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This chapter presents the methodology adopted in this book. It describes the two datasets that were used including the types of artifacts that were selected, the context from which they came, and how this differed between the two sites. It then outlines the methods employed for artifact processing and cataloguing using the EAMC database with an emphasis on why certain fields, such as minimum number of vessel (MNV) counts and function, were recorded. Previous cataloguing work (where available) is also described. In addition, the documentary research undertaken, including types of sources used (both primary and secondary), are outlined, as are the limitations of this study, and how these were managed.
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The book has been inadvertently published with an incorrect reference year for Lea & Perrins Worcestershire club sauce stopper in three instances. The correct year in all the three instances is 1958.
Notes
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Professor Murray was the chief investigator in the ARC-funded Linkage project titled “A Historical Archaeology of the Commonwealth Block 1850–1950.”
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The contexts included a subfloor deposit (context number 2.500) and a barrel cesspit (master context number 2.060).
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This project was conducted by La Trobe University and Industry partners, the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales (NSW), the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority, Godden Mackay Logan, the Heritage Office of NSW, the City of Sydney, and Heritage Victoria.
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Ricardi, P. (2020). Methodology of an International Comparative Analysis. In: An Archaeology of Nineteenth-Century Consumer Behavior in Melbourne, Australia, and Buenos Aires, Argentina. Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21595-8_5
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