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



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Autore: Mazrim Robert Visualizza persona
Titolo: The Sangamo frontier [[electronic resource] ] : history and archaeology in the shadow of Lincoln / / Robert Mazrim Visualizza cluster
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 genere / forma: Electronic books.
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-226-51423-4
1-281-96593-6
9786611965938
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910454110703321
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