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48 pp.
| Oxford
| July, 2006
|
TradeISBN 0-19-517334-1$21.95
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4-6
Digging for the Past series.
Beginning with the 1961 excavation of Fort Ward, this book details fifty years of archaeological discovery related to colonial America, including a Quaker household's water filtering system and a large button repository in the free black neighborhood of Hayti. Art includes period and modern photographs, maps, and pictures of the artifacts. Co-author Cressey has been the Alexandria city archaeologist since 1977. Reading list, timeline. Glos., ind.