‘A Fruit of the Art of Fire’: The Glass Industry in Britain
Ian Miller
This chapter aims to provide an overview of glass manufacture in Britain, with a focus on its transition from craft-working status in the sixteenth century to the industrial mass production ...
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Archaeological Views of Caribbean Seafaring
Richard T. Callaghan
This article examines the geographical setting and the effects of past sea levels, the present and past marine climate, and watercraft that may have been used in the Caribbean region. It ...
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An Archaeology of Nuclear Power: Monuments of the Atomic Age
Vicki Cummings and David Robinson
This chapter details an archaeological approach to sites in the nuclear industry. Set against a background of a consideration of Cold War sites more generally, the chapter suggests that ...
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The Archaeology of the British Coal Industry
Marilyn Palmer and Michael Nevell
This chapter concentrates on the archaeology of the coal industry within Britain, with a focus on extraction, processing, and transport, while placing the eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and ...
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The Archaeology of the Iron and Steel Industries in Britain
Michael Nevell
This chapter deals with the physical remains of the iron and steel industry in Britain. The focus is on extraction and processing rather than the products. The archaeological evidence spans ...
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Arsacid, Elymaean, and Persid Coinage
Khodadad Rezakhani
This chapter surveys the coinage issued by Arsacid, Elymaean, and fratarakā rulers. The mints and denominations are described and the use of Greek in coin legends is discussed. The ...
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Australian Colonial Land Settlement
Sean Winter and Alistair Paterson
Australia is the only continent besides Antarctica where the European settlement occurred only within the industrial era. Industrial archaeology is potentially an ideal discipline from ...
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Australian Maritime Archaeology
Mark Staniforth
Australia is quintessentially a maritime nation where sea travel and transportation have been vitally important. Despite being an island, Australia hasd never completely felt isolated, and ...
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Bars, Public Houses, and Saloons
Andrew Davison
Establishments selling alcohol for consumption on the premises were a feature of industrialized societies. Their origins lay in the European alehouse and tavern, but colonization and ...
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British Car Factories since 1896: An Industrial Archaeology Site Type Survey Case Study
Paul Collins
This chapter deals with the technology and buildings of the car industry as a case study of the problems and rewards of researching a twentieth-century industry. It reviews the research ...
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Butte and Anaconda, Montana: Industrial Waste as Industrial Heritage
Fredric L. Quivik
Industrial waste has several meanings on the landscape. Waste deposits and the infrastructure developed to manage them are part of the cultural landscape and are recognized by cultural ...
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Canals and Inland Waterways
Hanna Steyne and Nigel Crowe
The development of the network of navigable inland waterways and canals in Britain was a fundamental step in the growth and spread of industrialization in Britain. These waterways played an ...
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A Celebration of Growth, Independence, and Worth: Symbolism and Functionality in Swimming Pools for Developing Industrial Communities
Gordon S. Marino
Drawing on a wealth of archaeological evidence, this chapter seeks to explore the development of urban expansion and civic pride through the emergence of differing designs of swimming ...
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Ceramic Production
Eleanor Conlin Casella
Representing the largest class of artefacts recovered from post-medieval and historic sites, ceramics play a central role in the archaeology of industrialized societies. This chapter ...
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Ceramics and Pottery: The Enduring Appeal of the Willow Pattern Print
Nigel Jeffries
Among the most familiar archaeological material signatures of the late eighteenth- and nineteenth-century world is British-made pottery decorated with the ubiquitous Willow Pattern transfer ...
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Churches and Chapels
Angela Connelly
Churches and chapels form an indelible mark on the landscapes of Britain’s industrial cities. They were built in huge numbers by the major Christian denominations in order to compete with ...
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The Cold War: Archaeologies of Protest and Opposition
John Schofield
The Cold War (1946–1989) in the developed Western world) is represented by a diverse range of architectural and archaeological traces, some of which are monumental in scale and in their ...
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Commodities and Consumption
Penny Crook
This chapter reviews the importance of commodities and consumption to archaeologies of the modern industrialized world. After centuries of New World exploration saw exotic luxuries ...
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Conclusion: Industrial Archaeology: Past, Present, and Future
Marilyn Palmer
Following a review of the early origins of the discipline on industrial archaeology in the UK, this chapter seeks to explore the ways in which it has developed over the last seventy years. ...
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Defining a Ship: Architecture, Function, and Human Space
Patrice Pomey
This article is an introduction to the concept of maritime archaeology. In the field of archaeology, the study of a shipwreck endeavors to reconstitute the original ship. Thus, nautical ...
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