Subfloor pits and the archaeology of slavery in colonial Virginia /

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Author / Creator:	Samford, Patricia.
Imprint:	Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2007.
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 232 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Subject:	Slaves -- Virginia -- Social life and customs. Slaves -- Homes and haunts -- Virginia -- History. Root cellars -- Virginia -- History. Hiding places -- Virginia -- History. Sacred space -- Virginia -- History. Material culture -- Virginia -- History. African Americans -- Virginia -- Antiquities. Excavations (Archaeology) -- Virginia. African Americans -- Antiquities Excavations (Archaeology) Hiding places Material culture Root cellars Sacred space Slaves -- Social life and customs Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. Virginia -- History -- 1775-1865. Virginia History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11162289

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ISBN:	9780817381493 081738149X 0817315861 9780817315863 9780817315863 0817315861 9780817354541 0817354549
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-224) and index. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. 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 English. digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
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.
Other form:	Print version: Samford, Patricia. Subfloor pits and the archaeology of slavery in colonial Virginia. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2007 9780817315863 0817315861
Standard no.:	9780817315863

Table of 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.

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