Table of Contents: Subfloor pits and the archaeology of slavery in colonial Virginia /

Main Author:	Samford, Patricia.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2007.
Subjects:	Slaves > Social life and customs. > Virginia Slaves > Homes and haunts > Virginia > History. Root cellars > History. > Virginia Hiding places > History. > Virginia Sacred space > History. > Virginia Material culture > History. > Virginia African Americans > Antiquities. > Virginia Excavations (Archaeology) > Virginia. African Americans. Excavations (Archaeology) Hiding places. Material culture. Root cellars. Sacred space. Slaves. HISTORY > State & Local. African Americans > Antiquities Hiding places Material culture Root cellars Sacred space Slaves > Social life and customs Ausgrabung. Sklave. Virginia > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. Virginia > History > 1775-1865. Virginia Virginia.
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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.