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| ISBN: | 9780817381493
081738149X
0817315861
9780817315863
9780817315863
0817315861
9780817354541
0817354549
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-224) and index.
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| 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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| Other form: | Print version: Samford, Patricia. Subfloor pits and the archaeology of slavery in colonial Virginia. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2007 9780817315863 0817315861
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| Standard no.: | 9780817315863
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