Buried Beneath the City : : An Archaeological History of New York / / H. Arthur Bankoff, Jessica Striebel MacLean, Amanda Sutphin, Nan A. Rothschild.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2022
• VerfasserIn: Rothschild, Nan A.,; Bankoff, H. Arthur,; Sutphin, Amanda,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource :; 196 color figures

Bits and pieces of the lives led long before the age of skyscrapers are scattered throughout New York City, found in backyards, construction sites, street beds, and parks. Indigenous tools used thousands of years ago; wine jugs from a seventeenth-century tavern; a teapot from Seneca Village, the nin...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction
• 1. Indigenous Peoples Before the City
• 2. Dutch Beginnings, 1624–1664
• 3. The British Colonial City and the Nascent Republic, 1664–1800
• 4. Growing Pains, 1800–1840
• 5. Development of the Modern City, 1840–1898
• Conclusion
• Appendix A: The New York City Landmarks and Historic Districts Discussed in the Book
• Appendix B: Archaeological Sites Within New York City Discussed in the Book
• Acknowledgments
• Notes
• Works Cited
• Index