Historical Archaeology of the Revolutionary War Encampments of Washington's Army /

This edited volume presents archaeological and ethno-historic research concerning Washington's Army's encampments, trails, and support structures during the American Revolution. Important sites and preserves that the following chapters discuss include Valley Forge in Pennsylvania; Putnam P...

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Autres auteurs: Starbuck, David R. (writer of foreword.), Morrison, Bethany A., 1969- (Éditeur intellectuel), Orr, David Gerald, 1942- (Éditeur intellectuel), Sgarlata, Cosimo (Éditeur intellectuel)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2019]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Washington, George, > 1732-1799.
United States. > Continental Army.
United States. > Continental Army > History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
United States.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1775-1783 (Revolution)
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Foreword / David R. Starbuck
  • Introduction / David G. Orr
  • "Make sure you aim, for one shot well pointed is worth a dozen thrown away:" evidence of a musketry range at Valley Forge National Historical Park, Pennsylvania, USA / Wade P. Catts, and Joseph F. Balicki
  • A more tolerable quarter: archaeology at Washington's headquarters at Valley Forge / Joseph R. Blondino
  • The material world of the Revolutionary War soldier at Valley Forge revisited: comparative excavations of a brigade encampment on the grounds of the Washington Memorial Chapel, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania / Jesse West-Rosenthal
  • "The ground necessary": excavations of a brigade encampment; Wayne's Woods, Valley Forge / Julia Steele, Douglas Campana, and David Orr
  • Building the Log Hut City: an analysis using the tools issued at Morristown, New Jersey / Mathew Grubel
  • Forgotten stones: the rediscovery of Redding's middle encampment / Bethany A. Morrison and Cosimo A. Sgarlata
  • The unfulfilled American Revolution / Laurie Weinstein, Diane Hassan and Samantha Mauro
  • The Rochambeau Project: historical and archaeological documentation of the French army's marches through Connecticut in 1781 and 1782 / Mary Guillette Harper
  • Incidents of regional variation in winter encampment hut construction: huts and history at Redding, Connecticut / Daniel Cruson
  • Conclusion / Cosimo A. Sgarlata.

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