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Flowerdew Hundred: The Archaeology of a Virginia Plantation, 1619-1864
James Deetz
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Description for Flowerdew Hundred: The Archaeology of a Virginia Plantation, 1619-1864
Paperback. A study of Flowerdew Hundred, a 1000-acre plantation in Virginia. It uses the artifacts unearthed since excavations began in the 1970s to construct some 250 years of life at Flowerdew, and to convey to us what historical archaeology can do. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; AMKH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 367.
Deetz's Flowerdew Hundred is a synopsis of the result of twenty-five years of archaeological investigations at Flowerdew Hundred, a former plantation on the south side of the James River in Prince George County, Virginia. Throughout the work, Deetz conveys the importance of combining historiography and archaeology to a reach a better understanding of the past. This multidirectional approach is displayed as Deetz examines smoking-pipe stems, Colono-ware pottery, and post-in-ground buildings at Flowerdew. Through examining regional history of the Chesapeake, comparing the Flowerdew archaeological record with that along the eastern seaboard (particularly in regards to icehouses and pits), and looking at ... Read more
Deetz's Flowerdew Hundred is a synopsis of the result of twenty-five years of archaeological investigations at Flowerdew Hundred, a former plantation on the south side of the James River in Prince George County, Virginia. Throughout the work, Deetz conveys the importance of combining historiography and archaeology to a reach a better understanding of the past. This multidirectional approach is displayed as Deetz examines smoking-pipe stems, Colono-ware pottery, and post-in-ground buildings at Flowerdew. Through examining regional history of the Chesapeake, comparing the Flowerdew archaeological record with that along the eastern seaboard (particularly in regards to icehouses and pits), and looking at ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
Weight
364g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813916392
SKU
V9780813916392
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About James Deetz
James Deetz is David A. Harrison III Professor of Historical Archaeology at the University of Virginia. He is the author of Introduction to Archaeology; In Small Things Forgotten: The Archaeology of Early American Life; The Dynamics of Change in Arikara Ceramics; and coeditor of The North American Indians.
Reviews for Flowerdew Hundred: The Archaeology of a Virginia Plantation, 1619-1864
It will be no surprise to students and colleagues familiar with [Deetz's] work that he brings to this book both the discursive and stimulating style and the personal panache that generations of students have enjoyed..
Ivor Noel Hume, author of Martin's Hundred [W]ritten in the engaging style of a master storyteller..His familiarity with both archaeological and ... Read more
Ivor Noel Hume, author of Martin's Hundred [W]ritten in the engaging style of a master storyteller..His familiarity with both archaeological and ... Read more