Sangamo Frontier History and Archaeology in the Shadow of Lincoln

Name: Sangamo Frontier History and Archaeology in the Shadow of Lincoln
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ISBN: 9780226514253

ISBN-10: 0226514250

ISBN-13: 9780226514253

Edition: 2006

Authors: Robert Mazrim

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When Abraham Lincoln moved to Illinois' Sangamo Country in 1831, he found a pioneer community transforming from a cluster of log houses along an ancient trail to a community of new towns and state roads. But two of the towns vanished in a matter of years, and many of the activities and lifestyles that shaped them were almost entirely forgotten. In "The Sangamo Frontier," archaeologist Robert Mazrim unearths the buried history of this early American community, breathing new life into a region that still rests in Lincoln's shadow. Named after a shallow river that cuts through the prairies of central Illinois, the Sangamo Country--an area that now encompasses the capital city of Springfield…

Book details

List price: $23.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 11/15/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 344
Size: 5.91" wide x 9.33" long x 0.84" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Robert Mazrim is director of the Sangamo Archaeological Center in Elkhart, Illinois, and also serves as the Historical Resources Specialist for the Illinois Transportation Archaeological Research Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.



Acknowledgments


Introduction: Journey to Sangamo



Americans, Frontiers, and Archaeology



The Making of an American Frontier



The Arrival of Archaeology and the Shadow of Lincoln



Illinois in History



Before the Americans



The Americans



Archaeology of the Frontier



At Home, 1800-1840



Under the House, Behind the House



Goods in the Forests



The Origins of Sangamo



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


Notes


Index