@article{1449510,
      recid = {1449510},
      author = {Mate, Geraldine.},
      title = {Mining the landscape: the archaeology of Mount Shamrock /},
      publisher = {Springer,},
      address = {Cham, Switzerland :},
      pages = {1 online resource.},
      year = {2022},
      abstract = {Mining was one of the primary elements of colonial  enterprise in Australia and a factor in movement on  colonial frontiers. In the second half of the 19th and  early 20th century, miningparticularly of goldsaw  transformations of the land itself, as well as in the way  that people working in mining engaged with the landscape  around them. Landscape archaeology provides a theoretical  perspective that allows an articulation of how people  created and understood the place in which they lived and  worked. The impact of and narrative surrounding gold mining  has meant that it has long been a focus of study, both  historical and archaeological. The archaeology of mining  has traditionally fallen under the umbrella of industrial  archaeology, with analyses based on historical, economic  and technological evidence. However this is changing. From  an industrial focus, examining the remnants of mines and  associated processing equipment, archaeology has progressed  towards understandings of the social aspects of mining,  recognising that people, not just equipment, occupied these  landscapes. Nevertheless, there remains a separation  between industrial/technology-based studies and purely  social/ household-based archaeological studiesa division  that overlooks the integration of home and livelihood. This  work addresses these very challenges, using a  landscape-based approach that articulates a nuanced,  meaning-ladened and experienced mining landscape.  Integrating the social and the industrial, the case study  of Mount Shamrock, a gold-mining town in Queensland,  Australia, demonstrates how this methodology can enhance  our understanding of the past. The work presents an  integration of social and industrial perspectives in a  mining settlement, and provides an exemplar in the  application of landscape theory to Australian historical  archaeology. These concepts and approaches, developed in an  Australian context, are of universal interest.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1449510},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12906-3},
}