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The archaeology of the logging industry / John G. Franzen ; foreword by Michael S. Nassaney.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Franzen, John G., author.
- Series:
- American experience in archaeological perspective.
- American experience in archaeological perspective
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Logging--United States--History.
- Logging.
- Excavations (Archaeology)--United States.
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (259 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2020]
- Summary:
- "In this book, John Franzen surveys archaeological studies of logging sites across the nation from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, explaining how material evidence found at these locations illustrates key aspects of the American experience during this era"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Lumbering: The Most American Industry?
- A Brief History of Industrial Logging in the United States
- Archaeological Approaches to the Logging Industry
- Driving Forces? The Technology of Cutting, Moving, and Processing Logs
- More than Artifacts: Spatial and Environmental Aspects of Logging
- Working in the Woods: Everyday Life in a "Roofless Factory"
- Savusaunas, Opium, Dolls, and Snuff: Social Organization at Logging Sites
- Archaeology of the Camboose Shanty in Northern Michigan: A Case Study of Two Nineteenth-Century
- Lumber Camps
- Logging, Archaeology, and the Anthropocene
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8130-6658-1
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