Research Catalog

Title

Charleston : an archaeology of life in a coastal community / Martha A. Zierden and Elizabeth J. Reitz ; foreword by Joseph P. Riley Jr., Mayor of Charleston.

Author

Zierden, Martha A.

Publication

Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, [2016]

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Additional Authors

• Reitz, Elizabeth Jean, 1946-
• Riley, Joseph P., 1943-

Description

xxi, 350 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps; 25 cm

Summary

The authors explore historic buildings and maritime landscape of Charleston SC. They consider the residential, commercial, and public life in the city, examining ruins of taverns, markets, townhouses, and small residences as well as the famous Slave Market and the lesser-known shell mound.

Subject

• Archaeology and history > Charleston
• Excavations (Archaeology) > Charleston
• Historic buildings > Charleston
• Antiquities
• Archaeology and history
• Buildings
• Excavations (Archaeology)
• Historic buildings
• Charleston (S.C.) > Antiquities
• Charleston (S.C.) > History
• Charleston (S.C.) > Buildings, structures, etc
• South Carolina > Charleston

Genre/Form

• History
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Pots, bones, and the urban landscape -- The setting -- Urban archaeology in the historic city of Charleston -- The bountiful coast -- Development of Charleston and the lowcountry -- The city and coast: the eighteenth century -- Settlement -- Raiding and trading -- Supplying the early city -- City life -- Townhouse life -- The commercial city -- The nineteenth century -- The crowded city -- Landscape changes -- Archaeology in the city, archaeology of the city.

ISBN

• 9780813062907
• 081306290X

LCCN

^^2016015346

OCLC

928607276

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library