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 …

Ceramics are one of the most visible and readily identifiable material means of examining
British engagement with South and Central America during and after the Wars of …

Melbourne grew during the 19th century from its fledgling roots into a global metropolitan
centre, and was home to many people from a range of social and cultural backgrounds. The …

Social mobility led to rapid changes in the class structure of early colonial Melbourne as the
settlement increasingly came to incorporate many people from different backgrounds. In …

The comparative analysis of artifact assemblages is simultaneously enticing and daunting.
New research questions can potentially be addressed but a number of limiting factors can …

This thesis addresses the 19th century sequence of Kerkplaats, a farm in the central Karoo,
Northern Cape, South Africa. Over this period different colonialisms of varying power and …

Archaeologists are keen to link artefacts with the people who owned and used them.
Identifying the occupants of a site over the period of time encompassing the deposits is …

In the earliest decades of the settlement of Melbourne, people's backgrounds and origins
were hazy and unknown, allowing a golden opportunity to reinvent and reprise not just …

To study broader social changes such as colonisation and globalisation, a holistic approach
that incorporates various data (historical documents, building remains, site formation and …

The implications of a globally aware international perspective on the analysis of post-1750
British material culture, particularly ceramics, are still imperfectly understood. In this chapter …