| Description |
1 online resource (x, 352 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| 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 |
| Summary |
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 centr |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-346) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Homes and haunts -- Illinois -- Springfield
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 fast |
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Historic sites -- Illinois -- Springfield
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Illinois -- Springfield
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Archaeology and history -- Illinois -- Springfield
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Frontier and pioneer life -- Illinois -- Springfield
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HISTORY -- State & Local.
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HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
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Antiquities
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Archaeology and history
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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Frontier and pioneer life
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Historic sites
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Homes
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Springfield (Ill.) -- Antiquities
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Springfield (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century
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Springfield (Ill.) -- History, Local
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Sangamon River Valley (Ill.) -- History, Local
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Illinois -- Sangamon River Valley
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Illinois -- Springfield
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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Local history
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780226514239 |
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0226514234 |
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1281965936 |
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9781281965936 |
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9786611965938 |
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6611965939 |
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