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UNINA9910809470103321 |
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Autore |
Mazrim Robert |
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Titolo |
The Sangamo frontier : history and archaeology in the shadow of Lincoln / / Robert Mazrim |
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Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2007 |
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ISBN |
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0-226-51423-4 |
1-281-96593-6 |
9786611965938 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (364 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Historic sites - Illinois - Springfield Region |
Excavations (Archaeology) - Illinois - Springfield Region |
Archaeology and history - Illinois - Springfield Region |
Frontier and pioneer life - Illinois - Springfield Region |
Springfield Region (Ill.) Antiquities |
Springfield Region (Ill.) History 19th century |
Springfield Region (Ill.) History, Local |
Sangamon River Valley (Ill.) History, Local |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-346) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The making of an American frontier -- The arrival of archaeology and the shadow of Lincoln -- Before the Americans -- The Americans -- At home, 1800-1840 -- Under the house, behind the house -- Goods in the forests -- The hole in the map -- A new frontier -- Overlooking wilderness : excavations at Elkhart Hill -- Earthenware at Cotton Hill : the Ebey-Brunk Kiln site -- The origins of a state capital : the Iles Store site -- Moses's Sangamo : relocating a lost town -- Exploring Moses's Sangamo : excavations at Sangamo town -- Lincoln's New Salem : history and archaeology -- Behind Lincoln's New Salem : archaeology and revisionism -- The end of the trail. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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When Abraham Lincoln moved to Illinois' Sangamo Country in 1831, he found a pioneer community transforming from a cluster of log houses along an ancient trail to a community of new towns and state roads. But |
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