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Digging in the City of Brotherly Love : Stories from Philadelphia Archaeology / Rebecca Yamin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Yamin, Rebecca, 1942- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Historic sites--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Historic sites.
- Archaeologists--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Archaeologists.
- Urban archaeology--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Urban archaeology.
- Archaeology and history--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Archaeology and history.
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Antiquities.
- Philadelphia (Pa.).
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--History.
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social life and customs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (321 pages)
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Temple University Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- "This archaeological investigation into eighteenth and nineteenth century Philadelphia includes updates and three new chapters covering recent developments: recognition of unmarked African American and other burial grounds, discoveries in the path of Interstate 95 construction, and findings from the excavation of the site of the Museum of the American Revolution"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- Acknowledgments to the Second Edition
- Acknowledgments to the First Edition
- 1. Beneath the Symbolic Surface
- 2. Hudson's Square: The Middle Block of Independence Mall
- 3. An Icon and an Icehouse: The First Block of Independence Mall
- 4. Artisans in a Changing World
- 5. "We the People": The Free Black Community, Native Americans, and the Celebration of the Constitution
- 6. Life and Death in the Nineteenth-Century City
- 7. On the Waterfront
- 8. An Archaeological Walk in the Eighteenth-Century City
- 9. An Archaeological Walk through Nineteenth-Century Neighborhoods
- 10. The Struggle to Do Justice to Philadelphia's Historic Burial Grounds
- 11. Nineteenth-Century Working-Class Life
- 12. Archaeology and the Making of the Museum of the American Revolution
- 13. The Legacy of William Penn and the Power of the Past
- Notes
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-4399-2211-X
- OCLC:
- 1374495473
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