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An archaeological study of rural capitalism and material life : the Gibbs farmstead in Southern Appalachia, 1790-1920 / Mark D. Groover.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Groover, Mark D.
- Series:
- Contributions to global historical archaeology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gibbs, Nicholas, approximately 1733-approximately 1817.
- German Americans.
- Agriculture--Economic aspects.
- History.
- Family farms.
- Farm life.
- Material culture.
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Antiquities.
- Knox County (Tenn.)--Antiquities.
- Knox County (Tenn.).
- Appalachian Region, Southern--Antiquities.
- Appalachian Region, Southern.
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Tennessee--Knox County.
- Material culture--Tennessee--Knox County--History.
- Farm life--Tennessee--Knox County--History.
- Family farms--Tennessee--Knox County--History.
- Agriculture--Economic aspects--Tennessee--Knox County--History.
- Agriculture.
- Gibbs, Nicholas, approximately 1733-approximately 1817--Homes and haunts--Tennessee--Knox County.
- Gibbs, Nicholas.
- Gibbs family.
- German Americans--Tennessee--Knox County--Biography.
- Tennessee--Knox County.
- Southern Appalachian Region.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 320 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, [2003]
- Contents:
- Part I Theory, Methods, and Historical Context 1
- Chapter 2 Interpretive Theory and Methods 9
- World Systems Theory 10
- Temporal Scales and Household Dynamics 18
- Braudel and the Annales School 21
- Family Cycles and Household Succession 23
- Linking Interpretive Theory to the Material Record 29
- Chapter 3 History of the Nicholas Gibbs Extended Family 37
- The Nicholas Gibbs Family and Farmstead 38
- From the Palatinate to Pennsylvania, 1733-1760s 41
- The Nicholas Gibbs Household in North Carolina, 1760s-1791 49
- The Nicholas Gibbs Household in Knox County, 1792-1817 54
- The Daniel Gibbs Household, 1817-1852 59
- The Rufus Gibbs Household, 1852-1905 62
- The John Gibbs Household, 1905-1913 63
- The Tenant Period, 1913-1986 65
- The Nicholas Gibbs Historical Society, 1986-Present 66
- Household Cycles for the Gibbs Family, 1764-1913 67
- Summary of Household Succession 69
- Chapter 4 The Gibbs Farmstead: Agricultural Production and Economic Strategies 71
- Appalachia's Ridge and Valley Province: Physical and Cultural Geography 74
- Infrastructure Development in the Study Area 77
- Diachronic Trends in Land Ownership 85
- Information Sources and Analysis Methods 85
- Rural Infilling 87
- Disparity in Land Ownership 92
- Agricultural Production Trends: A Diachronic Analysis 96
- The South 97
- East Tennessee and Knox County 99
- The Gibbs Farmstead 100
- Recovering Mind: Identifying Subsistence and Surplus Producers 103
- Part II Archaeology and Material Life 111
- Chapter 5 Archaeological Investigations at the Gibbs Site 113
- Field Research Design 113
- Site Excavation Areas 116
- Chapter 6 Identifying Continuity and Change in the Domestic Landscape 127
- Diachronic Trends: Midden and Maintenance Decline 129
- Households and Archaeological Features 141
- Domestic Architecture, Landscape Change, and Household Succession 143
- Regional and National Architectural Trends 156
- Chapter 7 Diachronic Trends in Consumerism and the Standard of Living 167
- The Development of Consumerism 168
- Consumerism and Newspaper Advertisements 171
- The Standard of Living: Probate Inventory Analysis 176
- Chapter 8 Time Sequence Analysis: Exploring Household Dynamics 197
- Functional Analysis 197
- Time Sequence Analysis 198
- Systematic Site Survey and Testing 204
- The Total Artifact Assemblage 208
- Sheet Midden 215
- Feature 16, The Smokehouse Pit Cellar 217
- Chapter 9 Foodways Among the Gibbs Family 225
- Diet and Faunal Remains 225
- Ceramics and Foodways 230
- Minimum Vessel Analysis 238
- Time Sequence Analysis 244
- Ceramic Use by Households 251
- The Redware Assemblage 256
- Development of Redware Potteries in East Tennessee 258
- Redware Analysis Results 262
- Chapter 10 A Southern Appalachian Farm Family Reconsidered 271
- Appendix A Agricultural Production Information 279
- Appendix B Probate Inventory Analysis Information 289
- Appendix C Artifact Analysis Information 295.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-318) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0306475022
- 0306477734
- OCLC:
- 50960656
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