Title Digging in the City of Brotherly Love : stories from Philadelphia archaeology / Rebecca Yamin

Published New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 240 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents Beneath the symbolic surface -- Hudson's Square: the middle block of Independence Mall -- An icon and an icehouse: the first block of Independence Mall -- Artisans in a changing world -- "We the people": the free Black community, Native Americans, and the celebration of the Constitution -- Life and death in the nineteenth-century city -- On the waterfront -- An archaeological walk in the eighteenth-century city -- An archaeological walk through nineteenth-century neighborhoods -- The legacy of William Penn and the power of the past Summary Beneath the modern city of Philadelphia lie countless clues to its history and the lives of residents long forgotten. This intriguing book explores eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Philadelphia through the findings of archaeological excavations, sharing with readers the excitement of digging into the past and reconstructing the lives of earlier inhabitants of the city. Urban archaeologist Rebecca Yamin describes the major excavations that have been undertaken since 1992 as part of the redevelopment of Independence Mall and surrounding areas, explaining how archaeologists gather and use raw data to learn more about the ordinary people whose lives were never recorded in history books. Focusing primarily on these unknown citizens-an accountant in the first Treasury Department, a coachmaker whose clients were politicians doing business at the State House, an African American founder of St. Thomas's African Episcopal Church, and others-Yamin presents a colorful portrait of old Philadelphia. She also discusses political aspects of archaeology today-who supports particular projects and why, and what has been lost to bulldozers and heedlessness. Digging in the City of Brotherly Love tells the exhilarating story of doing archaeology in the real world and using its findings to understand the past Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-226) and index Notes Print version record Subject Excavations (Archaeology) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Historic sites -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Archaeologists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Urban archaeology -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Archaeology and history -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia HISTORY -- State & Local. HISTORY -- State & Local -- General. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology. Antiquities Archaeologists Archaeology and history Excavations (Archaeology) Historic sites Manners and customs Urban archaeology Ausgrabung Stadt Archäologie SUBJECT Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Antiquities Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85100721 Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85100730 Subject Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pa. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2008001585 ISBN 9781441645562 144164556X 9780300142648 0300142641 9780300100914 0300100914

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