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The Historical Archaeology of Buenos Aires

A City at the End of the World

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  • © 2002

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Authors:
  1. Daniel Schávelzon

    1. Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Part of the book series: Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology (CGHA)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Did It Exist at all?

    Pages 1-15

  3. A Long Road to Becoming a City

    Pages 17-66

  4. Archaeology of the Downtown

    Pages 67-115

  5. “To Be or Not to Be (European-Like)”

    Pages 117-133

  6. All Other Things from a City

    Pages 135-150

  7. An Archaeological Overview of Downtown Buenos Aires

    Pages 151-161

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 163-187
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About this book

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.

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`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)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Daniel Schávelzon

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Historical Archaeology of Buenos Aires

  • Book Subtitle: A City at the End of the World

  • Authors: Daniel Schávelzon

  • Series Title: Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b110496

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-46064-7Published: 31 December 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-3310-2Published: 06 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-306-47160-5Published: 25 November 2005

  • Series ISSN: 1574-0439

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 187

  • Number of Illustrations: 30 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Archaeology, Anthropology, History, general

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