Mary C. Beaudry
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780813061559
- eISBN:
- 9780813051468
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813061559.003.0001
- Subject:
- Archaeology, Historical Archaeology
In chapter 1, Beaudry explores how household archaeology has grown into a vibrant area of archaeological research and provides an overview of the history of household archaeology, its major themes, ...
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In chapter 1, Beaudry explores how household archaeology has grown into a vibrant area of archaeological research and provides an overview of the history of household archaeology, its major themes, theoretical approaches, and emerging trends. More than the study of architecture, household archaeology provides an avenue through which scholars may address issues of gender, power, and inequality in different societies. Beaudry points out that these themes can be addressed by employing practice theory to investigate the object worlds that households create, the material habitus that develops within particular households, and the ways in which objects in those worlds affect household members’ identity and self-presentation within and beyond the household. Beaudry suggests that archaeological theory focusing on refuse and midden analysis is key for comprehending the emotional taphonomy of discard and its relationship to episodes of household upheaval. She sees the case studies in this volume as contributions to a historical archaeology of households that affords insight into the ways that individual households are enmeshed in wider social issues and processes.Less
In chapter 1, Beaudry explores how household archaeology has grown into a vibrant area of archaeological research and provides an overview of the history of household archaeology, its major themes, theoretical approaches, and emerging trends. More than the study of architecture, household archaeology provides an avenue through which scholars may address issues of gender, power, and inequality in different societies. Beaudry points out that these themes can be addressed by employing practice theory to investigate the object worlds that households create, the material habitus that develops within particular households, and the ways in which objects in those worlds affect household members’ identity and self-presentation within and beyond the household. Beaudry suggests that archaeological theory focusing on refuse and midden analysis is key for comprehending the emotional taphonomy of discard and its relationship to episodes of household upheaval. She sees the case studies in this volume as contributions to a historical archaeology of households that affords insight into the ways that individual households are enmeshed in wider social issues and processes.
CAROLINE FINKEL
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780197264423
- eISBN:
- 9780191734793
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- British Academy
- DOI:
- 10.5871/bacad/9780197264423.003.0027
- Subject:
- History, Middle East History
This chapter comments on the Ottoman frontier, historical archaeology, Ottoman archaeology, and suggests future developments in these studies. The history of the frontiers of the Ottoman world played ...
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This chapter comments on the Ottoman frontier, historical archaeology, Ottoman archaeology, and suggests future developments in these studies. The history of the frontiers of the Ottoman world played out in significantly different ways at each point along their great distance. Geographical and climatic circumstance and human conditions conspired to produce uniqueness. Meanwhile, the fortuitous degree of overlap between archaeological and historical data at Anavarin encourages people to search for a better understanding of the matters dealt with here. Each of the projects documented is this volume is tied to a specific geographic location. This simple fact opens up opportunities for virtual representation of historical and archaeological findings using GIS (Geographical Information Systems) software. GIS provides a means of digitally storing and analysing large amounts of data relating to defined locations.Less
This chapter comments on the Ottoman frontier, historical archaeology, Ottoman archaeology, and suggests future developments in these studies. The history of the frontiers of the Ottoman world played out in significantly different ways at each point along their great distance. Geographical and climatic circumstance and human conditions conspired to produce uniqueness. Meanwhile, the fortuitous degree of overlap between archaeological and historical data at Anavarin encourages people to search for a better understanding of the matters dealt with here. Each of the projects documented is this volume is tied to a specific geographic location. This simple fact opens up opportunities for virtual representation of historical and archaeological findings using GIS (Geographical Information Systems) software. GIS provides a means of digitally storing and analysing large amounts of data relating to defined locations.
Michael P. Roller
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- May 2019
- ISBN:
- 9780813056081
- eISBN:
- 9780813053875
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813056081.001.0001
- Subject:
- Archaeology, Historical Archaeology
Using evidence of historical changes in landscape, community life, and material culture from a coal mining company town in the Anthracite Coal Region of Northeast Pennsylvania, Michael Roller ...
