Reviews
Overall, The Archaeology of American Cities is of high academic integrity, well researched, and suitable for the classroom. At the same time, the book remains accessible to the general public interested in historic archaeology by detailing the historical development of the field itself and through readers being able to relate to the subject matter....Rothschild and Wall should be commended for their straightforward approach and effective synthesis of such a vast amount of urban archaeological studies.
--Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology
The Archaeology of American Cities is an outstanding introduction to a rapidly developing field in archaeology.
--American Archaeology
The definitive read for all urban archaeologists....Essential.
--Choice
Concisely written, thematically organized, and divided under subheadings, the book provides a solid introduction to the topic, and will be a useful point of reference for students.
--Current World Archaeology
Does an admirable job of describing the work of a small group of researchers who are making interesting discoveries in difficult places.
--Illinois Archaeology
Rothschild and Wall skillfully weave together several important themes that run throughout the work: theoretical understandings of urbanism and cities, the diversity of urban experiences, the multiplicity of ideas about what defined a city at different moments in American history, and the practice of archaeology in urban environments.
--American Antiquity