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Material Culture
Material culture refers broadly to physical objects and artefacts,
for example, clothing, utensils, tools, vehicles, paintings, buildings
and monuments. Some historians also include landscape under the heading
of material culture and focus on the results of the interaction between
human agents and the physical environment.
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Early 19th century whaling station, Bruny Island,
Tasmania. Excavated 1997.
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'Small Things Forgotten': excavation artefacts
from a late 19th century household in central Melbourne.
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Chinese coin, dated to the Kangxi dynasty (1662-1772).
Excavated in Cohen Place, Melbourne, 1999.
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