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Digging in the City of Brotherly Love : stories from Philadelphia archaeology /
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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New Haven [Conn.] :
Yale University Press,
©2008.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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.