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

By: Mazrim, RobertContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007Description: x, 352 p. : ill., mapsSubject(s): Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Homes and haunts -- Illinois -- Springfield Region | 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, LocalGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 977.3/56 LOC classification: F549.S7 | M39 2007Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
No physical items for this record

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

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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.