Hi Meris
You may like to take a look at the following honours thesis which looks at the spatial layout and presents a predictive model for 19th century and early 20th century sawmills in Australia undertaken by Emma Rae at University of Queensland, Brisbane. Abstract is below and the full thesis can be downloaded from the link below.
Cheers
Karen
Uncovering Mill Point: Understanding Concepts of Space at Australian Historic Sawmills
Emma Rae
In this thesis I use a predictive modelling framework to explore the use of space at nineteenth and early twentieth century Australian sawmills. Sawmills were a key component of early European settlement in heavily forested areas and are often associated with the development of significant infrastructure, such as roads and rail and sea transport networks. Despite their importance and potential for enhancing our understanding of early European communities, few studies have been undertaken on historical sawmills in Australia, particularly in relation to spatial organisation on a comparative level. A dataset of 20 nineteenth and early twentieth century sawmills was analysed and sawmills were found to fall into one of four main types ranging from small scale temporary establishments (Type A) to large, permanent sawmills with multi-faceted settlements and permanent infrastructure and support services (Type D). Analysis also revealed that sawmill features were spatially organised into industrial, intermediate and domestic zones. The model is applied to a case study, the Mill Point sawmill in southeast Queensland and results suggest a general validity of the predictive model and point to directions for further refinement and development. The study has implications for future studies of early industrial enterprises in Australia.
http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:8766
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Karen Murphy
School of Social Science
(Anthropology, Archaeology, Criminology, Sociology)
University of Queensland
Brisbane QLD 4072
Australia
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Queensland State Representative
Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology
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From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY on behalf of Mullaley, Meredith
Sent: Thu 25/03/2010 4:05 AM
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Subject: Sawmill comparative research
Hello!
We are trying to assemble a comparative study on sawmills for a
treatment plan and excavation of a early 20th century (possibly late
19th) sawmill in Washington state. It has been a challenge finding
reports that discuss the excavation of PNW sawmills-not much work has
been done at the data recovery level. We are hoping to discuss
different types of deposits that have been excavated elsewhere (feature
types and methods), what research questions have been addressed and how
others have interpreted their sawmill remains.
If anyone has reference suggestions, or reports they would be willing to
share, dealing with the excavation of sawmill sites I would greatly
appreciate it. Any region of the country (or world) would be welcomed.
I need to compile a list (and ideally a stack) of sources by Monday, so
sources that are relatively easy to access online or through journals
would be helpful.
Thank you to everyone, in advance. J
Sincerely,
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