Buried Beneath the City

Nan A. Rothschild is an urban social archaeologist who was Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Anthropology at Barnard College and is adjunct professor at Columbia University.Amanda Sutphin is the director of archaeology at the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission and manages the NYC Archaeological Repository: The Nan A. Rothschild Research Center.H. Arthur Bankoff is the advisor to the chair for archaeology at the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission and is a professor emeritus in the Department of Anthropology at Brooklyn College, City University of New York.Jessica Striebel MacLean is an urban archaeologist at the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission and the NYC Archaeological Repository.The Landmarks Preservation Commission is the largest municipal preservation agency in the United States. It is responsible for protecting New York City’s architecturally, historically, and culturally significant buildings and sites by granting them landmark or historic district status and regulating them after designation.

• PrefaceIntroduction1. Indigenous Peoples Before the City2. Dutch Beginnings, 1624–16643. The British Colonial City and the Nascent Republic, 1664–18004. Growing Pains, 1800–18405. Development of the Modern City, 1840–1898ConclusionAppendix A: The New York City Landmarks and Historic Districts Discussed in the BookAppendix B: Archaeological Sites Within New York City Discussed in the BookAcknowledgmentsNotesWorks CitedIndex

What a fascinating and inspiring book! Exploring thousands of years of New York City’s ecological, material, and social history, Buried Beneath the City shows us not only what we can learn from the material leavings of the past but also how archaeologists work to make sense of this evidence.