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The Support System for Riverine Trade in the United States

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Prior to railroads and interstates, ships transported passengers and goods across the country’s interior. In the American Midwest, a variety of ships, including steamboats, bull boats, canoes, pirogues, bateau, flatboats, keelboats, Mackinaws, barges, and rafts, navigated interior waterways and rivers. In addition to the various boats and ships, riverine transportation required the construction and use of ancillary structures on land. Archaeological investigations at four sites along the Missouri, Mississippi, and Meramec rivers in Missouri provide detailed information concerning riverine transportation networks in the nineteenth century and their importance to local communities.

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  1. Anthropology & Sociology Department, Lindenwood University, Young Hall 108B, St. Charles, MO, 63301, USA

    Steve J. Dasovich Ph.D.

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Dasovich, S.J. (2016). The Support System for Riverine Trade in the United States. In: Evans, A. (eds) The Archaeology of Vernacular Watercraft. When the Land Meets the Sea. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-3563-5_13

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