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A synthesis of human activity in the core portion of the Chesapeake Bay watershed written by the National Park Service, with the assistance of a partnership of federal and state agencies, academic institutions, public and private organizations and individuals. This landscape history provides accurate, up to date information on the natural and cultural resources of the Chesapeake Bay heartland, and reveals how a complex ever-changing web of relationships connects all of the region’s resources. This landscape history serves as a consolidated reference for interpreting the Bay watershed’s cultural and natural resources.
Communities and Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network partners can examine how their local resources and stories fit within the larger picture and relate to Chesapeake Bay interpretive themes. State Historic Preservation Offices applying state historic contexts can use this study to place information about properties into a broader, more comparative regional perspective. This document may be viewed in its full format or by chapter (online only). To find out more about this project, contact the National Park Service at 1-800-YOUR BAY.
- Executive Summary Fact Sheet
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- Full Report
- Table of Contents / Introduction
- Chapter 1 - The Deep Past, 1.3 Billion to 18,000 Years Ago
- Chapter 2 - Paleoindian Life in the Chesapeake Region, 18,000 to 9,900 Years Ago
- Chapter 3 - Hunting and Gathering Lifeways in the Chesapeake Region, 10,000 to 1,000 Years Ago
- Chapter 4 - The Rise of Townlife, 1,100 to 500 Years Ago
- Chapter 5 - Contact and Colonization, 1500 to 1775
- Chapter 6 - The Early Republic, 1775 to 1820
- Chapter 7 - Sectional Strife, 1820 to 1880
- Chapter 8 - Urbanization, 1880 to 1930
- Chapter 9 - Chesapeake Metropolis, 1930 to 2000
- Appendix
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