Main entry:
Cotter, John L.
Title & Author:
The buried past : an archaeological history of Philadelphia / John L. Cotter, Daniel G. Roberts, Michael Parrington ; with the assistance of Sarah S. Evans.
Publication:
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©1992.
Description:
xxv, 524 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm
Notes:
"Barra Foundation book."
"A Barra Foundation book."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 479-514) and index.
pt. I. Setting the Stage. 1. The Philadelphia Region from Prehistory into. History. The Environment. Prehistoric Inhabitants. The Lenape of the Historic Contact Period -- Appendix 1.A: Lenape Settlements and Place Names. 2. Philadelphia in Historic Times. Period of Initial Settlement: 1624-1682. Founding of the Town: 1682-1701. The Colonial City: 1701-1775. The City at War: 1775-1783. The City in the Federal Era: 1783-1830. The Early Industrial City: 1830-1860. The Industrial City in Its Prime: 1860-1901. The City in the Early Twentieth Century: 1901-1930 -- pt. II. Archaeological Sites in Downtown Philadelphia and Philadelphia County. 3. Independence National Historical Park. The Houses of William Penn. Benjamin Franklin's Lost House. Carpenters' Court: A Surprising Find. Archaeology in the Cradle of the Nation: Independence Hall and Its Surroundings. Bishop White's House: How a Good Man Lived above the Evils of Insanitation.
The Graff House and the Kosciuszko House: Fleeting Visits and Lasting Fame. The McIlvaine House Privy and Area F: Historical Archaeology in Practice -- Appendix 3.A: Artifacts from Franklin's House and Market Street Rental Properties -- Appendix 3.B: Artifacts from Cisterns 3 and 3A, Independence Hall East Wing Basement -- Appendix 3.C: Artifacts from the McIlvaine House Privy. 4. Old Philadelphia. New Market: Of Enterprise and Infanticide. Man Full of Trouble Tavern: Not So Genteel. The Walnut Street Prison Workshop: How to Reduce Recidivism. 310 Cypress Street: Another Surprising Find. The Hill-Physick-Keith House: Down Almshouse, Up Mansion. The U.S. Mint: From Coinage to Coin Bank. Old St. Paul's Church: Philadelphia's Elite Burial Customs. Washington Square: The Saga of the Unknown Soldier and the Anonymous Archaeologist -- Appendix 4.A: Artifacts and Faunal Remains from Feature 16, New Market East -- Appendix 4.B: Artifacts from the Walnut Street Prison.
Appendix 4.C: Artifacts from the Vicinity of the First U.S. Mint. 5. The Delaware Waterfront. Interstate-95: The Long and the Short of It. West's Shipyard and Its Neighbors: From Sand to Asphalt on the "Hertz Lot" Front and Dock Streets: Some of the Earliest Evidence. The High Ward: Reflections on a Changing Culture. 8 South Front Street: A Study in Continuity. From Porcelain Rosettes to Brass Cannons: The Story of the Bonnin and Morris Porcelain Factory. Fort Mifflin: Forgotten Defender. The Franklin Square Powder Magazine. The Frankford Arsenal: Nearly Two Centuries of Arming the Nation. 6. The City Beyond the Colonial Core. Bartram's Garden: An Early Botanical Venture. The Gorgas Mill Complex: Early Industry Along the Wissahickon. The First African Baptist Church and the Kensington Methodist Church: Forgotten Burial Grounds. A Site for a New Convention Center: Of Almshouses, Trains and Terminals, and Shelters for Fallen Women.
Vine Street from River to River: Mixed Nineteenth-Century Neighborhoods. The Ninth Ward: Nineteenth-Century Sanitation Practices. The Commuter Rail Tunnel: Of Schoolboy Pranks and Other Site-Specific Matters. The Point Breeze Gas Works: Archaeology without Digging. The "Saponified" Man and Woman: Some Victorian Archaeology. 7. Germantown. Wyck: Germantown's Oldest Surviving House. Stenton: James Logan's Country Estate. Grumblethorpe: Germantown's First Summer Home. The Deshler-Morris House: The Nation's First "Summer White House" Clivenden: Wounded Veteran of the Revolutionary War. The Story of How an Unknown British Soldier of the Battle of Germantown Regained His Identity -- pt. III. Archaeological Sites in the Surrounding Counties. 8. Bucks County. Pennsbury Manor: Penn's Archaeological Problem. Fallsington: "The Town Time Forgot" The Wynkoop House: A Modest Dutch Dwelling in the Hinterlands. Trevose, the Growden Mansion. 9. Montgomery County.
Harriton: Witness to National and Personal Frustration. Graeme Park: From Malt House to Georgian Mansion. Hope Lodge: Of Legends and Uncertain Origins. The Peter Wentz Farmstead: Germanic Influence in the Delaware Valley. The Highlands: Social Stratification in Fort Washington. 10. Chester and Delaware Counties. The Printzhof: A Heavy Man with a Heavy Hand. The Morton Homestead and the Mortonson House: The Old Swedes at Home. The Grange: A Welsh Quaker Estate and Its Evolution. The Caleb Pusey House: A Durable Quaker Rustic. Ridley Creek State Park: The Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation and Sycamore Mills. Waynesborough: The Estate of General "Mad" Anthony Wayne. Valley Forge: A National Icon Uncovered. The Barns-Brinton House: Archaeological Evidence of Old U.S. Route 1 -- pt. IV. Archaeological Perspectives. 11. A Retrospective View: Interpreting the. Evidence. Stratification and the Open Society. Sanitation and Health Care. Commerce and Industry. Deviant Behavior.
Sporting Philadelphia. 12. A Prospective View: Directions for Future Research. Archaeological Resources of the Delaware River: Submerged Sites and. Shipwrecks. Transportation Networks. Industrial Sites. A Concluding Note on the Future of Philadelphia's Archaeology -- Appendix: Minor Archaeological Investigations in the Philadelphia Region.
Dust jacket.
ISBN:
0812231422 (alk. paper)
9780812231427 (alk. paper)
Subject:
Archaeology and history Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Indians of North America Pennsylvania Philadelphia Antiquities.
Indians Antiquities Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Archéologie et histoire Pennsylvanie Philadelphie.
Peuples autochtones Pennsylvanie Philadelphie Antiquités.
Indians Antiquities
Antiquities
Archaeology and history
Indians of North America Antiquities
Indigenous peoples Pennsylvania Philadelphia Antiquities.
Philadelphia (Pa.) Antiquities.
Philadelphia (Pa.) History.
Philadelphie (Penns.) Antiquités.
Philadelphie (Penns.) Histoire.
Pennsylvania Philadelphia
Archaeology Pennsylvania Philadelphia
Indians Pennsylvania Philadelphia Antiquities
Philadelphia Antiquities
Philadelphia History
Added entries:
Roberts, Daniel G.
Parrington, Michael.
Holdings:
Location: Library main 92391
Call No.: ID:93-B648
Status: Available
