La Trobe Doctoral Research
Part of: La Trobe University
Resources and projects undertaken by doctoral candidates at the Archaeology Program, La Trobe University, as part of their candidature.
Site Name Keywords
Norfolk House (Lambeth, England) •
Burslem Market Place (Stoke-on-Trent, England) •
129 Lambeth Road (Lambeth, England) •
Albert Embankment (Lambeth, England) •
Cumberland and Gloucester Streets site (The Rocks) •
Viewbank Homestead
Site Type Keywords
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex •
Domestic Structures •
House •
Domestic •
Rural
Other Keywords
Assemblage Analysis •
Artefact catalogue •
Archaeology of Consumption •
Middle class
Culture Keywords
Historic •
British •
Australian •
Historical Archaeology (incl. Industrial Archaeology) (FOR 210108)
Investigation Types
Collections Research •
Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis
Material Types
Ceramic •
Glass •
Building Materials •
Metal •
miscellaneous •
Organic
Temporal Keywords
Victorian Archaeology •
19th Century •
18th Century
Geographic Keywords
Commonwealth of Australia (Country) •
Australia (Continent) •
Melbourne •
Victoria (State / Territory) •
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia •
London, England •
Stoke-on-Trent, England •
New South Wales (State / Territory) •
Viewbank •
Banyule City
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Cost, quality and value in historical archaeology
PROJECT
This doctoral research program explored three key concepts in nineteenth-century consumerism - cost, quality and value - and the role they play in examining the archaeological material culture of the modern world. It encompassed two primary strands of inquiry: one, a consumption-theory driven study of trade catalogues to analyse the cost and promotion of 19th-century tablewares; and two, a close study of production flaws observed in archaeological sherds. These culminated in a consideration of...
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Viewbank Homestead (PhD Research)
PROJECT
PhD research undertaken on the material culture of the Martins, a wealthy middle-class family in nineteenth-century Melbourne. The artefact assemblage used for this research was recovered by Heritage Victoria between 1996 and 1999 from the site of Viewbank homestead, in Heidelberg, Melbourne. Viewbank was home to Dr Robert and Mrs Lucy Martin and their six children from 1844 to 1874. In analysing the assemblage, this PhD is particularly concerned with the close relationship between material...