Author:
James, Ronald M. (Ronald Michael), 1955-
Imprint:Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press and the Society for Historical Archaeology, c2012.
Descriptionxxii, 147 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Note:Introduction : Twenty-one bits of glass, historical archaeology, and the meaning of the West -- Gold and silver! -- A crowded city on the mining frontier -- An Irish blacksmith and the archaeology of belief -- The Chinese -- Saloons and the archaeology of leisure -- Women on the mining frontier -- Kids on the Comstock -- Piper's Opera House and the archaeology of theater -- Death and the material culture of the final chapter -- Epilogue: Breathing meaning into the past.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
