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Author:

Cantwell, Anne-Marie E., 1935-

Title:

Unearthing Gotham : the archaeology of New York City / Anne-Marie Cantwell and Diana diZerega Wall.

Publisher:

Yale University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2001

Description:

x, 374 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Excavations (Archaeology)--New York.--New York.
Natural history--New York.--New York.
Indians of North America--New York Region--Antiquities.
New York (N.Y.)--Antiquities.
New York (N.Y.)--History.
New York (N.Y.)--Antiquities.
New York (N.Y.)--History.

Other Authors:

Wall, Diana diZerega.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-353) and index.

Contents:

The archaeology of New York City -- Digging in New York -- The creation of the world: the Paleoindian period, 11,000-10,000 B.P. -- Settling down in the Archaic, 10,000-3,700 B.P. -- Funerary pyres on Long Island: the Transitional, 3,700-2,700 B.P. -- Tidewater trade and ritual: the early and middle Woodland, 2,700-1,000 B.P. -- Tethered to the land: the late Woodland, 1,000-4,000 B.P. -- A tumultuous encounter: "Some monster of the sea -- The arrival of the global economy -- Daily life in New Amsterdam and early New York -- Urban space in the colonial and post-Revolutionary city -- Daily life in the nineteenth-century city -- Building the city: the waterfront -- Building in the city: early urban backyards -- Beyond the city's edge -- "We were here": the African presence in colonial New York -- Common ground.

ISBN:

9780300084153 (alk. paper)
0300084153 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)45830069

LCCN:

2001000359

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)