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Using evidence of historical changes in landscape, community life, and material culture from a coal mining company town in the Anthracite Coal Region of Northeast Pennsylvania, Michael Roller introduces an archaeological approach to the structural violence on workers, citizens, and consumers that developed across the twentieth century. The study begins with an analysis of a moment of explicit violence at the end of the nineteenth century, an event known as the Lattimer Massacre, in which as many as nineteen immigrant miners were shot by a posse of local businessmen. From this touchstone, material history and theoretical contexts across the twentieth century are documented in a manner both locally specific and broadly generalizable. Historical archaeology is used strategically, opportunistically, and dialectically, supported, amplified, and illuminated by archival and ethnographic research, spatial analysis, and social theory. In the process, attention is brought to contradictions, ironies, and absences in our understandings of this formative era in labor history. This study illuminates the development of systematized violence and soft forms of social control enacted by the collusion of state and capital through materialities such as infrastructure, urban redevelopment, mass consumerism, governmentality, biopolitics, and the shifting boundaries of sovereign power. Varied in its use of sources, the study returns again and again to the material life and the shifting landscapes of the company towns and shanty enclaves of the region, as well as the violence of the Massacre. This archaeology of the recent past shows us the unconscious material foundations for present social troubles.Less
Using evidence of historical changes in landscape, community life, and material culture from a coal mining company town in the Anthracite Coal Region of Northeast Pennsylvania, Michael Roller introduces an archaeological approach to the structural violence on workers, citizens, and consumers that developed across the twentieth century. The study begins with an analysis of a moment of explicit violence at the end of the nineteenth century, an event known as the Lattimer Massacre, in which as many as nineteen immigrant miners were shot by a posse of local businessmen. From this touchstone, material history and theoretical contexts across the twentieth century are documented in a manner both locally specific and broadly generalizable. Historical archaeology is used strategically, opportunistically, and dialectically, supported, amplified, and illuminated by archival and ethnographic research, spatial analysis, and social theory. In the process, attention is brought to contradictions, ironies, and absences in our understandings of this formative era in labor history. This study illuminates the development of systematized violence and soft forms of social control enacted by the collusion of state and capital through materialities such as infrastructure, urban redevelopment, mass consumerism, governmentality, biopolitics, and the shifting boundaries of sovereign power. Varied in its use of sources, the study returns again and again to the material life and the shifting landscapes of the company towns and shanty enclaves of the region, as well as the violence of the Massacre. This archaeology of the recent past shows us the unconscious material foundations for present social troubles.
Douglas E. Ross
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- May 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780813044583
- eISBN:
- 9780813046150
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813044583.001.0001
- Subject:
- Archaeology, Historical Archaeology
This book is about how displacement associated with long-distance population movements and the relationships migrants maintain with both home and host societies shape their consumer habits and the ...
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This book is about how displacement associated with long-distance population movements and the relationships migrants maintain with both home and host societies shape their consumer habits and the formation of collective diasporic identities. These themes are addressed using an interpretive framework rooted in interdisciplinary literature on transnationalism, diaspora, and material consumption and are developed through an archaeological study of the everyday lives of Chinese and Japanese immigrant laborers at a turn-of-the-twentieth century industrial salmon cannery in British Columbia. Results demonstrate that migrant consumption patterns draw on traditions from the homeland but are influenced by a range of factors at the local, regional, and international levels. Furthermore, diasporic identities are as much a product of the migration process as of homeland traditions, and consumer goods play an important role in how they are constructed and maintained. Overall, this study accomplishes three things: (1) it paints a portrait of the contextual factors affecting how migrant consumers maintain some homeland practices and adapt others from the host society; (2) it develops a model of ethnicity that is shaped and transformed as cultural traditions from home and host societies come together; and (3) it outlines a framework for how migrant communities use consumer goods and practices to maintain a sense of diasporic identity in the face of displacement and associated culture change. This research is one of the first in-depth studies in historical archaeology on overseas Japanese migration and the first detailed comparison of archaeological material from Chinese and Japanese sites.Less
This book is about how displacement associated with long-distance population movements and the relationships migrants maintain with both home and host societies shape their consumer habits and the formation of collective diasporic identities. These themes are addressed using an interpretive framework rooted in interdisciplinary literature on transnationalism, diaspora, and material consumption and are developed through an archaeological study of the everyday lives of Chinese and Japanese immigrant laborers at a turn-of-the-twentieth century industrial salmon cannery in British Columbia. Results demonstrate that migrant consumption patterns draw on traditions from the homeland but are influenced by a range of factors at the local, regional, and international levels. Furthermore, diasporic identities are as much a product of the migration process as of homeland traditions, and consumer goods play an important role in how they are constructed and maintained. Overall, this study accomplishes three things: (1) it paints a portrait of the contextual factors affecting how migrant consumers maintain some homeland practices and adapt others from the host society; (2) it develops a model of ethnicity that is shaped and transformed as cultural traditions from home and host societies come together; and (3) it outlines a framework for how migrant communities use consumer goods and practices to maintain a sense of diasporic identity in the face of displacement and associated culture change. This research is one of the first in-depth studies in historical archaeology on overseas Japanese migration and the first detailed comparison of archaeological material from Chinese and Japanese sites.
