The Buried Past presents the most significant archaeological discoveries made in one of America's most historic cities. Based on more than thirty years of intensive archaeological investigations in the greater Philadelphia area, this study contains the first record of many nationally important sites linking archaeological evidence to historical documentation, including Interdependence and Valley Forge National Historical Parks. It provides an archaeological tour through the houses and life-ways of both the great figures and the common people. It reveals how people dined, what vessels and dishes they used, and what their trinkets (and secret sins) were.
Book Description
Frequently Bought Together
Editorial Reviews
Review
"The book is a giant treasure hunt for anyone interested in Philadelphia, both the built and the unbuilt, her history and her soul. The authors have crafted a useful, authoritative, interesting, and lucid work."—Philadelphia Architect
About the Author
By John L. Cotter and Daniel G. Roberts
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Outstanding resource,
By A Customer
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: The Buried Past: An Archaeological History of Philadelphia (Hardcover)
Mr John Cotter and Group have written a wonderful book. If you are into "digging up the past" this is the material you've been looking. Just the wonderful pencil sketchs of the long past "Slate Roof House" makes this a absolute read. The digging up of the historical area and the great "finds" that were discovered. I feel any true Philadelphian will enjoy something out of this manual.
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Lots of Information,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Buried Past: An Archaeological History of Philadelphia (Hardcover)
I used this book as a reference for a term paper on two African American burial grounds in Philadelphia. Contains information on major and some obscure archaeological finds in Philadelphia. History of Philadelphia as well.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Inside This Book
(learn more)
First Sentence:
Philadelphia, like any city great or small, however recent or ancient, is a place and an interval of time in the story of man's occupation of the earth. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
archaeological feasibility study, penny pot house, first gasworks, commuter rail tunnel, thirteen pits, smelting building, privy pit, coinage building, significant archaeological resources, pent eave, archaeological data recovery, osteological examination, subsurface testing, pipe tamper, basis for the following account, glass sherds, garbage bones, colonial core, retort house, ceramic sherds, archaeological attention, milling enterprise, submerged sites, green country town, purifying house Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia County, John Milner Associates, William Penn, New Jersey, Bucks County, University of Pennsylvania, Delaware River, Front Street, Delaware Valley, Valley Forge, Bishop White, Dock Creek, Benjamin Franklin, Independence Hall, National Park Service, Montgomery County, Independence Square, Peter Wentz, Second Street, Chester County, Society Hill, Chestnut Street, Washington Square, United States New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Philadelphia, like any city great or small, however recent or ancient, is a place and an interval of time in the story of man's occupation of the earth. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
archaeological feasibility study, penny pot house, first gasworks, commuter rail tunnel, thirteen pits, smelting building, privy pit, coinage building, significant archaeological resources, pent eave, archaeological data recovery, osteological examination, subsurface testing, pipe tamper, basis for the following account, glass sherds, garbage bones, colonial core, retort house, ceramic sherds, archaeological attention, milling enterprise, submerged sites, green country town, purifying house Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia County, John Milner Associates, William Penn, New Jersey, Bucks County, University of Pennsylvania, Delaware River, Front Street, Delaware Valley, Valley Forge, Bishop White, Dock Creek, Benjamin Franklin, Independence Hall, National Park Service, Montgomery County, Independence Square, Peter Wentz, Second Street, Chester County, Society Hill, Chestnut Street, Washington Square, United States New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Citations (learn more)
9
books
cite this book:
See all 9 books citing this book
- Embodied History: The Lives of the Poor in Early Philadelphia (Early American Studies) by Simon P. Newman in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Historic Houses of Philadelphia : A Tour of the Region's Museum Homes by Roger W. Moss in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Denver: An Archaeological History (The Archaeology of Great American Cities) by Sarah M. Nelson in Back Matter
- Public Markets and Civic Culture in Nineteenth-Century America by Dr. Helen Tangires in Back Matter
- Making Houses, Crafting Capitalism: Builders in Philadelphia, 1790-1850 (Early American Studies) by Donna J. Rilling in Back Matter
See all 9 books citing this book
Books on Related Topics
(learn more)
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product).
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
