Subfloor pits and the archaeology of slavery in colonial Virginia [[electronic resource] /] / Patricia M. Samford
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Samford Patricia
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| Titolo: |
Subfloor pits and the archaeology of slavery in colonial Virginia [[electronic resource] /] / Patricia M. Samford
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| Pubblicazione: | Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 975.5/00496073 |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Virginia History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 |
| Virginia History 1775-1865 | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-224) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 lifeways and culture of these early inhabitants. A common characteristic of Virginia slave quarters is the presence of subfloor pits beneath the houses. The most common explanations of the functions of these pits are as storage places for personal belongings or root vege |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Subfloor pits and the archaeology of slavery in colonial Virginia |
| ISBN: | 0-8173-8149-X |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910778239103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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