Exploring the Archaeology of the Modern City project

Summary

The ‘Exploring the Archaeology of the Modern City’ project (EAMC) was established in 2001 by Professor Tim Murray of the Archaeology Program of La Trobe University and Industry Partners, to analyse and interpret the large assemblages excavated from historical archaeological sites which are held in storehouses across Sydney. Funding for the project was provided by the Australian Research Council through its Linkage Scheme. The project gave to the analysis of ten discreet household assemblages from the Rocks and an analysis of over 80,000 artefacts from the Hyde Park Barracks and First Government House.

Cite this Record

Exploring the Archaeology of the Modern City project. ( tDAR id: 407132) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8RR21BV

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Keywords

Culture
Historical Archaeology (incl. Industrial Archaeology) (FOR 210108)

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • Glass • Metal • miscellaneous • Organic

Site Name
Cumberland and Gloucester Streets site (The Rocks) • First Government House site (Sydney) • Hyde Park Barracks (Sydney) • Lilyvale site (Cumberland Street, The Rocks) • Paddy's Market site (Haymarket) • Royal Mint site (Macquarie Street, Sydney) • Susannah Place (Gloucester Street, The Rocks)

Site Type
Cottage • Domestic • House • Terrace • Urban

General
Comparative assemblage analysis

Geographic Keywords
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Temporal Keywords
19th Century • Convict era • early-20th century • late-18th century

Spatial Coverage

min long: 151.186; min lat: -33.876 ; max long: 151.217; max lat: -33.85 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Collaborator(s): La Trobe University

Sponsor(s): Historic Houses Trust; Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority; NSW Heritage Office ; Heritage Victoria; City of Sydney; Godden Mackay Logan

Record Identifiers

ARC Identification Number(s): C00002438

TDAR ID(s): 6822

FAIMS ID(s): repo.fedarch.org/project/6822

Notes

Rights & Attribution: © EAMC Industry Partners 2002, 2012, 2016, 2017

Administration Note: EAMC images were first uploaded in 2012 groups from the site and/or of the same type. They were split into individual records in 2017 following the transfer from the FAIMS Repository to the FAIMS Collection.

General Note: Several volunteers assisted with photography of the CUGL collection for the EAMC project, including Barrie Doran, Evan Raper, David White, Kerrie Alexander and Victoria Balnaves.

Resources Inside this Project (Viewing 1-18 of 18)

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Documents

  1. An Archaeology of Institutional Refuge: the Material Culture of the Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney, 1848–1886 (2006)
  2. Assessment of historical and archaeological resources at the Hyde Park Barracks (2003)
  3. Assessment of historical and archaeological resources of Susannah Place, the Rocks, Sydney (2003)
  4. Assessment of historical and archaeological resources of the Cumberland and Gloucester Streets site, The Rocks, Sydney (2003)
  5. Assessment of historical and archaeological resources of the First Government House site, Sydney (2003)
  6. Assessment of historical and archaeological resources of the Lilyvale site, The Rocks, Sydney (2003)
  7. Assessment of historical and archaeological resources of the Paddy's Market site, Darling Harbour, Sydney (2003)
  8. Assessment of historical and archaeological resources of the Royal Mint site, Sydney (2003)
  9. Expanding horizons in the archaeology of the modern city: A tale in six projects (2013)
  10. Exploring the Archaeology of the Modern City: Issues of Scale, Integration and Complexity (2005)
  11. Guide to the EAMC archaeology database (2006)
  12. The Historical Archaeology of the First Government House site, Sydney: Further Research (2006)
  13. Keeping up with the McNamaras: A Historical Archaeological Study of the Cumberland and Gloucester Streets site, The Rocks, Sydney (2005)
  14. Oral Histories and the Archaeology of the Modern City (2010)
  15. People+Place: A guide to using the database (2006)
  16. Poverty in Depth in the Modern City: Retrospects and Prospects (2011)
  17. Research using museum collections need not be a vale of tears, though it often is (2011)
  18. Understanding the archaeology of the modern city (2003)