Research Catalog

Title

Unlocking the past : celebrating historical archaeology in North America / edited by Lu Ann De Cunzo and John H. Jameson, Jr.

Publication

Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, c2005.

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Details

Additional Authors

• De Cunzo, Lu Ann.
• Jameson, John H.
• Society for Historical Archaeology.

Description

x, 255 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.

Subject

• Archaeology and history > United States
• Historic sites > United States
• Archaeology and history > North America
• United States > Antiquities
• United States > History, Local
• North America > Antiquities

Note

• "Published in cooperation with the Society for Historical Archaeology"--Half title.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-223) and index.

Contents

Introduction: The stuff of histories and cultures / Lu Ann De Cunzo -- PART 1. CULTURES IN CONTACT: MELTING POTS OR NOT? / Lu Ann De Cunzo -- Spaniards and Native Americans at the missions of La Florida / Jerald T. Milanich -- Bioarchaeology of the Spanish missions / Clark Spencer Larsen -- African Americans on Southern plantations / Leland Ferguson, from Uncommon ground, adapted by Lu Ann De Cunzo -- Black seminole freedom fighters on the Florida frontier / Terrance Weik -- The Chinese in the cities of the West / Roberta S. Greenwood -- PART 2. CHALLENING AND CHANGING ENVIRONMENTS: EXPLORING NEW LANDS AND EXPLOITING NEW ENVIRONMENTS / Lu Ann De Cunzo -- Early encounters with a "new" land: Vikings and Englishmen in the North America Arcitc / William Fitzhugh -- Jamestown, Virginia / Andrew Edwards -- The shipwreck of La Salle's La Belle / James E. Bruseth -- Mining the West / R. Scott Baxter, Rebecca Allen -- PART 3. BUILDING CITIES: TALES OF MANY CITIES / Lu Ann De Cunzo -- Quebec City, Canada / William Moss -- New York City / Diana diZerega Wall, Nan A. Rothschild -- Community archaeology in Alexandria, Virginia / Pamela J. Cressey -- Urban life in colonial Charleston, South Carolina / Martha Zierden -- "A place to start from": West Oakland, California / Lu Ann De Cunzo, Mary Praetzellis -- PART 4. MAKING A LIVING IN RURAL AMERICA: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF WORK / Lu Ann De Cunzo -- The archaeology of agricultural life / Sara Mascia -- The archaeology of rural industry / David R. Starbuck -- PART 5. CULTURES IN CONFLICT: CONTESTS ON LAND AND AT SEA / Lu Ann De Cunzo -- The archaeology of America's colonial wars / David R. Starbuck -- The Civil War under water / Sarah McDowell, with contributions by Mark Wilde-Ramsing -- Native and "newcomer": battle of little bighorn / Richard A. Fox -- A global contest: World War II / Daniel Lenihan ... [et al.] -- PART 6. UNLOCK THE PAST FOR THE FUTURE: FROM THE PAST IN THE PRESENT TO THE FUTURE / Lu Ann De Cunzo -- Conserving our past / Lisa Young -- Historical archaeology that matters beyond academics / Maria Franklin -- The past belongs to us all / John Triggs -- Does historical archaeology really matter in today's world? / Audrey Horning -- Epilogue / John H. Jameson Jr.

Call Number

IXG 05-3366

ISBN

0813027969 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2004066138

OCLC

57392254

Title

Unlocking the past : celebrating historical archaeology in North America / edited by Lu Ann De Cunzo and John H. Jameson, Jr.

Imprint

Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, c2005.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-223) and index.

Added Author

De Cunzo, Lu Ann.

Jameson, John H.

Society for Historical Archaeology.

Research Call Number

IXG 05-3366