Digging in the City of Brotherly Love : stories from Philadelphia archaeology /

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Beneath the modern city of Philadelphia lie countless clues to its history and the lives of residents long forgotten. This intriguing book explores eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Philadelphia through the findings of archaeological excavations, sharing with readers the excitement of digging into...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Yamin, Rebecca, 1942-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2008.
Temas:
Excavations (Archaeology) > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Historic sites > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Archaeologists > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Urban archaeology > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Archaeology and history > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Fouilles (Archéologie) > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie.
Lieux historiques > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie.
Archéologues > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie.
Archéologie urbaine > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie.
Archéologie et histoire > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie.
HISTORY > State & Local.
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology.
Antiquities
Archaeologists
Archaeology and history
Excavations (Archaeology)
Historic sites
Manners and customs
Urban archaeology
Ausgrabung
Stadt
Archäologie
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Antiquities.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > History.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Social life and customs.
Philadelphie (Penns.) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pa.
History
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Beneath the symbolic surface
  • Hudson's Square: the middle block of Independence Mall
  • An icon and an icehouse: the first block of Independence Mall
  • Artisans in a changing world
  • "We the people": the free Black community, Native Americans, and the celebration of the Constitution
  • Life and death in the nineteenth-century city
  • On the waterfront
  • An archaeological walk in the eighteenth-century city
  • An archaeological walk through nineteenth-century neighborhoods
  • The legacy of William Penn and the power of the past.

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