American Experience in Archaeological Perspective – serie
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Archaeology of the North American Fur Trade
Inbunden, 2015
819 kr
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The North American fur trade left an enduring material legacy of the complex interactions between natives and Europeans. From the sixteenth through nineteenth centuries, the demand for pelts and skins transformed America, helping to fuel the Age of Discovery and, later, Manifest Destiny.By …
Archaeology of Institutional Confinement
Häftad, 2007
280 kr
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The study of American institutional confinement, its presumed successes, failures, and controversies, is incomplete without examining the remnants of relevant sites no longer standing. Asking what archaeological perspectives add to the understanding of such a provocative topic, Eleanor Conlin …
Archaeology of Race and Racialization in Historic America
Häftad, 2007
283 kr
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With the advent of this book, the ability of archaeologists to contribute to the study of race no longer can be doubted. By focusing on ""racialization,"" the marginalizing process in which racial categories are imposed on groups of people based on some outward characteristic, Charles Orser shows …
Archaeology of North American Farmsteads
Häftad, 2008
283 kr
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From the early colonial period to the close of World War II, life in North America was predominantly agrarian and rural. Archaeological exploration of farmsteads unveils a surprising quantity of data about rural life, consumption patterns, and migrations across the continent.Mark Groover offers …
Archaeology of American Labor and Working-Class Life
Häftad, 2011
225 kr
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The winners write history. Thus, it is no surprise that the story of American industrialization is dominated by tales of unbridled technical and social progress. What happens, though, when we take a closer look at the archaeological record? That is the focus of Paul Shackel's new book, which …
Archaeology of Clothing and Bodily Adornment in Colonial America
Häftad, 2011
225 kr
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Dress has always been a social medium. Color, fabric, and fit of clothing, along with adornments, posture, and manners, convey information on personal status, occupation, religious beliefs, and even sexual preferences. Clothing and adornment are therefore important not only for their utility but …
Archaeology of Forts and Battlefields
Häftad, 2012
225 kr
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Forts and battlefields embody activities and locations where nations have come into conflict and where victory or defeat has determined the shape of modern American society. This book discusses some of the most dynamic archaeological projects that have been conducted at many of the most exciting …
Archaeology of American Capitalism
Häftad, 2012
312 kr
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Americans have long identified themselves with material goods. In this study, Paul Mullins sifts through this continent's historical archaeological record to trace the evolution of North American consumer culture. He explores the social and economic dynamics that have shaped American capitalism …
Archaeology of Consumer Culture
Häftad, 2012
225 kr
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Americans have long identified themselves with material goods. In this study, Paul Mullins sifts through this continent's historical archaeological record to trace the evolution of North American consumer culture. He explores the social and economic dynamics that have shaped American capitalism …
Archaeology of Antislavery Resistance
Häftad, 2013
225 kr
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In the days of slavery, people of African descent sought to protect their human rights, escape from bondage, and combat exploitation. Their actions varied across different settings and times, and included accommodation, collaboration, autonomy, and militancy. This volume focuses on the evolution of …
Archaeology of American Cemeteries and Gravemarkers
Av Sherene Baugher, Richard Veit
Inbunden, 2014
819 kr
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Gravestones, cemeteries, and memorial markers offer fixed points in time to examine Americans’ changing attitudes toward death and dying. In tracing the evolution of commemorative practices from the seventeenth century to the present, Sherene Baugher and Richard Veit offer insights into our …
Archaeology of American Cities
Av Nan A. Rothschild, Diana diZerega Wall
Inbunden, 2014
819 kr
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Gravestones, cemeteries, and memorial markers offer fixed points in time to examine Americans’ changing attitudes toward death and dying. In tracing the evolution of commemorative practices from the seventeenth century to the present, Sherene Baugher and Richard Veit offer insights into our …
Archaeology of Gender in Historic America
Häftad, 2015
790 kr
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Patriarchy, colonialism, and the capitalist mode of production have shaped gender through time and across many different cultures. In historic America, gendered social relations were created, codified, and reproduced through the objects used in cultural rituals, the spatial organization of houses, …
Archaeology of Smoking and Tobacco
Häftad, 2016
196 kr
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Smoking pipes are among the most commonly found artifacts at North American archaeological sites, affirming the prevalence and longevity of smoking as a cultural practice. Yet surprisingly this is the first study in historical archaeology to broadly interpret tobacco and smoking-related activities …
Archaeology of American Mining
Inbunden, 2017
877 kr
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The mining industry in North America is an important subject for archaeological investigation due to its rich and conflicted history. It is associated with the opening of the frontier and the rise of the United States as an industrial power but also with social upheaval, the dispossession of …
