Jefferson's Poplar Forest : unearthing a Virginia plantation /

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This study investigates the plantation and the lives of the enslaved African and African American labourers residing at Poplar Forest, Thomas Jefferson's retreat home and working plantation, between the American Revolution and the Civil War. Contributors focus on archaeological investigations i...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Heath, Barbara J., 1960-, Gary, Jack
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2012.
Temas:
Jefferson, Thomas, > 1743-1826 > Homes and haunts > Virginia > Bedford County.
Jefferson, Thomas, > 1743-1826
Poplar Forest (Va.) > Antiquities.
Poplar Forest (Va.) > History.
Poplar Forest (Va.) > Social life and customs.
Poplar Forest (Va.)
Plantation life > Virginia > Bedford County > History.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Virginia > Bedford County.
Material culture > Virginia > Bedford County > History.
Archaeology and history > Virginia > Bedford County.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology
Antiquities
Archaeology and history
Excavations (Archaeology)
Homes
Manners and customs
Material culture
Plantation life
Bedford County (Va.) > Antiquities.
Virginia > Bedford County
History
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "Two Tracts of Land at the Poplar Forest" : A Historical and Archaeological Overview of Thomas Jefferson's Plantation Retreat / Barbara J. Heath and Jack Gary
  • A Brief History of Plantation Archaeology in Virginia / Barbara J. Heath
  • Seasons of Change : Community Life and Landscape at the Foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains, 1740-1860 / Eric Proebsting
  • A Landscape for Mr. Jefferson's Retreat / Timothy Trussell
  • Ceramics and Jefferson's Aesthetic Philosophy / Jack Gary
  • Slave Housing, Community Formation, and Community Dynamics at Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest, 1760s-1810s / Barbara J. Heath
  • Carved in Stone : Stone Smoking Pipes at Historic Sites in Central Virginia / Lori Lee
  • Social Dimensions of Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Slaves' Uses of Plants at Poplar Forest / Jessica Bowes and Heather Trigg
  • Consumerism, Social Relations, and Antebellum Slavery at Poplar Forest / Lori Lee
  • Founding Families : Reflections on the Archaeology of Poplar Forest / Stephen A. Mrozowski.

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