This paper compares the dates of manufacture obtained for the domestic ceramic and pipe smoking related artifact assemblages from Casselden Place, Melbourne. It has previously been argued that ceramic items, because of their potentially long use-lives, may be deposited many years after their date of manufacture and purchase. This is in contrast to pipe smoking related items, which tend to have very short use-lives. However, the results presented here demonstrate that there is no significant evidence for a time lag between the date of manufacture of the ceramic items and their incorporation into the archaeological record at Casselden Place.
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Thanks are extended to Godden Mackay Logan, La Trobe University (Archaeology Program—and in particular Tim Murray) and Austral Archaeology for the opportunity to work on the Casselden Place Project. Thanks also to my artifact processing and recording assistants, Jenny Porter and Asa Ferrier. Allison Simons read a draft of this paper, and I thank her for her comments. All remaining errors and omissions are, of course, my own.
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Williamson, C. Dating the Domestic Ceramics and Pipe Smoking Related Artifacts from Casselden Place, Melbourne, Australia. Int J Histor Archaeol 10, 323–335 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10761-006-0015-1
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