Archaeology of the North American Fur Trade
Häftad, 2017
283 kr
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Nassaney draws together an amazing amount of information about the fur trades that once existed in North America and includes illuminating and imaginative interpretations of archaeological data by researchers from across the continent.”—Gregory A. Waselkov, author of A Conquering Spirit: Fort Mims …
Archaeology of American Childhood and Adolescence
Inbunden, 2019
935 kr
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This is the first book to focus on archaeological evidence from the recent past related to children, childhood, and adolescence. Jane Baxter, a foremost authority on the archaeology of historic American childhood, synthesizes the growing variety of ways researchers have been approaching the topic, …
Archaeology of Northern Slavery and Freedom
Inbunden, 2019
935 kr
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Investigating what life was like for African Americans north of the Mason-Dixon Line during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, James Delle presents the first overview of archaeological research on the topic in this book, debunking the notion that the “free” states of the Northeast truly …
Archaeology of Clandestine Activities
Av Rebecca Yamin, Donna J. Seifert
Inbunden, 2019
994 kr
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The Archaeology of Prostitution and Clandestine Pursuits synthesizes case studies from various nineteenth-century sites where material culture reveals evidence of prostitution, including a brothel in Five Points, New York City’s most notorious neighborhood, and parlor houses a few blocks from the …
Archaeology of Utopian and Intentional Communities
Inbunden, 2017
935 kr
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Utopian and intentional communities have dotted the American landscape since the colonial era, yet only in recent decades have archaeologists begun analyzing the material culture left behind by these groups. The case studies in this volume use archaeological evidence to reveal how these communities …
Archaeology of Smoking and Tobacco
Inbunden, 2014
1073 kr
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Smoking pipes are among the most commonly found artifacts at archaeological sites, affirming the prevalence and longevity of smoking as a cultural practice. Yet there is currently no other study in historical archaeology that interprets tobacco and smoking-related activities in such a wide spectrum …
Archaeology of American Cemeteries and Gravemarkers
Av Sherene Baugher, Richard Veit
Häftad, 2016
283 kr
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Gravestones, cemeteries, and memorial markers offer fixed points in time to examine Americans’ changing attitudes toward death and dying. In tracing the evolution of commemorative practices from the seventeenth century to the present, Sherene Baugher and Richard Veit offer insights into our …
Archaeology of American Cities
Av Nan A. Rothschild, Diana diZerega Wall
Häftad, 2016
254 kr
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American cities have been built, altered, redeveloped, destroyed, reimagined, and rebuilt for nearly 300 years in order to accommodate growing and shrinking populations and their needs.Urban archaeology is a unique subfield with its own peculiar challenges and approaches to fieldwork. Understanding …
Archaeology of the Cold War
Inbunden, 2016
877 kr
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The Cold War remains one of the twentieth century’s defining events, possessing broad political, social, and material implications that continue to have impact. In this book, Todd Hanson presents nine case studies of archaeological investigations conducted at famous—and some not so famous—historic …
Archaeology of Citizenship
Häftad, 2019
254 kr
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Since the founding of the United States, the rights to citizenship have been carefully crafted and policed by the Europeans who originally settled and founded the country. Immigrants have been extended and denied citizenship in various legal and cultural ways.While the subject of citizenship has …
Archaeology of Gender in Historic America
Häftad, 2018
254 kr
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Patriarchy, colonialism, and the capitalist mode of production have shaped gender through time and across many different cultures. In historic America, gendered social relations were created, codified, and reproduced through the objects used in cultural rituals, the spatial organization of houses, …
Archaeology of Southeastern Native American Landscapes of the Colonial Era
Inbunden, 2019
1052 kr
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This volume describes the ways Native American populations accommodated and resisted the encroachment of European powers in southeastern North America from the arrival of Spaniards in the sixteenth century to the first decades of the American Republic. Tracing changes to the region's natural, …
Archaeology of the Logging Industry
Inbunden, 2020
994 kr
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The American lumber industry helped fuel westward expansion and industrial development during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, building logging camps and sawmills—and abandoning them once the trees ran out. In this book, John Franzen surveys archaeological studies of logging sites across the …
Archaeology of American Mining
Häftad, 2020
254 kr
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Mining History Association Clark C. Spence Award.The mining industry in North America has a rich and conflicted history. It is associated with the opening of the frontier and the rise of the United States as an industrial power but also with social upheaval, the dispossession of indigenous lands, …
Archaeology of the Cold War
Häftad, 2019
283 kr
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The Cold War was one of the twentieth century's defining events, with long-lasting political, social, and material implications. It created a global landscape of culturally and politically significant artifacts and sites that are critical to understanding and preserving the history of that …
