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Archaeology at the site of the Museum of the American Revolution : a tale of two taverns and the growth of Philadelphia
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"This book tells the story of an unusually rich archaeological dig on the site of what is now the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The dig yielded artifacts from thr...
"This book tells the story of an unusually rich archaeological dig on the site of what is now the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The dig yielded artifacts from three centuries of Philadelphia history, including the remains of two colonial-era taverns and a proto-skyscraper"--
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- Creator
- Rebecca Yamin ; with a foreword by R. Scott Stephenson
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- Books
- Language
- English
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- Philadelphia ; Rome ; Tokyo : Temple University Press, 2019
- Physical Details
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- 127 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781439916421, 143991642X
- OCLC
- on1054266936
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-124) and index.
- Urban archaeology and the Museum of the American Revolution site -- Early residents and what they left behind -- Arguing the revolution-a Chestnut Street tavern in the 1760s -- Mrs. Humphreys's unlicensed tavern on Carter's Alley, 1776-1783 -- Dr. Jayne's "Sky scraper" and the transformation of the neighborhood -- Evidence of industry-printing and manufacturing buttons -- People from Philadelphia's past and the making of a museum
Subjects
- Museum of the American Revolution.
- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Antiquities.
- Excavations (Archaeology) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
- Historic sites -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
- Urban archaeology -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
- Archaeology and history -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History.
- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs.