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Author Samford, Patricia.

Title Subfloor pits and the archaeology of slavery in colonial Virginia / Patricia M. Samford.

Publication Info. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2007]
©2007
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Description 1 online resource (xii, 232 pages) : illustrations, maps
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography 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.
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 vegetables, and some contextual an.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Enslaved persons -- Virginia -- Social life and customs.
Enslaved persons.
Virginia.
Manners and customs.
Enslaved persons -- Homes and haunts -- Virginia -- History.
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.
Antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Virginia.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Chronological Term 1600 - 1865
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Samford, Patricia. Subfloor pits and the archaeology of slavery in colonial Virginia. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2007 9780817315863 0817315861 (DLC) 2007016291 (OCoLC)123955021
ISBN 9780817381493 (electronic book)
081738149X (electronic book)
9780817315863 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0817315861 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9780817354541 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
0817354549 (paperback ; alkaline paper)

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