MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01852cam a22003614a 4500
001 2011038040
003 DLC
005 20120409104002.0
008 110913s2012 nbua b s001 0 eng
010 $a 2011038040
016 7 $a016030665$2Uk
020 $a9780803238480 (pbk. : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn752472697
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$dYDX$dBDX$dUKMGB$dYDXCP$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us-nv
050 00 $aF849.V8$bJ364 2012
082 00 $a979.3/56$223
100 1 $aJames, Ronald M.$q(Ronald Michael),$d1955-
245 10 $aVirginia City :$bsecrets of a western past /$cRonald M. James.
260 $aLincoln :$bUniversity of Nebraska Press and the Society for Historical Archaeology,$cc2012.
300 $axxii, 147 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
490 1 $aHistorical archaeology of the American West
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction : 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.
651 0 $aVirginia City (Nev.)$xHistory.
651 0 $aVirginia City (Nev.)$xSocial life and customs.
651 0 $aVirginia City (Nev.)$xAntiquities.
650 0 $aFrontier and pioneer life$zNevada$zVirginia City.
650 0 $aSilver mines and mining$zNevada$zVirginia City$xHistory.
650 0 $aGold mines and mining$zNevada$zVirginia City$xHistory.
710 2 $aSociety for Historical Archaeology.
830 0 $aHistorical archaeology of the American West.