My purpose here is to outline the research design for the excavation and analysis of Casselden Place, make some preliminary remarks about the initial phases of analysis and integration of archaeological and historical datasets at the site, and to make some general comments about the archaeology of the modern city. Much of what I say rests on intensive artifact analysis that has been reported in the papers collected here, in the major site report, and on research being undertaken on assemblages derived from comparable sites in Sydney.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This paper draws heavily on reports submitted by Godden Mackay Logan Pty Ltd (GML) to the client (the Industry Superannuation Property Trust) and to Heritage Victoria. These reports were written by the archaeologists working on the site, particularly by Excavation Director Graham Wilson, the Trench Supervisors, Dr Andrew Sneddon, Professor Alan Mayne and myself. Many thanks also to Cathy Tucker (then of GML) who very graciously hunted down reports, images and obscure information. I also acknowledge the work of the archaeologists who completed the analyses of the various artifact classes: Peter Davies, Åsa Ferrier, Maddy Maitri, Lyndon Patterson, Jenny Porter, Allison Simons, Zvonka Stanin and Christine Williamson, and those supervisors who compiled the trench reports: Ilya Berelov, Peter Davies, Kevin Hickson, Anne Mackay and Maddy Maitri. Wei Ming, Archaeology Program, La Trobe University, was responsible for many of the artifact images. I thank my colleague Penny Crook for a very careful reading of an earlier draft
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Murray, T. Integrating Archaeology and History at the “Commonwealth Block”: “Little Lon” and Casselden Place. Int J Histor Archaeol 10, 385–403 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10761-006-0020-4
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