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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809470103321

Autore

Mazrim Robert

Titolo

The Sangamo frontier : history and archaeology in the shadow of Lincoln / / Robert Mazrim

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2007

ISBN

0-226-51423-4

1-281-96593-6

9786611965938

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (364 p.)

Disciplina

977.3/56

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-346) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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



two of the towns vanished in a matter of years, and many of the activities and lifestyles that shaped them were almost entirely forgotten. In The Sangamo Frontier, archaeologist Robert Mazrim unearths the buried history of this early American community, breathing new life into a region that still rests in Lincoln's shadow. Named after a shallow river that cuts