Todd

Not specifically to do with trade goods as artefacts but the cultural
landscape they sit within - there has been some work done on the Murray
River border of NSW / Victoria during the 19th century, when inter-colonial
trade was regulated by customs houses.  Brenda Wade of New England
University Dept of Archaeology began a thesis examining the material
evidence of the customs establishments and the 'border zone' along the
Murray.  Dont know whether she has finished it.

there has also been some survey work carried out as Federation grant
research projects on the same sort of topic.

[for foreign readers New South Wales and Victoria were separate colonies of
Britain and treated inter-colonial trade as export / import with duties,
tariffs etc payable.  Federation in 1901 specifically forbade impediments to
trade when the colonies became states.  During the 19th C there was an
active secession movement just north of the Murray, as Melbourne was closer
in miles, money and ideology that Sydney]
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Denis Gojak
Historical Archaeologist
National Parks and Wildlife Service of NSW
PO Box 1967
Hurstville NSW 2220
AUSTRALIA

Ph:     +61 2 9585 6469
Fax:   +61 2 9585 6325
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Todd Girdler [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Sunday, 27 February 2000 2:28
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> Subject:      Trade patterns in archaeology
>
> Apologies for cross postings.
>
> I'm recently starting my honours thesis, and I'm looking for examples of
> cases where recovered artefacts from a site or area can be directly linked
> to trading patterns. My thesis lies along the question of whether the
> evolution and constant change of trading patterns can be represented in
> the
> remaining material culture, and indeed can be traced from origin to final
> destination, and if changes in economic circumstances in these trading
> patterns can correspond with the economic climate at that time. Although
> my
> area is currently limited to the Murray Darling river trade in Australia,
> I'm looking for any relevant global case studies that might assist in my
> conclusions. Any assistance in tracking down such case studies would be
> emmensely helpful.
>
> Todd Girdler
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