Unrivaled in scope. An essential work for urban historical archaeologists. Adrian Praetzellis, author of Dug to Death An engaging and astonishingly comprehensive work that reveals just how much our knowledge of America s cities and the lives of city dwellers has been enriched through urban archaeology. Mary C. Beaudry, coeditor of Archaeologies of Mobility and MovementAmerican cities have been built, altered, redeveloped, destroyed, reimagined, and rebuilt for nearly 300 years in order to accommodate growing and shrinking populations and their needs....
Unrivaled in scope. An essential work for urban historical archaeologists. Adrian Praetzellis, author of Dug to Death An engaging and a...
The Cold War remains one of the twentieth century's defining events, possessing broad political, social, and material implications that continue to have impact. In this book, Todd Hanson presents nine case studies of archaeological investigations conducted at famous--and some not so famous--historic American Cold War sites, including Bikini Atoll, the Nevada Test Site, and the Cuban sites of the Soviet Missile Crisis. By examining nuclear weapons test sites, missile silos, submarine bases, fallout shelters, and more, Hanson illustrates how archaeology can help strip away myths, secrets, and...
The Cold War remains one of the twentieth century's defining events, possessing broad political, social, and material implications that continue to ha...
"Fox provides important insights that will help historical archaeologists interpret tobacco-related finds and understand the multiple meanings of a commodity that has burned through the social, political, and economic fabric of the modern world."--Frederick H. Smith, author of The Archaeology of Alcohol and Drinking "Few artifacts illustrate the American experience as clearly as tobacco. Fox examines how tobacco and smoking reveal broader social life across the face of the planet over a half-millennium."--Paul Mullins, author of The Archaeology of Consumer Culture ...
"Fox provides important insights that will help historical archaeologists interpret tobacco-related finds and understand the multiple meanings of a co...
"A fine piece of scholarship. . . . A solid introduction to the archaeology of the fur trade, as well as to the myriad archaeological issues associated with colonial interaction."--American Antiquity "Impressive and ambitious, covering centuries of time and much of the North American continent. . . . Admirably balances the enormous numbers of sites, peoples, historical events, and colonial enterprises with some of the important research directions that have defined and are defining the field of fur trade studies in archaeology. . . . Absorbing."--Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology...
"A fine piece of scholarship. . . . A solid introduction to the archaeology of the fur trade, as well as to the myriad archaeological issues associate...
"Outstanding. Focuses on the material aspects of mining's past to understand the American experience in this economic culture."--Donald L. Hardesty, author of Mining Archaeology in the American West: A View from the Silver State "Artfully synthesizes the complexities of American mining heritage using archaeology's broad, temporal scale to generate a baseline for documenting, interpreting, and sustainably managing mining sites and landscapes. This book is a revelatory tool for archaeologists, historians, resource managers, and students."--Kelly J. Dixon, author of Boomtown Saloons:...
"Outstanding. Focuses on the material aspects of mining's past to understand the American experience in this economic culture."--Donald L. Hardesty, a...
Utopian and intentional communities have dotted the American landscape since the colonial era, yet only in recent decades have archaeologists begun analyzing the material culture left behind by these groups. The case studies in this volume use archaeological evidence to reveal how these communities upheld their societal ideals--and how some diverged from them in everyday life.
Surveying settlement patterns, the built environment, and even the smallest artifacts such as tobacco pipes and buttons, Stacy Kozakavich explores groups including the Shakers, the Harmony Society, the...
Utopian and intentional communities have dotted the American landscape since the colonial era, yet only in recent decades have archaeologists begun...
From domestic spaces to the public realm, Deborah Rotman contextualizes gender and the associated social relationships from the colonial period to the twentieth century. By exploring how individuals and families negotiated and mediated these relationships, she sheds light on how prescriptive gender categories affected those expected to follow them.
From domestic spaces to the public realm, Deborah Rotman contextualizes gender and the associated social relationships from the colonial period to the...
