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Subfloor pits and the archaeology of slavery in colonial Virginia / Patricia M. Samford.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Samford, Patricia.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Enslaved persons--Virginia--Social life and customs.
- Enslaved persons.
- Enslaved persons--Homes and haunts--Virginia--History.
- Root cellars--Virginia--History.
- Root cellars.
- Hiding places--Virginia--History.
- Hiding places.
- Sacred space--Virginia--History.
- Sacred space.
- Material culture--Virginia--History.
- Material culture.
- African Americans--Virginia--Antiquities.
- African Americans.
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Virginia.
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
- Virginia.
- Virginia--History--1775-1865.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (248 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-224) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8173-8149-X
- OCLC:
- 209198212
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