The Sangamo frontier : history and archaeology in the shadow of Lincoln / Robert Mazrim.

Author/creator Mazrim, Robert
Format Book
Publication InfoChicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Descriptionx, 352 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Supplemental ContentContributor biographical information
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Subjects
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.

Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 331-346) and index.
LCCN 2006018787
ISBN0226514242 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0226514250 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780226514246
ISBN9780226514253

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Joyner General Stacks F549.S7 M39 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold