In Western Australia imports and exports patterns were studied through
historical documentation by Graeme Henderson.

Henderson G 1977 From sail to steam: shipping in Western Australia, 1870 to
1890. Masters Dissertation. Uni. of Western Australia.

 I wrote about the effect those trading patterns had on settlement patterns
in WA and the material culture side of that will form part of my thesis on
the Northwest frontier but I have not published anything on that aspect yet.
No-one else, as far as I know has looked paticularly at the material culture
of trading patterns in WA.

Nayton G 1992c The importance of the maritime perspective to the
understanding of Australian historical archaeological sites. The Bulletin of
the Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology 16.2:17-24.





-----Original Message-----
From: Todd Girdler <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Saturday, 26 February 2000 11:32
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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