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You might try contacting Julie King at the Maryland Archaeological
Conservation Lab - she has done research on the "ruins" subject in the US
Silas Hurry
Historic St. Mary's City
At 11:15 AM 7/15/03 +0930, you wrote:
>Hi Everybody
> Recently Greg Jackman published an article here in Australia
>about Port Arthur, which was a convict penal colony, remote from
>civilization. After a bushfire swept through the settlement at the
>beginning of the twentieth century, the settlement became a set of ruins.
>Over the last century parts of the buildings have been restored and reflect
>different ideas about the heritage management of the site. In effect Greg
>argues that the ruins have become romanticized and their nature as
>buildings for the use and management of convicts has been down played. He
>argues that a recently excavated school/reformatory site should be left as
>an archaeological site that gives a real understanding of the purpose of
>Port Arthur. I was wondering about other sites around the world where there
>might be a conflict between a romanticized past and the reality revealed by
>archaeology, an references would be helpful as l wish to discuss this issue
>in a lecture.
> cheers
> Susan
>Dr Susan Piddock
>
>Research Assistant
>Department of Archaeology
>Flinders University,
>GPO Box 2100
>Adelaide, 5001
>South Australia
>
>Email alternative: [log in to unmask]
>Fax: +61 8 82013845
>
>Visit the Department of Archaeology website at:
>http://ehlt.flinders.edu.au/archaeology
>
>
>See the Hills Face Zone Cultural Heritage Project website:
>http://ehlt.flinders.edu.au/archaeology/hfzchp/index.html
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