A first bibliography of historical archaeology in Australia

Bibliographies are a basic working tool for researching or teaching any subject, or merely for following up a casual interest. The person who undertakes to construct a bibliography, however, must have courage indeed. There will always be users of the end-product who will complain that it is incomplete or inaccurate or both. The proof of the bibliography, like the pudding, is in the eating! Jane Wesson, who has produced the following bibliography, is very conscious of these things. She invites interested readers, who discover that their favourite reference is missing, to send it in so that we can publish an addendum in a later volume of this journal. Indeed, the editor would also propose that all readers publishing their own material should send in lists of references to their latest publications at regular intervals. In this way we could provide an ongoing bibliographic service. The editor suggests that all references for inclusion be sent to him in the first instance.

书目文献（bibliography）是开展任一学科研究或教学工作，乃至仅为满足偶然兴趣追踪相关内容的基础实用工具。然而，着手编制书目文献的人，着实需要拥有莫大的勇气。该最终成果的使用者总会有人抱怨其内容不全、失准，或二者兼具。正如俗语所言‘布丁的优劣，唯有试吃方知’，书目文献的价值亦需经实际使用方能验证。编纂了下述书目文献的简·韦森（Jane Wesson），对此有着清晰的认知。她邀请发现自己心仪的参考文献未被收录的感兴趣读者提交相关条目，以便我们在本刊后续卷册中发布补遗。此外，本刊编辑亦倡议所有已发表作品的读者，定期提交其最新出版物的参考文献列表。通过此种方式，我们便可提供持续更新的书目文献服务。编辑建议，所有拟收录的参考文献应首先提交至编辑处。