{"product_id":"historical-archaeology-of-the-delaware-valley-1600-1850-9781621904267","title":"Historical Archaeology of the Delaware Valley, 1600-1850","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Delaware Valley is a distinct region situated within the Middle  Atlantic states, encompassing portions of Delaware, Pennsylvania, New  Jersey, and Maryland. With its cultural epicenter of Philadelphia, its  surrounding bays and ports within Maryland and Delaware, and its  conglomerate population of European settlers, Native Americans, and  enslaved Africans, the Delaware Valley was one of the great cultural  hearths of early America. The region felt the full brunt of the American  Revolution, briefly served as the national capital in the  post-Revolutionary period, and sheltered burgeoning industries amidst  the growing pains of a young nation. Yet, despite these distinctions,  the Delaware Valley has received less scholarly treatment than its  colonial equals in New England and the Chesapeake region.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHistorical Archaeology of the Delaware Valley, 1600–1850\u003c\/i\u003e,  Richard Veit and David Orr bring together fifteen essays that represent  the wide range of cultures, experiences, and industries that make this  region distinctly American in its diversity. From historic-period  American Indians living in a rapidly changing world to an archaeological  portrait of Benjamin Franklin, from an eighteenth-century shipwreck to  the archaeology of Quakerism, this volume highlights the vast array of  research being conducted throughout the region. Many of these sites  discussed are the locations of ongoing excavations, and archaeologists  and historians alike continue to debate the region’s multifaceted  identity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe archaeological stories found within \u003ci\u003eHistorical Archeology of the Delaware Valley, 1600–1850\u003c\/i\u003e  reflect the amalgamated heritage that many American regions  experienced, though the Delaware Valley certainly exemplifies a richer  experience than most: it even boasts the palatial home of a king (Joseph  Bonaparte, elder brother of Napoleon and former King of Naples and  Spain). This work, thoroughly based on careful archaeological  examination, tells the stories of earlier generations in the Delaware  Valley and makes the case that New England and the Chesapeake are not  the only cultural centers of colonial America.","brand":"University of Tennessee Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53188888625495,"sku":"9781621904267","price":44.06,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/historical-archaeology-of-the-delaware-valley-1600-1850-9781621904267","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}