Tales of Gotham, Historical  Archaeology, Ethnohistory and Microhistory of New York City [electronic resource] /
Janowitz, Meta F.editor.
Dallal, Diane.editor.
WINNER of the 2015 SHA Deetz Award!! Historical Archaeology and Ethnohistory of New York City: Tales and Microhistory of Gotham is a collection of narratives about people who lived in New York City during the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries, people whose lives archaeologists have encountered during excavations at sites where these people lived or worked. The stories are ethnohistorical or microhistorical studies created using archaeological and documentary data. As microhistories, they are concerned with particular people living at particular times in the past within the framework of world events. The world events framework will be provided in short introductions to chapters grouped by time periods and themes. The foreword by Mary Beaudry and the afterword by LuAnne DeCunzo bookend the individual case studies and add theoretical weight to the volume. Topics in the book include: · Native Americans and Europeans in New Amsterdam · Stories of Dutch women in the colonial period · African history in New York City, including the African Burial Ground · Craftsmen and Churchmen of New York City · A portrait of Stephen Allen, a New York City Mayor Historical Archaeology and Ethnohistory of New York City: Tales and Microhistory of Gotham focuses on specific individual life stories, or stories of groups of people, as a way to present archaeological theory and research. Archaeologists work with material culture—artifacts—to recreate daily lives and study how culture works; this book is an example of how to do this in a way that can attract people interested in history as well as in anthropological theory. As such, this volume is an invaluable resource for archaeologists, historians, ethnographers, anthropologists, and anybody interested in the rich history of one of the world’s most influential cities, New York City.
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Tales of Gotham, Historical Archaeology, Ethnohistory and Microhistory of New York City; Copyright; Foreword; City Lives: Archaeological Tales from Gotham; References; Contents; Contributors; Part I: New Amsterdam: Americans and Europeans; Chapter 1: New Amsterdam: Americans and Europeans, Historical Background; References and Suggestions for Further Reading; Chapter 2: Penhawitz and Wampage and the Seventeenth-Century World They Dominated; Some Monster of the Sea; Other-World Grandfathers; We Ought to People the Country; Under the Blue Canopy of Heaven; Where My Roots Are; References
Chapter 3: A Manhattan Hortus Medicus ?: Healing Herbs in Seventeenth-Century New AmsterdamReferences; Part II: Dutch Women in an English Colony; Chapter 4: Dutch Women in an English Colony, Historical Background; References and Suggestions for Further Reading; Chapter 5: Sara Roelofse, Matron of New Amsterdam; References; Chapter 6: Maria and Alida: Two Dutch Women in the English Hudson Valley; Introduction; Archaeology; Letters; Questions About Gender and Embodiment; Maria; Embodiment; Jeremias; Alida; Embodiment; Conclusion; References; Primary Sources; Secondary Sources; Web Sites
Chapter 7: Ann Elizabeth Staats Schuyler, an Eighteenth-Century Woman Who Helped Shape ManhattanThe 175 Water Street Block; The Roots of Land Reclamation on the 175 Water Street Block 11; Early Land Reclamation in New York City; 175 Water Street and Its Creators; 175 Water Street Today; References; Part III: Africans in New York; Chapter 8: Africans in New York, Historical Background; References and Suggestions for Further Reading; Chapter 9: The African Burial Ground in the Age of Revolution: A Landscape in Transition; Introduction; Shifting Forms of Cultural Expression
Archaeological RemainsArtifacts of War and Occupation; The Burying Place in Maps; The British View of New York; The Common; New York Blacks in the Age of Revolution; Earning Freedom in New York; Black Life in Occupied New York; Freedom: The Aftermath of War; The Evacuation of New York; Erasure from the Landscape; References; Chapter 10: HW: Epitaph for a Working Man; References; Chapter 11: Finding Pinkster: The Ethnoarchaeology of Dancing in the Street; Block #29; Dancing in the Street/Dancing at the Market; Anatomy of a Market; The King of Spring: A Tale of Two Cities; Albany, New York
New York, New YorkThreatening Laughter? Threatening Dancing?; Insurrection; The End: How Holidays Replace Festivals; Permissible Constellations vs. Permeability; Towards a Stratigraphy: Conclusion; References; Part IV: Merchants, Craftsmen, and Working Men; Chapter 12: Merchants Craftsmen and Working Men, Historical Background; References; Chapter 13: The Van Voorhis Family: Artisans in Post-Colonial New York City; Introduction; The Van Voorhis Family; Colonials and New Republicans; Knickerbocker New Yorker or American of the New Republic?; Mastercraftsman or Entrepreneur?; The Dénouement
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
WINNER of the 2015 SHA Deetz Award!! Historical Archaeology and Ethnohistory of New York City: Tales and Microhistory of Gotham is a collection of narratives about people who lived in New York City during the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries, people whose lives archaeologists have encountered during excavations at sites where these people lived or worked. The stories are ethnohistorical or microhistorical studies created using archaeological and documentary data. As microhistories, they are concerned with particular people living at particular times in the past within the framework of world events. The world events framework will be provided in short introductions to chapters grouped by time periods and themes. The foreword by Mary Beaudry and the afterword by LuAnne DeCunzo bookend the individual case studies and add theoretical weight to the volume. Topics in the book include: · Native Americans and Europeans in New Amsterdam · Stories of Dutch women in the colonial period · African history in New York City, including the African Burial Ground · Craftsmen and Churchmen of New York City · A portrait of Stephen Allen, a New York City Mayor Historical Archaeology and Ethnohistory of New York City: Tales and Microhistory of Gotham focuses on specific individual life stories, or stories of groups of people, as a way to present archaeological theory and research. Archaeologists work with material culture—artifacts—to recreate daily lives and study how culture works; this book is an example of how to do this in a way that can attract people interested in history as well as in anthropological theory. As such, this volume is an invaluable resource for archaeologists, historians, ethnographers, anthropologists, and anybody interested in the rich history of one of the world’s most influential cities, New York City.
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