Virginia City
Subtitle: secrets of a western past
By: Ronald M. James
Contributors: Society for Historical Archaeology
Series: Historical archaeology of the American West
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press and the Society for Historical Archaeology; Bison Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780803238480
Subjects: Social life and customs; Frontier and pioneer life; Silver mines and mining; Gold mines and mining; Antiquities; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Twenty-one bits of glass, historical archaeology, and the meaning of the West; title: Gold and silver!; title: A crowded city on the mining frontier; title: An Irish blacksmith and the archaeology of belief; title: The Chinese; title: Saloons and the archaeology of leisure; title: Women on the mining frontier; title: Kids on the Comstock; title: Piper's Opera House and the archaeology of theater; title: Death and the material culture of the final chapter; title: Epilogue: Breathing meaning into the past.