Mining the landscape the archaeology of Mount Shamrock / [electronic resource] :

• 作者： Mate, Geraldine.
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• 其他題名：
  • Contributions to global historical archaeology.
• 出版： Cham : Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer
• 叢書名： Contributions to global historical archaeology
• 主題： Archaeology and history--Australia--Queensland. , Gold mines and mining--Australia--Queensland. , Archaeology.
• ISBN： 9783031129063 (electronic bk.) 、 9783031129056 (paper)
• FIND@SFXID: CGU
• 資料類型: 電子書
• 內容註: Chapter 1. The landscapes of nineteenth century gold mining -- Chapter 2. Landscapes, places and parts -- Chapter 3. Colonial mining-a global historical context -- Chapter 4. Surveying the past -- Chapter 5. The history of Mount Shamrock -- Chapter 6. The landscape of Mount Shamrock-A 'settled and business like aspect' -- Chapter 7. Scale, meaning, experience-exploring landscapes -- Chapter 8. The industry of Mount Shamrock-a mine of great promise -- Chapter 9. Towards a social landscape of industry.
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• 摘要註: Mining was one of the primary elements of colonial enterprise in Australia and a factor in movement on colonial frontiers. In the second half of the 19th and early 20th century, mining-particularly of gold-saw transformations of the land itself, as well as in the way that people working in mining engaged with the landscape around them. Landscape archaeology provides a theoretical perspective that allows an articulation of how people created and understood the place in which they lived and worked. The impact of and narrative surrounding gold mining has meant that it has long been a focus of study, both historical and archaeological. The archaeology of mining has traditionally fallen under the umbrella of industrial archaeology, with analyses based on historical, economic and technological evidence. However this is changing. From an industrial focus, examining the remnants of mines and associated processing equipment, archaeology has progressed towards understandings of the social aspects of mining, recognising that people, not just equipment, occupied these landscapes. Nevertheless, there remains a separation between industrial/technology-based studies and purely social/ household-based archaeological studies-a division that overlooks the integration of home and livelihood. This work addresses these very challenges, using a landscape-based approach that articulates a nuanced, meaning-ladened and experienced mining landscape. Integrating the social and the industrial, the case study of Mount Shamrock, a gold-mining town in Queensland, Australia, demonstrates how this methodology can enhance our understanding of the past. The work presents an integration of social and industrial perspectives in a mining settlement, and provides an exemplar in the application of landscape theory to Australian historical archaeology. These concepts and approaches, developed in an Australian context, are of universal interest.
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