The material culture of steamboat passengers : archaeological evidence from the Missouri River /
This book is a material culture analysis of passengers' belongings found on the steamboats Bertrand and Arabia, which served nineteenth century emigrants traveling west on the Missouri river. The research utilizes documentary sources, photographs, and archaeological artifacts. The book is heavi...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers,
[2000]
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| Series: | Plenum series in underwater archaeology.
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| Online Access: | Table of contents Publisher description |
| Summary: | This book is a material culture analysis of passengers' belongings found on the steamboats Bertrand and Arabia, which served nineteenth century emigrants traveling west on the Missouri river. The research utilizes documentary sources, photographs, and archaeological artifacts. The book is heavily descriptive and will be regarded as a reference manual for western artifacts and for steamboats that operated on the Missouri river. |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 237 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-231) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0306461684 9780306461682 |