Of the hut I builded : the archaeology of Australia's history /

Written for a popular audience but essential reading for all those interested in Australian history of the past 200 years as revealed by historical archaeologists, this book complements such works on Australia's prehistory as Josephine Flood's Archaeology of the Dreamtime (CH, Apr'84) and John Mulvaney's Prehistory of Australia (CH, Feb'70). Connah (University of New England, New South Wales, Australia), a founding editor of the Australian Journal of Historical Archaeology (1983- ), is an acknowledged leader in the field and provides the first broad coverage of maritime, industrial, colonial, and landscape historical archaeology as it has developed in Australia over the last 20 years. Included are reports on the remains of early Sydney and on sites of failed settlements and penal colonies, mines, mills, factories, and shipwrecks, and a discussion of the nature and importance of historical archaeology. Lavishly illustrated with photographs, line drawings, maps, and charts. Chapter reference notes; suggested readings. Strongly recommended for undergraduate academic and public libraries; useful to historians and anthropologists as well as to general readers interested in Australia. -P. Waterman, University of South Florida