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A Chesapeake Family and their Slaves: A Study in Historical Archaeology
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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A Chesapeake Family and their Slaves: A Study in Historical Archaeology
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Anne Elizabeth Yentsch
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Illustrated by Julie Hunter
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| Series | New Studies in Archaeology |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:472 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 248,Width 175 |
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| Category/Genre | Archaeology by period and region |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780521467308
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| Classifications | Dewey:975.256 |
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| Audience | | Professional & Vocational | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | |
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| Illustrations |
44 Tables, unspecified; 18 Maps; 40 Halftones, unspecified; 58 Line drawings, unspecified
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
12 May 1994 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Analyzing the material remains left by Maryland's colonists in the eighteenth century in conjunction with historical records and works of art, archaeologists have reconstructed the daily life of the aristocratic British Calvert family, whose head was governor of Maryland. In this large household people from different cultures interacted, and English and West African lifestyles merged. Using this fascinating case study, Anne Yentsch illustrates the way in which historical archaeology draws on different disciplines to interpret the past.
Reviews'... charts in great detail a revealing course through the colonial period of North America ... weaves together folklore, historical documents and archaeology to produce a classic study about a time and place that we thought we knew, but only now are beginning to understand'. New Scientist
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