Kevin R. Fogle, James A. Nyman, and Mary C. Beaudry (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780813061559
- eISBN:
- 9780813051468
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813061559.001.0001
- Subject:
- Archaeology, Historical Archaeology
Household archaeology is a methodological and theoretical approach to domestic sites that can address essential social issues in the past. Beyond the Walls brings together contributions from today’s ...
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Household archaeology is a methodological and theoretical approach to domestic sites that can address essential social issues in the past. Beyond the Walls brings together contributions from today’s leading archaeologists and scholars who study the archaeology of households. This volume represents the breadth of perspectives on, and approaches to, the archaeology of households in North America. While previous volumes tackling this subject tend to be limited in scope, the research presented here is not restricted to a single historic time period, region, or culture. Instead, readers are exposed to the diversity of ways in which the people of the past navigated, negotiated, and contested the circumstances of their lives, as reflected in the archaeological remains of their dwellings. Beyond the Walls serves to inspire students and professional archaeologists alike to think differently about the archaeology of households within the historical sphere. It highlights current innovative ideas and methods in the field of household archaeology and provides an important contribution to the study of both the archaeology of households and the cultural landscapes they inhabit.Less
Household archaeology is a methodological and theoretical approach to domestic sites that can address essential social issues in the past. Beyond the Walls brings together contributions from today’s leading archaeologists and scholars who study the archaeology of households. This volume represents the breadth of perspectives on, and approaches to, the archaeology of households in North America. While previous volumes tackling this subject tend to be limited in scope, the research presented here is not restricted to a single historic time period, region, or culture. Instead, readers are exposed to the diversity of ways in which the people of the past navigated, negotiated, and contested the circumstances of their lives, as reflected in the archaeological remains of their dwellings. Beyond the Walls serves to inspire students and professional archaeologists alike to think differently about the archaeology of households within the historical sphere. It highlights current innovative ideas and methods in the field of household archaeology and provides an important contribution to the study of both the archaeology of households and the cultural landscapes they inhabit.
Cynthia Robin
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- May 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780813044996
- eISBN:
- 9780813046730
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813044996.003.0003
- Subject:
- Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology
Chapter 3 explores how archaeologists through the study of the materials and spaces of everyday life have furthered broader discussions of everyday life. It examines the intersecting dimensions of ...
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Chapter 3 explores how archaeologists through the study of the materials and spaces of everyday life have furthered broader discussions of everyday life. It examines the intersecting dimensions of household, space, gender, and historical archaeology research in archaeology. Household archaeology draws attention to how past peoples organized and made meaningful their domestic spaces. Space, place, and landscape research expands this agenda to understand how all living spaces are meaningfully constructed and experienced by people across their daily lives. Feminist and gender archaeology have drawn explicit attention to the importance of incorporating all social groups into archaeological analyses--not just different genders, but different class, ethnic, and age groups. By studying the material remains of past societies that also produce historical records, historic archaeology draws particular attention to the material dimensions of past everyday life.Less
Chapter 3 explores how archaeologists through the study of the materials and spaces of everyday life have furthered broader discussions of everyday life. It examines the intersecting dimensions of household, space, gender, and historical archaeology research in archaeology. Household archaeology draws attention to how past peoples organized and made meaningful their domestic spaces. Space, place, and landscape research expands this agenda to understand how all living spaces are meaningfully constructed and experienced by people across their daily lives. Feminist and gender archaeology have drawn explicit attention to the importance of incorporating all social groups into archaeological analyses--not just different genders, but different class, ethnic, and age groups. By studying the material remains of past societies that also produce historical records, historic archaeology draws particular attention to the material dimensions of past everyday life.
