Archaeology of Institutional Confinement : The Hyde Park Barracks, 1848-1886

Archaeology of Institutional Confinement The Hyde Park Barracks, 1848-1886

The archaeological assemblage from the Hyde Park Barracks is one of the largest, most comprehensive and best preserved collections of artifacts from any 19th-century institution in the world. Concealed for up to 160 years in the cavities between floorboards and ceilings, the assemblage is a unique a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Davies, Peter, author (author), Crook, Penny, author, Murray, Tim, author
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: N.S.W. : University of Sydney 2013.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Studies in Australasian historical archaeology ; v. 4.
Materias:
Material culture.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009748822006719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of figures List of tables
  • Abbreviations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preamble
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The underfloor assemblage of the Hyde Park Barracks
  • 3. Charity and immigration in 19th-century NSW
  • 4. The workings of an institution
  • 5. Daily life in the asylum
  • 6. Private lives
  • 7. The archaeology of 19th-century institutions
  • Appendix 1: institutional occupants of the Hyde Park Barracks
  • Appendix 2: inmates from the Destitute Asylum
  • Appendix 3: artefact fragment counts from excavated deposits in level 1 of the main building and peripheral areas
  • References
  • Index.

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