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Record Nr.

UNINA9910794521603321

Autore

Fennell Christopher

Titolo

The archaeology of craft and industry / / Christopher C. Fennell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gainesville : , : University Press of Florida, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

0-8130-6720-0

0-8130-5791-4

Edizione

[1.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

The American experience in archaeological perspective

Classificazione

SOC003000HIS036040

Disciplina

381

Soggetti

Commercial products - United States - History

Consumer goods - United States - History

United States History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Craft, Industry, and Heritage -- Making and Harvesting Commodities: Episodes of Craft Growing to Industry -- Arteries and Flow -- Extraction -- Forges, Furnaces, and Metallurgy -- Craft at a Prodigious Scale: Potteries of Edgefield, South Carolina -- Heritage Dynamics and Concluding Observations

Sommario/riassunto

"In this expansive yet concise survey, Christopher Fennell discusses archaeological research from sites across the United States that once manufactured, harvested, or processed commodities, uncovering key insights into American history"--