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Informationen zum Autor Ronald M. James is the long-term state historic preservation officer for Nevada and chairman of the National Historic Landmarks Committee of the National Park Service. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including The Roar and the Silence: A History of Virginia City and the Comstock Lode. Klappentext Ronald M. James is the long-term state historic preservation officer for Nevada and chairman of the National Historic Landmarks Committee of the National Park Service. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including The Roar and the Silence: A History of Virginia City and the Comstock Lode. Zusammenfassung For archaeologists each of the thousands of artifacts uncovered at a site tells a story. For noted Comstock authority Ronald M. James, it is a story resulting from decades of research and excavation at one of the largest National Historic Landmarks in America, the Nevada town that, with the discovery of the Comstock Lode, became a boomtown microcosm of the American West. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of IllustrationsList of MapsAcknowledgements Introduction Twenty-one bits of glass, historical archaeology, and the meaning of the West Chapter 1 Gold and silver! Chapter 2 A crowded city on the mining frontier Chapter 3 An Irish blacksmith and the archaeology of belief Chapter 4 The Chinese Chapter 5 Saloons and the archaeology of leisure Chapter 6 Women on the mining frontier Chapter 7 Kids on the Comstock Chapter 8 Piper’s Opera House and the archaeology of theater Chapter 9 Death and the material culture of the final chapter Epilogue Breathing meaning into the past Notes BibliographyIndex
