A hierarchy of servitude: ceramics at Lake Innes Estate, New South Wales

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2007

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Brooks, Alasdair
Connah, Graham

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Antiquity Publications

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A British colonial estate in eastern Australia, built by 1830 and abandoned 20 years later, survives as the ruins of the Big House surrounded by stables, a farm and servants' quarters. The authors recovered pottery assemblages from a number of different servants' dwellings and here show that they differed from each other, revealing a 'hierarchy of servitude'. It is natural to think that such a situation would provide helpful analogies for earlier empires, like the Roman, but historical archaeology has its own framework, varying even from country to country.

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Keywords: archaeological evidence; archaeology; ceramics; historical geography; nineteenth century; social status; Australasia; Australia; New South Wales; Archaeology; Australia; Colonialism; Domestic servants; Estates; Pottery Australia; Ceramics; Colonial; Historical archaeology; New South Wales; Nineteenth century

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Antiquity

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