عنوان

Alexandria, Virginia /

1280603399

1423775554

9781280603396

9781423775553

b724314

Alexandria, Virginia /

[Book]

Pamela J. Cressey and Margaret J. Anderson.

New York :

Oxford University Press,

©2006.

1 online resource (47 pages) :

illustrations (some color), maps

Digging for the past

Includes bibliographical references (page 46) and index.

Where and when -- Alexandria finds its past -- Solving riddles -- Finding the forgotten people -- Building partnerships -- Interview with Pamela Cressey.

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In the 1960s, across the United States, old buildings were being demolished to make room for new developments. A race began to save Alexandria's past. Volunteers stayed one step ahead of the builders to reconstruct a Civil War fort. When bulldozers began to tear down parts of historic Alexandria, they uncovered abandoned wells and outdoor privies full of buried history. Luckily for archaeologists, the moist environment of the wells and privies had preserved the trash that residents had thrown into them. Dishes, combs, and even a musket have all been rescued and used to piece together how Alexandrians lived over hundreds of years. Pamela J. Cressey, Alexandria's City Archaeologist, and Margaret J. Anderson explore not only the history of Alexandria, but also how it changed from a city rescuing its artifacts to a community preserving its past.

Alexandria, Virginia.

0195173341

Archaeology-- Virginia-- Alexandria, Juvenile literature.

Excavations (Archaeology)-- Virginia-- Alexandria, Juvenile literature.

Urban archaeology-- Virginia-- Alexandria, Juvenile literature.

Antiquities.

Archaeology.

Excavations (Archaeology)

History & Archaeology.

JUVENILE NONFICTION-- History-- State & Local.

Regions & Countries - Americas.

United States Local History.

Urban archaeology.

Alexandria (Va.), Antiquities, Juvenile literature.

Alexandria (Va.), History, Juvenile literature.

Virginia, Antiquities, Juvenile literature.

Virginia, Alexandria.

Virginia.

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JNF-- 025180

Cressey, Pamela J.

Anderson, Margaret J., (Margaret Jean),1931-

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