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Archaeology of Southern urban landscapes / / edited by Amy L. Young



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Titolo: Archaeology of Southern urban landscapes / / edited by Amy L. Young Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, Alabama : , : The University Alabama Press, , 2000
©2000
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (309 p.)
Disciplina: 975/.01
Soggetto topico: Landscape archaeology - Southern States
Urban archaeology - Southern States
Excavations (Archaeology) - Southern States
Soggetto geografico: Southern States Antiquities Congresses
Persona (resp. second.): YoungAmy L.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Urban Archaeology in the South; 1. Southern Town Plans, Storytelling, and Historical Archaeology; 2. Mobile's Waterfront: The Development of a Port City; 3. Urbanism in the Colonial South: The Development of Seventeenth-Century Jamestown; 4. Archaeology at Covington, Kentucky: A Particularly ""Northern-looking"" Southern City; 5. Charleston's Powder Magazine and the Development of a Southern City; 6. Archaeology and the African-American Experience in the Urban South
7. Ethnicity in the Urban Landscape: The Archaeology of Creole New Orleans8. Developing Town Life in the South: Archaeological Investigations at Blount Mansion; 9. The Making of the Ancient City: Annapolis in the Antebellum Era; 10. Urban Archaeology in Tennessee: Exploring the Cities of the Old South; 11. Archaeological Views of Southern Culture and Urban Life; References; Index; Contributors
Sommario/riassunto: The rapid growth and development of urban areas in the South have resulted in an increase in the number of urban archaeology projects required by federal and state agencies. These projects provide opportunities not only to investigate marginal areas between the town and countryside but also to recover information long buried beneath the earliest urban structures. Such projects have also created a need for a one-volume update on archaeology as it is practiced in the urban areas of the southeastern United States.Archaeology of Southern Urban Landscapes will assist practi
Titolo autorizzato: Archaeology of Southern urban landscapes  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8173-8440-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910808334703321
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