The archaeology of the logging industry / John G. Franzen ; foreword by Michael S. Nassaney.

"In this book, John Franzen surveys archaeological studies of logging sites across the nation from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, explaining how material evidence found at these locations illustrates key aspects of the American experience during this era"--

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Franzen, John G. (Author)
Other Authors: Nassaney, Michael S. (writer of foreword.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2020]
Series:American experience in archaeological perspective.
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Table of Contents:
  • Lumbering : The Most American Industry?
  • A Brief History of Industrial Logging in the United States
  • Archaeological Approaches to the Logging Industry
  • Driving Forces? The Technology of Cutting, Moving, and Processing Logs
  • More than Artifacts : Spatial and Environmental Aspects of Logging
  • Working in the Woods : Everyday Life in a "Roofless Factory"
  • Savusaunas, Opium, Dolls, and Snuff : Social Organization at Logging Sites
  • Archaeology of the Camboose Shanty in Northern Michigan : A Case Study of Two Nineteenth-Century
  • Logging, Archaeology, and the Anthropocene.