families and migrant carers. Facilitating and
supporting social solidarity both locally and internationally
requires social workers to understand the different contexts for
elderly social work both within their own country, and
internationally. Central to this area of work is the promotion of
values that respect differences and uphold the principles of human
rights and social justice. This book highlights the need to
consider migration as a driver for social change, offering the
opportunity for new forms of social solidarity that can adapt and
support people inter-generationally and sustainably in later life.
This book was originally published as a special issue of the
European Journal of Social Work.
Although demographic change has been a widely discussed topic for
decades, its scope, social impact and related policy responses
leave us with many unresolved social issues. Demographic change is
a reality for all European societies but the ways in which it is
taking place differ from country to country. Active ageing both as
a concept and policy response to the demographic ageing of
populations has been widely debated, researched and utilised,
informing both policy and practice, and providing a common
narrative framework to ageing. However, there continues to be a
lack of clarity around the precise meaning of 'active ageing'. This
book explores the way in which social work is critically engaging
with the theme of active ageing, in light of, or maybe as a
reaction to, the policy responses witnessed within the context of
large-scale and rapid demographic change. This book was originally
published as a special issue of the European Journal of Social
Work.
With neo-liberal resource rationing, and the onus of cost shifting
from the state to individuals, families, and communities, migration
issues can add a further layer of complexity to the question of
caring for the elderly. By presenting examples from a variety of
contexts and countries, this book will stimulate readers into
considering new approaches to their own local situation in an
attempt to find sustainable social work responses, and in helping
to build intergenerational solidarity and social capital.
Contributions to the book focus on patterns of migration: older
migrants, migrating families and migrant carers. Facilitating and
supporting social solidarity both locally and internationally
requires social workers to understand the different contexts for
elderly social work both within their own country, and
internationally. Central to this area of work is the promotion of
values that respect differences and uphold the principles of human
rights and social justice. This book highlights the need to
consider migration as a driver for social change, offering the
opportunity for new forms of social solidarity that can adapt and
support people inter-generationally and sustainably in later life.
This book was originally published as a special issue of the
European Journal of Social Work.
Environments, landscapes, and ecological systems are often seen
as fundamental by archaeologists, but how they relate to society is
understood in very different ways. The chapters in this book take
environment, culture, and technology together. All have been the
focus of much attention; often one or other has been seen as the
starting point for analysis, but this volume argues that it is the
study of the inter-relationships between these three factors that
offers a way forward. The contributions to this book pick up
different strands within the tangled web of intersections between
environment, technology, and society, providing a series of case
studies which explore facets of this common theme in different
settings and circumstances and from different perspectives. As well
as addressing themes of theoretical and methodological interest,
these case studies draw on primary research dealing with time
periods from the late Pleistocene glacial maximum to the very
recent past, and involve societies of very different types. Running
through all the contributions, however, is a concern with the
archaeological record and the ways in which scales of observation
and availability of evidence affect the development of questions
and explanations.
The diversity of the chapters in this volume demonstrates the
inherent weakness in any attempt to prioritise environment,
technology, or society. These three factors are all embedded in any
human activity, as change in one will result in change in the
others: social and technical changes alter relations with the
environment-and indeed the environment itself-and as environmental
change drives changes in society and technology. As this book
shows, it is possible to consider the relationship between the
three factors from different perspectives, but any attempt to
consider one or even two in isolation will mean that valuable
insights will be missed.
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. "
Everyone knows gold made Victoria rich. But did you know gold
mining was disastrous for the land, drowning it in floods of sand,
gravel and silt that gushed out of the mines? Or that this
environmental devastation still affects our rivers and floodplains?
Victorians had a name for this mining waste- 'sludge'. Sludge
submerged Victoria's best grapevines near Bendigo, filled
Laanecoorie Reservoir on the Loddon River and oozed down from
Beechworth to cover thousands of hectares of rich agricultural
land. Children and animals drowned in the sludge lakes that
collected in mining towns. Mining effluent contaminated
three-quarters of Victoria's creeks and rivers. Sludge is the
fascinating story of the forgotten filth that plagued
nineteenth-century Victoria. It exposes the dirty big secret of
Victoria's mining history - the way it transformed the state's
water and land; and also how the battle against sludge helped to
lay the ground for the modern environmental movement.
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