| Description |
x, 374 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-353) and index. |
| Contents |
The archaeology of New York City -- Digging in New York -- The creation of the world: the Paleoindian period, 11,000-10,000 B.P. -- Settling down in the Archaic, 10,000-3,700 B.P. -- Funerary pyres on Long Island: the Transitional, 3,700-2,700 B.P. -- Tidewater trade and ritual: the early and middle Woodland, 2,700-1,000 B.P. -- Tethered to the land: the late Woodland, 1,000-4,000 B.P. -- A tumultuous encounter: "Some monster of the sea -- The arrival of the global economy -- Daily life in New Amsterdam and early New York -- Urban space in the colonial and post-Revolutionary city -- Daily life in the nineteenth-century city -- Building the city: the waterfront -- Building in the city: early urban backyards -- Beyond the city's edge -- "We were here": the African presence in colonial New York -- Common ground. |
| Subject |
Indians of North America -- New York Region -- Antiquities.
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- New York (State) -- New York.
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| Local Subject |
Indigenous peoples -- New York Region -- Antiquities.
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| Subject |
Natural history -- New York (State) -- New York.
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New York (N.Y.) -- History.
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New York (N.Y.) -- Antiquities.
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| Added Author |
Wall, Diana diZerega.
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| ISBN |
0300084153 alkaline paper |
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