Exploring Fort Vancouver
By: edited by Douglas C. Wilson and Theresa E. Langford
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Fort Vancouver National Trust in association with University of Washington Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Vancouver, Wash
Language: eng
Number of pages: 116
ISBN-13: 9780295991580
Subjects: Antiquities
Description: "[This book] uses ... objects from the fort's extensive archaeological and archival collections to tell the history of technology, material culture, globalization, health and diet, and the National Park Service at this significant National historic site"--Page 4 of cover.
Table of contents: title: Fort Vancouver: history, archaeology, and the transformation of the Pacific Northwest / Douglas C. Wilson; title: Identity : using objects to "fit in" and "stand out" / Theresa E. Langford; title: Technology : from stone tools to modern technology / Robert J. Cromwell; title: Globalization : new iterations of old patterns of change / Heidi K. Pierson; title: Health : germs, food, and medicine / Heidi K. Pierson; title: The park today / Gregory P. Shine; title: Why collections matter / Tracy A. Fortmann.