ISBN:
9780813055626
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (233 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Fogle, Kevin R Beyond the Walls : New Perspectives on the Archaeology of Historical Households
DDC:
306.850973
Keywords:
Households-United States-History
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Cultural property-United States-History
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Household archaeology
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Households-United States-History..
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Cultural property-United States-History..
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Household archaeology
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Cover -- Beyond the Walls -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1. Households beyond the House: On the Archaeology and Materiality of Historical Households -- 2. Scalar Analysis of Early Nineteenth-Century Household Assemblages: Focus on Communities of the African Atlantic -- 3. Exploring Household Foodways in the North Carolina Piedmont, 1450-1710 -- 4. Landschaft and Place-Making at George Washington's Ferry Farm -- 5. Ranch as 'Ohana: The Role of Ranching Station Households in the Formation of the Hawaiian Ranching Community -- 6. Intimate Landscapes and Ideal Households: Nineteenth-Century Proslavery Reforms on a South Carolina Plantation -- 7. Households of the Overseas Chinese in Aurora, Nevada -- 8. Traditions and Tasks: Household Production and the Internal Economy at Dean Hall Plantation, South Carolina -- 9. The Spooky Entanglements of Historical Households -- List of Contributors -- Index.
Abstract:
While household archaeologists view the home as a social unit, few move their investigations "beyond the walls" when contextualizing a household in its community. Even exterior aspects of a dwelling--its plant life, yard spaces, and trash heaps--uncover issues of domination and resistance, gender relations, and the effects of colonialism. This innovative volume examines historical homes and their wider landscapes to more fully address social issues of the past. The contributors, leading archaeologists using various interpretive frameworks, analyze households across time periods and diverse cultures in North America. Including case studies of James Madison's Montpelier, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Chinese immigrants in a Nevada mining town, Hawaiian ranching communities, and Southern plantations, Beyond the Walls offers a new avenue for archaeological study of domestic sites
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