The Historical Archaeology of Buenos Aires: A City at the End of the World

by Daniel Schïvelzon, Stanley South (Foreword by)

Overview

A discussion of the historical archaeology of one of the largest cities in the world following four centuries of marginal positioning in regard to empires, trade routes, and the production and accumulation of wealth. The author describes how Buenos Aires came to achieve its current status as a major urban metropolis through an analysis of settlement patterns, architecture, the lifestyle of its residents, and the access to commodities of different social groups.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780306460647
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	12/31/1999
Series:	Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology
Edition description:	2002
Pages:	187
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

Did It Exist at all?.- A Long Road to Becoming a City.- Archaeology of the Downtown.- “To Be or Not to Be (European-Like)”.- All Other Things from a City.- An Archaeological Overview of Downtown Buenos Aires.

Editorial Reviews

'The publication of Schávelzon's Historical Archaeology of Buenos Aires provides English-language readers a first look at the culmination of 13 years of excavations on historic sites in one of the most important cities in the Americas. This book provides North American historical archaeologists with an important summary of this work.'
Journal of the Society for Historical Archaeology, 35:2 (2001)
'...a study which is of local significance, but also contributes to the grander issues. This is indeed a volume that could inspire archaeologists in Britain...'
Post-Medieval Archaeology, 36 (2002)

From the Publisher

Presents the results of 13 years of excavations conducted in Buenos Aires, interweaving a number of hypotheses that pertain to urban history and the habits and lifestyle of the upper and the less wealthy social groups, with a special emphasis on the processes of change in architecture and ways of inhabiting. Focus is on the archaeology of the multicultural, multinational, plural-ethnic situation presented by European settlement. The author is affiliated with the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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