Honours Theses and Postgraduate Coursework: Recent submissions
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Bronze “Bathtub” Coffins In the Context of 8th-6th Century B.C.E. Babylonian, Assyrian and Elamite Funerary Practices
Published 2012-01-01Central to this thesis are a small number of unique bronze “bathtub” coffins found in 8th–6th century B.C.E. Babylonian, Assyrian and Elamite burial contexts. These fascinating burial containers have not previously been ...Open AccessThesis -
The End of Angkor? The Modification and Re-use of Angkor Wat
Published 2011-12-01Angkor Wat, the largest religious monument in the world, was built in the mid 12th century AD and has been continuously occupied ever since. Angkor Wat was the jewel in the crown of Greater Angkor, the capital of the Khmer ...Open AccessThesis -
Aboriginal Glass Artefacts of the Sydney Region
Published 2011-01-01Aboriginal glass artefacts (AGAs) have become the ‘type fossil’ for recognizing post-contact sites in countries with colonial pasts. Whether such reliance on AGAs is a valid development is contentious as the identification ...Open AccessThesis -
Housing the Worker
Published 2011-01-01The industrialization of Sydney and the increasing prevalence of factories in the city centre and outer suburbs from the mid-nineteenth century meant that worker housing was in high demand. The opportunity to capitalize ...Open AccessThesis -
The Foundations of Madness: The role of the built environment in the mental institutions of New South Wales
Published 2011-01-01Institutionalisation has been a widespread and accepted response to insanity since the eighteenth century. These institutions were highly ideological, and the psychiatric theory that informed them was inextricably bound ...Open AccessThesis