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The Sangamo frontier history and archaeology in the shadow of Lincoln /

Main Author: Mazrim, Robert.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Subjects:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Homes and haunts > Illinois
Historic sites > Springfield Region. > Illinois > Springfield Region.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Illinois > Springfield Region.
Archaeology and history > Illinois > Springfield Region.
Frontier and pioneer life > Illinois
Springfield Region (Ill.) > Antiquities. > Springfield Region.
Springfield Region (Ill.) > History > 19th century.
Springfield Region (Ill.) > History, Local.
Sangamon River Valley (Ill.) > History, Local.
Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10266030
Table of 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.

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