and learn about the history of philadelphia from the 18th century up to the 1840 s. i m scott stevenson, vice at the museum of the american revolution in philadelphia. i was the principal archaeologist of excavation of the site for the building itself . scott: we are actually standing surface feet below land if you are walking down chestnut street to independence hall toward the delaware river and come to the corner of third and chestnut streets, we are about 20 or 30 feet underground right now. this is the site where the excavations were done for the new museum. rebecca: and i spent plenty of time in the dirt on this very same site, so it s fascinating existsthis building that that we were out there with our shovels and trials and screens and the whole shebang. that is what archaeology is. .- some shovels and trowels scott: this is the earliest engraved map that shows the town for out by william penn philadelphia, the capital of pennsylvania, and this little is actually
programming at the museum of the american revolution in philadelphia. rebecca: i was the principal archaeologist of excavation of the site before the building was built. scott: we are actually standing about 25 feet below land surface if you are walking down chestnut street from independence hall toward the delaware river and come to the corner of third and chestnut streets, we are about 20 or 30 feet underground right now. this is the site where the excavations were done for the new museum. rebecca: and i spent plenty of time in the dirt on this very same site, so it s fascinating to be in this building that exists that we were out there with our shovels and hardhats and screens and the whole shebang. that is what urban archaeology is. scott: this is a map done in 1863. this is the earliest engraved map that shows the town laid out by william penn for philadelphia, the capital of pennsylvania. and this little square here is actually the footprint of the building we re standi
history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. to join the conversation, like .s on facebook philadelphia s museum of the american revolution is scheduled to open on april 19. before constructing the museum, a team of archaeologists excavated the site a few blocks from independence hall and, in the process, they eventually uncovered about 82,000 artifacts. american artifacts we will see a selection of these objects and learn about the history of this block of philadelphia from the early 18th century up to the 1940 s. i m the vice president of collections, exhibitions and programming at the museum of the american revolution in philadelphia. and i was the principal archaeologist for the archaeological excavation of this site before the building was built. so, we are standing about 25 service, ifhe land you are walking from the delaware river and come to third and chestnut streets, we are about 20 or 30 feet underground and this is where the excavations were done f
that is a great question. i think my advisor would hope would focus on this one but still interested in policy broadly, social, cultural, intellectual development around a host of issues. but taking more about social policy development. thanks for being with us. you are watching american history tv, 48 hours of programming on american history every weekend on cspan3. follow us on twitter for information on our schedule and to keep up with the latest history news. philadelphia s museum of the american revolution is scheduled to open on april 19. before constructing the museum, a team of archaeologists excavated the site a few blocks from independence hall. and in the process, they eventually uncovered about 82,000 artifacts. up next on american artifacts, we will see a selection of these objects and learn about the history of this block of philadelphia from the early 18th century up to the 1940 s. scott: i am scott stephenson. i m the vice president of collections, exh
1940 s. scott: i am scott stephenson, the vice president of exhibitions and programming at the museum of the american revolution in philadelphia. rebecca: and i am rebecca yemen, a principal archaeologist in the principal excavation of the site before the building was built. scott: we are standing 25 feet below the land surface if you were walking down chestnut street for the delaware river and you come to the corner of 30 chestnut street. 30 feet underground right now, and this was the site where the excavations were done for the new museum. rebecca: and i spent plenty of time in the dirt on this very same site. it is fascinating to be in this building that exists in the same place that we were out there with our hardhats, shovels, and the whole she-bang. as urban a is about site that you can get in the united states today. this was imap of 1683 this was the earliest engraved map ofwing this was the map 1863. this was the early is engraved map. this little square marked