The final two chapters offer a summary of the events that have occurred in Boonesborough since the town failed, the subsequent preservation of the site, and O'Malley's conclusions. O'Malley uses the final chapter to summarize the oral, historical, and archaeological evidence and create a single cohesive narrative about what life was like for the early settlers of Boonesborough. Boonesborough Unearthed: Frontier Archaeology at a Revolutionary Fort: Nancy O'Malley, University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, 2019. [Extracted from the article]