The author was born in Cheshire, educated at the Wirral Grammar School, served on a destroyer in the Mediterranean, read history and archaeology at Cambridge University, and worked there as a research assistant. After experience on numerous excavations in Britain, including as assistant director and director, in 1961 he went to Nigeria, where he spent ten years excavating and on fieldwork. In 1971, he moved to the University of New England in Australia, founding the archaeology department there and later becoming its foundation professor. He returned to Nigerian fieldwork in 1978 and 1981 and subsequently excavated in Egyptian Nubia and Uganda. He also contributed to Australian historical archaeology and founded the journal Australasian Historical Archaeology. He is a Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute, a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities, MA (Cantab), D.Litt (UNE), and holds the Order of Australia.
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Foreword Preface 1. 'There are no traces now': the material heritage of Australian history 2. 'They came by sea': the historical archaeology of precolonial contact 3. The birth of a nation: seeking the remains of early Sydney 4. 'It didn't always work': investigating the sites of failed settlements 5. The convict contribution: vestiges of the penal system 6. 'I built a little homestead': extracting history from houses 7. 'I cleared the land and fenced it': reading the rural landscape 8. 'Out of the ground came wealth': the archaeological evidence for mining 9. Made in Australia: information from industrial relics 10. 'The glad bright days have vanished': the potential of Australian historical archaeology Suggested activities Suggested reading Index.
Foreword Preface 1. 'There are no traces now': the material heritage of Australian history 2. 'They came by sea': the historical archaeology of precolonial contact 3. The birth of a nation: seeking the remains of early Sydney 4. 'It didn't always work': investigating the sites of failed settlements 5. The convict contribution: vestiges of the penal system 6. 'I built a little homestead': extracting history from houses 7. 'I cleared the land and fenced it': reading the rural landscape 8. 'Out of the ground came wealth': the archaeological evidence for mining 9. Made in Australia: information from industrial relics 10. 'The glad bright days have vanished': the potential of Australian historical archaeology Suggested activities Suggested reading Index.
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