Kingsmill Plantations, 1619—1800
Archaeology of Country Life in Colonial Virginia
- 1st Edition - September 23, 2014
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Author: William M. Kelso
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 4 1 5 0 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 7 4 5 3 - 9
Kingsmill Plantations, 1619-1800: Archaeology of Country Life in Colonial Virginia covers the historical and archaeological aspects, along with reconstruction attempt of a typical… Read more
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Kingsmill Plantations, 1619-1800: Archaeology of Country Life in Colonial Virginia covers the historical and archaeological aspects, along with reconstruction attempt of a typical setting of seven plantation sites at Kingmill, near Williambsburg, Virginia. This book contains five chapters that focus on the settlement and development of Kingsmill’s homesteads and estates. Other chapters provide the names and personalities for the plantation sites at Kingmill. Considerable archaeological findings concerning the sites’ manor, tenements, mansions, houses, quarters, and outbuildings are discussed. The remaining chapters deal with the evaluation of the sites’ gardens, wells, waste, pots, bones, and status. This book is intended primarily for architectural historians, archaeologists, and anthropologists.
List of FiguresPrefaceAcknowledgments1 Introduction2 Above Ground Context Things People3 From the Earth: Shelter Sites Manor and Tenements Mansions and Houses Quarters Outbuildings4 From the Earth: Food and Drink Gardens Wells Waste Pots, Bones, and Status5 PatternAppendix A: InventoriesAppendix B: Kingsmill Ceramic Vessels: Type and FormAppendix C: Faunal AnalysesBibliographyIndex
- Edition: 1
- Published: September 23, 2014
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
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