Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/16717
Title: Review of Susan Lawrence and Peter Davies, 'An Archaeology of Australia Since 1788'. Springer, New York, 2011: 421 pages; hardback; ISBN 978-1-4419-7484-6. US$129.00.
Contributor(s): Connah, Graham  (author)
Publication Date: 2011
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/16717
Abstract: Australian historical archaeology is a particularising discipline, consisting of the results of a very large number of field or laboratory investigations. The research focus of these is often narrow, whether they have a primary academic purpose or one that is partly motivated by the more pragmatic demands of commercial archaeology. As a result, it is often difficult for students of the discipline and, indeed, for many of its professionals, to 'see the wood for the trees'. This means that any monographic synthesis is of great importance, providing an overview of past research and a pointer for future endeavours. The book reviewed here is such a synthesis, the first in 23 years and, arguably, only the second such book to be published. It therefore deserves the very closest attention by anyone seriously involved in Australian historical archaeology.
Publication Type: Review
Source of Publication: Australasian Historical Archaeology, v.29, p. 63-64
Publisher: Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology
Place of Publication: Australia
ISSN: 1322-9214
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 210104 Archaeology of Australia (excl Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander)
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 970121 Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeology
HERDC Category Description: D3 Review of Single Work
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