The Archaeology of Slavery and Plantation Life

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The Archaeology of Slavery and Plantation Life

Author	: Theresa A Singleton
File Size	: 45,7 Mb
Publisher	: Routledge
Language	: English
Release Date	: 16 September 2016
ISBN	: 9781315419039
Pages	: 375 pages

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This volume represented a compilation of interdisciplinary research being done throughout the American South and the Caribbean by historians, archaeologists, architects, anthropologists, and other scholars on the topic of slavery and plantations. It synthesizes materials known through the 1980s and reports on key sites of excavation and survey in the Carolinas, Barbados, Louisiana and other locations. Contributors include many of the leading figures in historical archaeology.

The Archaeology of Slavery and Plantation Life by Theresa A Singleton

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