Thank you for this, I'll definitely check it out. We would like to do  
some comparisons and Australia seems the obvious place but the  
publisher wants a short book and tight focus. We may try to sneak in  
some comparisons tho.

best
nan
Quoting Gaye Nayton <[log in to unmask]>:

> Are you only interested in American cities or are you interested in
> comparing them to cities in places like Australia.
>
> I have just completed a book for the Global Contributions to Historical
> Archaeology series so I was faced with the problem of what to compare my
> site too. I found not only was the Cypress Project database online - I would
> think you would know about that one, but Australians have also put a
> database from big urban digs on-line. It's called the Archaeology of the
> Modern City Project and it's at  http://www.latrobe.edu.au/amc/
>
> Regards
>
> Gaye Nayton
> -----Original Message-----
> From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Nan A.
> Rothschild
> Sent: Friday, 4 June 2010 7:12 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: urban material again
>
> OK, have you done a lot of that?
> nan
> Quoting Anita Cohen-Williams <[log in to unmask]>:
>
>> Nan,
>>
>> Let me know if you need an indexer for the book.
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 8:26 AM, Nan A. Rothschild <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> About 3 years ago I wrote on behalf of Diana Wall and myself to ask
>>> for reports, information, etc on urban projects for a book we are
>>> doing on archaeological contributions to understanding American
>>> cities. I am happy to say that we got a lot of useful material. We
>>> have been working on this (not exactly at the speed of light) but
>>> would now like to ask if any of you have done, or know of, urban
>>> projects since 2007?
>>>
>>> thanks in advance for your help
>>>
>>> best
>>>
>>> Nan A. Rothschild
>>>
>>> Director of Museum Studies
>>> Columbia University
>>> 212 854-4977
>>>
>>> Research Professor
>>> Barnard College
>>> 212 854-4315
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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>
>
>
> Nan A. Rothschild
>
> Director of Museum Studies
> Columbia University
> 212 854-4977
>
> Research Professor
> Barnard College
> 212 854-4315
>
>



Nan A. Rothschild

Director of Museum Studies
Columbia University
212 854-4977

Research Professor
Barnard College
212 854-4315