| Document Type
|
:
|
BL
|
| Record Number
|
:
|
1042827
|
| Doc. No
|
:
|
b797197
|
| Main Entry
|
:
|
Samford, Patricia.
|
| Title & Author
|
:
|
Subfloor pits and the archaeology of slavery in colonial Virginia /\ Patricia M. Samford.
|
| Publication Statement
|
:
|
Tuscaloosa :: University of Alabama Press,, ©2007.
|
| Page. NO
|
:
|
1 online resource (xii, 232 pages) :: illustrations, maps
|
| ISBN
|
:
|
0817315861
|
|
|
:
|
: 081738149X
|
|
|
:
|
: 9780817315863
|
|
|
:
|
: 9780817381493
|
|
|
:
|
0817315861
|
|
|
:
|
0817354549
|
|
|
:
|
9780817315863
|
|
|
:
|
9780817354541
|
| Bibliographies/Indexes
|
:
|
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-224) and index.
|
| 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.
|
| Abstract
|
:
|
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 vegetables, and some contextual an.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
African Americans-- Virginia-- Antiquities.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Excavations (Archaeology)-- Virginia.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Hiding places-- Virginia-- History.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Material culture-- Virginia-- History.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Root cellars-- Virginia-- History.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Sacred space-- Virginia-- History.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Slaves-- Homes and haunts-- Virginia-- History.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Slaves-- Virginia-- Social life and customs.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
African Americans-- Antiquities
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Ausgrabung
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Excavations (Archaeology)
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Hiding places
|
| Subject
|
:
|
HISTORY-- State Local.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Material culture
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Root cellars
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Sacred space
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Sklave
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Slaves-- Social life and customs
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Soziale Situation
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Virginia, History, 1775-1865.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Virginia, History, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Virginia
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Virginia
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Virginia.
|
| Dewey Classification
|
:
|
975.5/00496073
|
| LC Classification
|
:
|
E445.V8S26 2007eb
|