Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/18088
Title: Everyday artefacts: subsistence and quality of life at the Prisoner Barracks, Port Arthur, Tasmania
Contributor(s): D'Gluyas, Caitlin  (author)orcid ; Gibbs, Martin  (author)orcid ; Hamilton, Chloe (author); Roe, David (author)
Publication Date: 2015
DOI: 10.1002/arco.5072
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/18088
Abstract: This study focuses on the archaeology of the c.1835-1877 Prisoner Barracks constructed at Port Arthur, the domestic quarters for civilian, military and incarcerated occupants spanning almost the entire convict period. Faunal and artefact analyses of the assemblage uncovered at this site were used to provide a more complex understanding of institutional life. The quality of life of the occupants, and how they chose to improve it, is identified through a range of documentary and archaeological sources. It is shown that the barracks complex was a place of domestic life within the confines of an institution. It is evident in the material culture that everyday activities of occupants included the preparation of food, presentation of the home and self, manual tasks such as the production of domestic items, and recreational activities including tobacco smoking and hunting. By assessing indicators of quality of life within an institutional framework, namely the supply of local and imported goods and the material culture of recreation, this work is able to explore potential activities of the occupants that are often hidden from official records. This is examined through a number of scalar units, considering global, local and individual perspectives of the Prisoner Barracks' landscape.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Archaeology in Oceania, 50(3), p. 130-137
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Place of Publication: Australia
ISSN: 1834-4453
0728-4896
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 210104 Archaeology of Australia (excl Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander)
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 430103 Archaeology of Australia (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander)
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 950307 Conserving the Historic Environment
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 130405 Conserving the historic environment
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
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