Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: Journey to Sangamo 1
5. PART ONE. Americans, Frontiers, and Archaeology
6. 1. The Making of an American Frontier 13
7. 2. The Arrival of Archaeology and the Shadow of Lincoln 29
8. PART TWO. Illinois in History
9. 3. Before the Americans 47
10. 4. The Americans 62
11. PART THREE. Archaeology of the Frontier
12. 5. At Home, 1800–1840 75
13. 6. Under the House, Behind the House 87
14. 7. Goods in the Forests 95
15. PART FOUR. The Origins of Sangamo
16. 8. The Hole in the Map 123
17. 9. A New Frontier 137
18. PART FIVE. The Archaeology of Sangamo
19. 10. Overlooking Wilderness: Excavations at Elkhart Hill 153
20. 11. Earthenware at Cotton Hill: The Ebey-Brunk Kiln Site 183
21. 12. The Origins of a State Capital: The Iles Store Site 206
22. 13. Moses’s Sangamo: Relocating a Lost Town 227
23. 14. Exploring Moses’s Sangamo: Excavations at Sangamo Town 247
24. 15. Lincoln’s New Salem: History and Archaeology 275
25. 16. Behind Lincoln’s New Salem: Archaeology and Revisionism 301
26. 17. The End of the Trail 320
27. Notes 331
28. Index 347