Kenneth G. Kelly and Meredith D. Hardy (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780813036809
- eISBN:
- 9780813041841
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813036809.001.0001
- Subject:
- Archaeology, Historical Archaeology
The French colonial presence in the southern United States and Caribbean shaped the history and development of these regions in unique ways. These case studies analyze and assess the French impact ...
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The French colonial presence in the southern United States and Caribbean shaped the history and development of these regions in unique ways. These case studies analyze and assess the French impact throughout this area. Using studies from French colonial sites in Maryland, South Carolina, the Gulf Coast, the lower Mississippi Valley, the Caribbean, and French Guiana, the contributors seek to reveal how French colonial life was both different from and similar to that of Spanish and English settlements, how it influenced the character of the communities, and how French identity was maintained in these locales. Subjects examined include French Hugenots in South Carolina, French colonial and creole cuisine and food technology, the broad concept of creolization, impacts of the French–Chickasaw War in Louisiana Territory, and the differences in plantation and slave practices among individuals in various French settlements. Featuring investigations into both urban and plantation settings, the book reveals the range of insights archaeological investigations can bring to a wide variety of historical milieux.Less
The French colonial presence in the southern United States and Caribbean shaped the history and development of these regions in unique ways. These case studies analyze and assess the French impact throughout this area. Using studies from French colonial sites in Maryland, South Carolina, the Gulf Coast, the lower Mississippi Valley, the Caribbean, and French Guiana, the contributors seek to reveal how French colonial life was both different from and similar to that of Spanish and English settlements, how it influenced the character of the communities, and how French identity was maintained in these locales. Subjects examined include French Hugenots in South Carolina, French colonial and creole cuisine and food technology, the broad concept of creolization, impacts of the French–Chickasaw War in Louisiana Territory, and the differences in plantation and slave practices among individuals in various French settlements. Featuring investigations into both urban and plantation settings, the book reveals the range of insights archaeological investigations can bring to a wide variety of historical milieux.
Peter N. Miller
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- September 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780801453700
- eISBN:
- 9781501708244
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7591/cornell/9780801453700.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, History of Ideas
This chapter turns to the study of antique literature, or philology, and the evolving understandings of the concepts of archaeology and antiquarianism during the late eighteenth century. This period ...
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This chapter turns to the study of antique literature, or philology, and the evolving understandings of the concepts of archaeology and antiquarianism during the late eighteenth century. This period saw a revolution in archaeology and in the awareness of it. The discoveries at Pompeii and Herculaneum c. 1750 stand at the center of this turn. But it was amplified by the spread of learned journals and institutes of higher learning, by the huge expansion in learned travel, and by the trickle down of ancient and archaizing style in art, architecture, and design from the highest social ranks to the lower. Despite such progress, however, even the very term “archaeology” stood as a rather ambiguous term, one which this chapter seeks to clarify.Less
This chapter turns to the study of antique literature, or philology, and the evolving understandings of the concepts of archaeology and antiquarianism during the late eighteenth century. This period saw a revolution in archaeology and in the awareness of it. The discoveries at Pompeii and Herculaneum c. 1750 stand at the center of this turn. But it was amplified by the spread of learned journals and institutes of higher learning, by the huge expansion in learned travel, and by the trickle down of ancient and archaizing style in art, architecture, and design from the highest social ranks to the lower. Despite such progress, however, even the very term “archaeology” stood as a rather ambiguous term, one which this chapter seeks to clarify.
