Buried beneath the city : an archaeological history of New York /

Buried beneath the city : an archaeological history of New York /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Rothschild, Nan A., 1937- author.
Imprint:	New York : Columbia University Press, [2022]
Description:	x, 300 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 26 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Excavations (Archaeology) -- New York (State) -- New York. Antiquities. Excavations (Archaeology) New York (N.Y.) -- Antiquities. New York (N.Y.) -- History. New York (State) -- New York. History.
Format:	Map Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12759629

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Varying Form of Title:	Archaeological history of New York
Other authors / contributors:	Sutphin, Amanda, author. Bankoff, H. Arthur, author. McLean, Jessica Striebel, author.
ISBN:	9780231194945 0231194943 9780231194952 0231194951 9780231551090
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"Bits and pieces of the lives led long before the age of skyscrapers are scattered throughout New York City, found in backyards, construction sites, street beds, and parks. Pottery shards dating to 600 CE, wine jugs from the Dutch taverns around City Hall, a child's shoe from the Black settlement in Central Park called Seneca Village, raspberry and rhododendron seeds sown in backyard Brooklyn gardens-these everyday objects are windows into the city's forgotten history. Buried Beneath the City uses urban archaeology to retell the history of New York, from the deeper layers of the past to the topsoil of recent history. The book explores the ever-evolving city and the day-to-day world of its residents through artifacts, from the first traces of Indigenous societies more than ten thousand years ago to the detritus of Dutch and English colonization and through to the burgeoning city's transformation into the modern metropolis. It demonstrates how the archaeological record goes beyond written history by preserving mundane things-details of everyday life that are beneath the notice of the documentary record. These artifacts reveal the density, diversity, and creativity of a city perpetually tearing up its foundations to rebuild itself. Lavishly illustrated with images of objects excavated in the city, Buried Beneath the City is at once an archaeological history of New York City and an introduction to urban archaeology"--
Other form:	Online version: Rothschild, Nan A. Buried beneath the city New York : Columbia University Press, [2022] 9780231551090

Table of Contents:

Preface
Introduction
1. Indigenous Peoples Before the City
2. Dutch Beginnings, 1624-1664
3. The British Colonial City and the Nascent Republic, 1664-1800
4. Growing Pains, 1800-1840
5. Development of the Modern City, 1840-1898
Conclusion
Appendix A. The New York City Landmarks and Historic Districts Discussed in the Book
Appendix B. Archaeological Sites Within New York City Discussed in the Book
Acknowledgments
Notes
Works Cited
Index