Subfloor pits and the archaeology of slavery in colonial Virginia /

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Enslaved Africans and their descendants comprised a significant portion of colonial Virginia populations, with most living on rural slave quarters adjacent to the agricultural fields in which they labored. Archaeological excavations into these home sites have provided unique windows into the daily l...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Samford, Patricia
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2007.
Temas:
1600-1865
Enslaved persons > Virginia > Social life and customs.
Enslaved persons > Homes and haunts > Virginia > History.
Root cellars > Virginia > History.
Hiding places > Virginia > History.
Sacred space > Virginia > History.
Material culture > Virginia > History.
African Americans > Virginia > Antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Virginia.
Esclaves > Virginie > Mœurs et coutumes.
Esclaves > Résidences et lieux familiers > Virginie > Histoire.
Caves (Entreposage des aliments) > Virginie > Histoire.
Cachettes > Virginie > Histoire.
Lieux sacrés > Virginie > Histoire.
Culture matérielle > Virginie > Histoire.
HISTORY > State & Local.
African Americans > Antiquities
Excavations (Archaeology)
Hiding places
Material culture
Root cellars
Sacred space
Enslaved persons > Social life and customs
Ausgrabung
Sklave
Soziale Situation
Virginia > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Virginia > History > 1775-1865.
Virginie > Histoire > ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale)
Virginie > Histoire > 1775-1865.
Virginia
History
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Regional Context; 3. Historical and Archaeological Overview of Study Sites; 4. Intersite Comparisons: The Material Lives of the Enslaved; 5. Preliminary Analysis and Proposed Functions of Subfloor Pits; 6. Subfloor Pits as Root Cellars; 7. Subfloor Pits as Personal Storage Areas; 8. Subfoor Pits as Shrines; 9. Subfloor Pits and Slavery in Colonial Virginia; Appendix A; Appendix B; References Cited; Index.

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