An Archaeology of Institutional Confinement The Hyde Park Barracks, 1848-1886

• Main Author: Davies, Peter (auth)
• Other Authors: Crook, Dr Penny (auth), Murray, Tim (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Sydney University Press 2013
• Series: Studies in Australasian Historical Archaeology
• Subjects: Archaeology; General & world history; History
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The archaeological assemblage from the Hyde Park Barracks is one of the largest, most comprehensive and best preserved collections of artefacts from any 19th-century institution in the world. Concealed for up to 160 years in the cavities between floorboards and ceilings, the assemblage is a unique a...