Port Essington. The Historical Archaeology of a North Australian Nineteenth-century Military Outpost
Sydney, Australian Society for Historical Archaeology/ Sydney University Press, 2008.
Quarto, xvi, 141 pages with 95 tables and 111 illustrations plus a colour plate.
Colour-pictorial card covers; a fine copy.
'At one level this monograph is of historical importance in establishing where the discipline began in this country. It explains both the theoretical and methodological problems Allen faced and how he sought to overcome them. At another level it provides the data from an important excavation that has not been previously published. On a third level it provides a particular sort of historical account of a small but important chapter of Australia's European beginnings that could not have been written without the dual sources of written documents and archaeology. Together they reflect a poignant episode in our past' (rear cover). Studies in Australian Historical Archaeology, Volume 1.
Item #137996
Price (AUD):
$75.00