KENNETH G. KELLY and MEREDITH D. HARDY
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780813036809
- eISBN:
- 9780813041841
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813036809.003.0001
- Subject:
- Archaeology, Historical Archaeology
This chapter provides the context in which French colonial endeavours occurred, by briefly exploring the history of French colonization in the Americas. It justifies the need for archaeological ...
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This chapter provides the context in which French colonial endeavours occurred, by briefly exploring the history of French colonization in the Americas. It justifies the need for archaeological treatment of French colonial sites outside of the better-known regions of Canada and the upper Mississippi Valley, and provides brief summaries of the chapters that make up this book.Less
This chapter provides the context in which French colonial endeavours occurred, by briefly exploring the history of French colonization in the Americas. It justifies the need for archaeological treatment of French colonial sites outside of the better-known regions of Canada and the upper Mississippi Valley, and provides brief summaries of the chapters that make up this book.
Barbara Heath and Jack Gary (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780813039886
- eISBN:
- 9780813043807
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813039886.001.0001
- Subject:
- Archaeology, Historical Archaeology
This edited volume is the outcome of twenty-five years of continuous archaeological research at Poplar Forest-Thomas Jefferson's retreat home and working plantation. Through in-depth case studies, ...
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This edited volume is the outcome of twenty-five years of continuous archaeological research at Poplar Forest-Thomas Jefferson's retreat home and working plantation. Through in-depth case studies, drawing on rich archaeological and documentary sources, this book investigates the plantation and the lives of the enslaved African and African American laborers residing at Poplar Forest between the American Revolution and the Civil War. Authors focus on archaeological investigations into Poplar Forest's agricultural and ornamental landscapes, the ceramics used by Jefferson at his private retreat, and the material, dietary, and social worlds of enslaved laborers, including the production and distribution of stone pipes, the social organization slave quarters, slaves' engagement with the consumer economy, and the use of plants by enslaved people living on the property during the antebellum period. Additional chapters introduce readers to the history of the property and situate it within a broader body of scholarship in contemporary historical archaeology, particularly plantation archaeology. Together, the volume's authors consider issues of race, class, gender, and historical memory as they played out on a central Virginia plantation.Less
This edited volume is the outcome of twenty-five years of continuous archaeological research at Poplar Forest-Thomas Jefferson's retreat home and working plantation. Through in-depth case studies, drawing on rich archaeological and documentary sources, this book investigates the plantation and the lives of the enslaved African and African American laborers residing at Poplar Forest between the American Revolution and the Civil War. Authors focus on archaeological investigations into Poplar Forest's agricultural and ornamental landscapes, the ceramics used by Jefferson at his private retreat, and the material, dietary, and social worlds of enslaved laborers, including the production and distribution of stone pipes, the social organization slave quarters, slaves' engagement with the consumer economy, and the use of plants by enslaved people living on the property during the antebellum period. Additional chapters introduce readers to the history of the property and situate it within a broader body of scholarship in contemporary historical archaeology, particularly plantation archaeology. Together, the volume's authors consider issues of race, class, gender, and historical memory as they played out on a central Virginia plantation.
Douglas E. Ross
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- May 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780813044583
- eISBN:
- 9780813046150
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813044583.003.0002
- Subject:
- Archaeology, Historical Archaeology
This chapter first outlines and critically examines previous scholarship in historical archaeology on the Chinese and Japanese diasporas and industrial labor. This outline is followed by discussion ...
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This chapter first outlines and critically examines previous scholarship in historical archaeology on the Chinese and Japanese diasporas and industrial labor. This outline is followed by discussion of overseas Asian migration to North America drawn from the fields of history and Asian American studies. In addition to providing background context, this chapter offers important interpretive insights and themes developed in later chapters into a model of transnational consumer habits and diasporic identification. Among the themes incorporated into this approach are the inter- and intra-ethnic diversity of Asian migrants, multi-scalar approaches to analysis, issues of structure and agency, the multiplicity of identity, and essentialist versus constructivist conceptions of ethnicity and culture.Less
This chapter first outlines and critically examines previous scholarship in historical archaeology on the Chinese and Japanese diasporas and industrial labor. This outline is followed by discussion of overseas Asian migration to North America drawn from the fields of history and Asian American studies. In addition to providing background context, this chapter offers important interpretive insights and themes developed in later chapters into a model of transnational consumer habits and diasporic identification. Among the themes incorporated into this approach are the inter- and intra-ethnic diversity of Asian migrants, multi-scalar approaches to analysis, issues of structure and agency, the multiplicity of identity, and essentialist versus constructivist conceptions of ethnicity and culture.
