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Subfloor Pits and the and the Archaeology of Slavery in Colonial Virginia - Couverture souple

Samford, Patricia

 
9780817354541: Subfloor Pits and the and the Archaeology of Slavery in Colonial Virginia
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0817354549 ISBN 13 : 9780817354541
Editeur : The University of Alabama Press, 2007

Synopsis

Investigates the development of hypotheses about how West African, possibly Igbo, cultural traditions were maintained and transformed in the Virginia Chesapeake

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 and ethnohistoric data suggest they may have served as West Africa-style shrines. Through excavations of 103 subfloor pits dating from the 17th through mid-19th centuries, Samford reveals a wealth of data including shape, location, surface area, and depth, as well as contents and patterns of related feature placement. Archaeology reveals the material circumstances of slaves' lives, which in turn opens the door to illuminating other aspects of life: spirituality, symbolic meanings assigned to material goods, social life, individual and group agency, and acts of resistance and accommodation. Analysis of the artifact assemblages allows the development of hypotheses about how West African, possibly Igbo, cultural traditions were maintained and transformed in the Virginia Chesapeake.

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À propos de l'auteur

Patricia Samford is Regional Manager, Historic Bath, North Carolina State Historic Sites in Bath, North Carolina.

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Éditeur
The University of Alabama Press
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0817354549
ISBN 13 
9780817354541
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
248
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