Digging the Bronx: Recent Archaeology in the Borough

This book explores the archaeology of New York City’s borough of the Bronx by presenting several recent projects that exemplify current practice. The chapters describe some of the ways archaeology can, and has been, conducted: field schools, public archaeology, cultural resource management, technical examination of recovered finds, and ethnohistory. The scope is wide-ranging and covers subjects from Native American to the early 20th century. The reader will learn about discoveries made as well as the strategies involved in excavation, analysis, and interpretation that eventually yield historical knowledge. The last three chapters explain how archaeologists in New York City are responding to the modern challenges of preserving and curating finds, making archaeological information accessible to the widest possible audience, and conserving archaeological sites and protecting them from destruction so the evidence they contain can last into the future.