François G. Richard
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- May 2019
- ISBN:
- 9780226252407
- eISBN:
- 9780226252681
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226252681.001.0001
- Subject:
- Anthropology, African Cultural Anthropology
Reluctant Landscapes analyzes the political history of rural communities in the Siin province (Senegal) over the last 400 years. Much of Africa’s global history has been told from the standpoint of ...
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Reluctant Landscapes analyzes the political history of rural communities in the Siin province (Senegal) over the last 400 years. Much of Africa’s global history has been told from the standpoint of states, but less is known about peasants, whose past has often been written as a tale of political rupture or cultural persistence. Drawing on archaeology, history, and anthropology, this book charts how Siin villagers variably accommodated, resisted, or evaded the incursions of indigenous states, the Atlantic economy, colonialism, and postcolonial government. It pays particular attention to the role of material world – both the landscapes crafted by farmers over generations, and the systems of objects with which they interfaced through trade – in mediating between villagers and broader historical forces, and in shaping their political experiences. Over time, these material worlds incorporated the coordinates of a changing political economy, yet they also conserved certain principles of political life, whose expressions continue to orient collective expectations about politics today. Grounded in Siin’s history and cultural geography, the book not only intends to sharpen historical understanding of peasant communities in Senegal, but it also essays wider critical reflections about capitalism, international slavery, colonial governance, and post-independence statecraft in rural West Africa.Less
Reluctant Landscapes analyzes the political history of rural communities in the Siin province (Senegal) over the last 400 years. Much of Africa’s global history has been told from the standpoint of states, but less is known about peasants, whose past has often been written as a tale of political rupture or cultural persistence. Drawing on archaeology, history, and anthropology, this book charts how Siin villagers variably accommodated, resisted, or evaded the incursions of indigenous states, the Atlantic economy, colonialism, and postcolonial government. It pays particular attention to the role of material world – both the landscapes crafted by farmers over generations, and the systems of objects with which they interfaced through trade – in mediating between villagers and broader historical forces, and in shaping their political experiences. Over time, these material worlds incorporated the coordinates of a changing political economy, yet they also conserved certain principles of political life, whose expressions continue to orient collective expectations about politics today. Grounded in Siin’s history and cultural geography, the book not only intends to sharpen historical understanding of peasant communities in Senegal, but it also essays wider critical reflections about capitalism, international slavery, colonial governance, and post-independence statecraft in rural West Africa.
Mick Atha and Kennis Yip
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- May 2017
- ISBN:
- 9789888208982
- eISBN:
- 9789888313952
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789888208982.003.0007
- Subject:
- Archaeology, Historical Archaeology
The final chronological discussion in Chapter 7 addresses the Ming and Qing dynasties, which at Sha Po could not be more different in that the former is virtually absent, whereas archaeological ...
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The final chronological discussion in Chapter 7 addresses the Ming and Qing dynasties, which at Sha Po could not be more different in that the former is virtually absent, whereas archaeological remains from the latter period are abundant and provide fascinating insights into the lives of local people. Moreover, those material remains can also be interpreted with reference to a particularly rich historical and anthropological resource resulting from documentary research and interviews with village elders between the 1950s and 1980s. Recent historical research is a rapidly expanding field in archaeology, but sadly neglected in Hong Kong, and this chapter attempts to highlight its potential for the creation of more humanistic narratives and detailed interpretations than are possible in earlier periods.Less
The final chronological discussion in Chapter 7 addresses the Ming and Qing dynasties, which at Sha Po could not be more different in that the former is virtually absent, whereas archaeological remains from the latter period are abundant and provide fascinating insights into the lives of local people. Moreover, those material remains can also be interpreted with reference to a particularly rich historical and anthropological resource resulting from documentary research and interviews with village elders between the 1950s and 1980s. Recent historical research is a rapidly expanding field in archaeology, but sadly neglected in Hong Kong, and this chapter attempts to highlight its potential for the creation of more humanistic narratives and detailed interpretations than are possible in earlier periods.
