Boomtown Saloons
Subtitle: Archaeology and History in Virginia City (Wilbur S. Shepperson Series in Nevada History)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Published: January 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9780874177039
Subjects: American history; North American archaeology; History; History - U.S.; History: American; Nevada; Archaeology; United States - 19th Century; United States - State & Local - West
First sentence: The very notion of archaeology evokes images of a field excavation, with people in brimmed hats bent over a gulf of contiguous pits.