NYC BOOK AWARD 2001
Unearthing Gotham
Diana Dizerega Wall and Anne-Marie E. Cantwell
This prize-winning book looks at New York from a new perspective, an archaeological one. Describing the exciting discoveries of long lost worlds found beneath the modern metropolis, the authors present a narrative of the many peoples who shared and shaped the land that is now New York City, including 19th-century families, Dutch and English colonists, enslaved Africans, and the Native Americans who arrived eleven thousand years ago.
"A unique view of the New York beneath our feet. Archaeologists Cantwell and Wall scan 11,000 years of human occupation in the five boroughs, from Native American rock shelters in Washington Heights to colonial taverns, African burial grounds and midtown skyscrapers. This absorbing survey contributes a valuable new perspective on the nature of cities and the use of space." - Constance Rogers Roosevelt
Pictured: Anne-Marie E. Cantwell and Diana Dizerega Wall,
with presenter David Hurst Thomas
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