Stephen A. Mrozowski
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780813039886
- eISBN:
- 9780813043807
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813039886.003.0010
- Subject:
- Archaeology, Historical Archaeology
Influenced by the works of Lefebvre, Soja, Harvey, Zukin, and Delle, the author of this chapter presents a concept of space that is multidimensional and contains elements of numerous cultures and ...
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Influenced by the works of Lefebvre, Soja, Harvey, Zukin, and Delle, the author of this chapter presents a concept of space that is multidimensional and contains elements of numerous cultures and histories, including those of the team of researchers, to interpret Poplar Forest. He uses this concept to highlight changes over time to the landscape, to the demography of the enslaved community, and to the organization and furnishings of diverse households. The chapter concludes with a consideration of the importance of seeing plantations as places of shared histories and the strength of historical archaeology in contributing to such a vision.Less
Influenced by the works of Lefebvre, Soja, Harvey, Zukin, and Delle, the author of this chapter presents a concept of space that is multidimensional and contains elements of numerous cultures and histories, including those of the team of researchers, to interpret Poplar Forest. He uses this concept to highlight changes over time to the landscape, to the demography of the enslaved community, and to the organization and furnishings of diverse households. The chapter concludes with a consideration of the importance of seeing plantations as places of shared histories and the strength of historical archaeology in contributing to such a vision.
Paul A. Shackel
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520266292
- eISBN:
- 9780520947832
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520266292.003.0010
- Subject:
- Anthropology, American and Canadian Cultural Anthropology
The archaeology of New Philadelphia challenges the ways that historical archaeologists study race within communities. In the case of New Philadelphia, the development of historical context helps to ...
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The archaeology of New Philadelphia challenges the ways that historical archaeologists study race within communities. In the case of New Philadelphia, the development of historical context helps to get at the meaning of the relationship between identity and material culture. The historical archaeology work at New Philadelphia explores the everyday material culture of settlers of different racial and regional backgrounds and different genders. The gaming pieces found at New Philadelphia may be linked with the game known as mancala. The examination of material culture at New Philadelphia helps to provide a scenario of how goods were used to shape and create a community in a racist society. The National Historic Landmarks Committee recommended designation of New Philadelphia and it received unanimous approval. The secretary of the interior designated it in January 2009.Less
The archaeology of New Philadelphia challenges the ways that historical archaeologists study race within communities. In the case of New Philadelphia, the development of historical context helps to get at the meaning of the relationship between identity and material culture. The historical archaeology work at New Philadelphia explores the everyday material culture of settlers of different racial and regional backgrounds and different genders. The gaming pieces found at New Philadelphia may be linked with the game known as mancala. The examination of material culture at New Philadelphia helps to provide a scenario of how goods were used to shape and create a community in a racist society. The National Historic Landmarks Committee recommended designation of New Philadelphia and it received unanimous approval. The secretary of the interior designated it in January 2009.
Laurie A. Wilkie
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- May 2017
- ISBN:
- 9781683400035
- eISBN:
- 9781683400264
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9781683400035.003.0014
- Subject:
- Archaeology, Historical Archaeology
The essays in this volume challenge us to question what we know about Caribbean history and everyday life by turning our gaze from the very things that we have put boundaries on to those things we ...
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The essays in this volume challenge us to question what we know about Caribbean history and everyday life by turning our gaze from the very things that we have put boundaries on to those things we have not. Summary of themes in the previous chapters and suggestion of future directions for historical archaeology in the Caribbean.Less
The essays in this volume challenge us to question what we know about Caribbean history and everyday life by turning our gaze from the very things that we have put boundaries on to those things we have not. Summary of themes in the previous chapters and suggestion of future directions for historical archaeology in the Caribbean.
