Excellent, it sounds very interesting! But is it £30 or £33? And where can I get one?
Paul
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> Subject: New Book - Henry's Mill: The Historical Archaeology
> of a Forest Community (Peter Davies)
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> We are delighted to announce the publication of the second
> volume in our new British Archaeological Reports series
> "Studies in Contemporary and Historical Archaeology". Details
> are posted below.
>
> Dan Hicks & Joshua Pollard
> Series Editors, "Studies in Contemporary and Historical Archaeology"
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> Henry's Mill: The Historical Archaeology of a Forest
> Community by Peter Davies BAR S1558 2006: Studies in
> Contemporary and Historical Archaeology 2 ISBN 1 84171 988 9.
> £33.00. 160pp., illustrated throughout.
> £30.00.
>
> In this, the second volume in the series, Peter Davies
> presents a nuanced account of 19th and 20th century forest
> sawmill communities in southern Victoria, Australia. Weaving
> together archaeological and historical data, issues of
> community development, isolation, integration, and
> consumption practices are sensitively explored. Not only does
> the volume make a valuable contribution to the historical
> archaeology of rural Australia, but it provides an extended
> case study for others studying the history and archaeology of
> temporary work communities elsewhere in the emerging modern world.
>
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