The Sangamo frontier history and archaeology in the shadow of Lincoln / [electronic resource] :
Robert Mazrim.
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
- x, 352 p. : ill., maps.
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.
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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, Local.