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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465573203321

Titolo

Archaeologies of the British : explorations of identity in Great Britain and its colonies, 1600-1945 / / edited by Susan Lawrence

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

0-429-23923-8

0-203-82752-X

1-299-28848-0

1-136-80193-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Collana

One world archaeology ; ; 46

Altri autori (Persone)

LawrenceSusan <1966->

Disciplina

930.1/07/2041

Soggetti

Archaeology and history - Great Britain

Excavations (Archaeology) - Great Britain

Group identity - Great Britain - Historiography

National characteristics, British - Historiography

Excavations (Archaeology) - Great Britain - Colonies

Archaeology and history - Great Britain - Colonies

British - Foreign countries - Historiography

Electronic books.

Great Britain Antiquities

Great Britain Colonies Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. The first empire : 1600-1800 -- pt. II. The second empire : 1800-1945.

Sommario/riassunto

Beginning with the early English colonisation of Ireland and Virginia, the international range of contributors in Archaeology of the British examine the interplay of objects and identity in Scotland and Wales, regional England, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Cyprus, and Sri Lanka. Informed by developments in historical archaeology and by postcolonial scholarship, the case-studies in this volume look at the colonists themselves. The evidence draws upon includes vernacular architecture, landscapes, and objects of everyday life.Archaeologies of



the British mak