The Sangamo frontier [[electronic resource] ] : history and archaeology in the shadow of Lincoln / / Robert Mazrim

• Autore: Mazrim Robert
• Pubblicazione: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (364 p.)
• Disciplina: 977.3/56
• Soggetto topico: Historic sites - Illinois - Springfield Region; Excavations (Archaeology) - Illinois - Springfield Region; Archaeology and history - Illinois - Springfield Region; Frontier and pioneer life - Illinois - Springfield Region
• Soggetto geografico: Springfield Region (Ill.) Antiquities; Springfield Region (Ill.) History 19th century; Springfield Region (Ill.) History, Local; Sangamon River Valley (Ill.) History, Local
• Soggetto non controllato: lincoln, archaeology, history, community, pioneer, log cabin, rural, ghost town, sangamo country, illinois, river, prairie, springfield, war of 1812, excavation, frontier, artifacts, staffordshire teacups, pewter spoons, crockery, archaeological dig, science, nonfiction, farm, tavern, pottery, antiquities, new salem, revisionism, iles store site, state capital, ebey-brunk kiln, cotton hill, earthenware, elkhart
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The Sangamo frontier
• ISBN: 0-226-51423-4; 1-281-96593-6; 9786611965938
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782529103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II