Stacy C. Kozakavich
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- May 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780813056593
- eISBN:
- 9780813053509
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813056593.001.0001
- Subject:
- Archaeology, Historical Archaeology
Intentional communities, including religious, utopian, and communal societies, have long been a feature of the American social and economic landscape. This volume describes and discusses historical ...
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Intentional communities, including religious, utopian, and communal societies, have long been a feature of the American social and economic landscape. This volume describes and discusses historical archaeology’s contributions to our understanding of intentional communities throughout American history. Scholars across many disciplines have long been interested in communal experiments for their optimistic ideals, dramatic methods, and often eventual failures. Archaeologists’ focus on the material world and lived experiences of community members adds depth and complexity to our historical knowledge about these people. Sometimes our work demonstrates the ways that communitarians enacted their ideals. At other times it shows how daily practices diverged from a group’s ideal path. Often it makes us rethink the questions we ask about how communities are formed and maintained. Structured according to the scale of methodological focus—from settlement patterns and landscape, to the built environment, to artifact studies—the case studies presented in this volume will give readers a thorough introduction to archaeological research to date in this field. An expanded case study will describe archaeological research on the Kaweah Co-operative Commonwealth of late nineteenth-century California. The closing chapter discusses the social and political implications of retelling past experimental communities’ stories in publications and historical reconstructions.Less
Intentional communities, including religious, utopian, and communal societies, have long been a feature of the American social and economic landscape. This volume describes and discusses historical archaeology’s contributions to our understanding of intentional communities throughout American history. Scholars across many disciplines have long been interested in communal experiments for their optimistic ideals, dramatic methods, and often eventual failures. Archaeologists’ focus on the material world and lived experiences of community members adds depth and complexity to our historical knowledge about these people. Sometimes our work demonstrates the ways that communitarians enacted their ideals. At other times it shows how daily practices diverged from a group’s ideal path. Often it makes us rethink the questions we ask about how communities are formed and maintained. Structured according to the scale of methodological focus—from settlement patterns and landscape, to the built environment, to artifact studies—the case studies presented in this volume will give readers a thorough introduction to archaeological research to date in this field. An expanded case study will describe archaeological research on the Kaweah Co-operative Commonwealth of late nineteenth-century California. The closing chapter discusses the social and political implications of retelling past experimental communities’ stories in publications and historical reconstructions.
Krysta Ryzewski and John F. Cherry
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- May 2017
- ISBN:
- 9781683400035
- eISBN:
- 9781683400264
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9781683400035.003.0007
- Subject:
- Archaeology, Historical Archaeology
This chapter demonstrates the advantages of a survey-centered approach for examining cultural landscapes on Montserrat. Our case study focuses on the multi-method survey of the Potato Hill landscape ...
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This chapter demonstrates the advantages of a survey-centered approach for examining cultural landscapes on Montserrat. Our case study focuses on the multi-method survey of the Potato Hill landscape employed during the 2013 field season of the Survey and Landscape Archaeology on Montserrat project. Potato Hill’s artifact assemblage is the largest and among the earliest historic-period collections of artifacts to be recovered on Montserrat from the 49 archaeological sites we have surveyed since 2010. The evidence suggests that Potato Hill was a non-elite settlement occupied by multiple communities and households between the late seventeenth and nineteenth centuries. Understandings of Potato Hill’s changing use and inhabitants over the course of its long occupational history are situated within our survey results from the surrounding landscape, especially historic-period sugar plantations and military structures. This case study raises several questions concerning methodological approaches, temporal categories, scales of analysis, and material culture classification in Caribbean historical archaeology.Less
This chapter demonstrates the advantages of a survey-centered approach for examining cultural landscapes on Montserrat. Our case study focuses on the multi-method survey of the Potato Hill landscape employed during the 2013 field season of the Survey and Landscape Archaeology on Montserrat project. Potato Hill’s artifact assemblage is the largest and among the earliest historic-period collections of artifacts to be recovered on Montserrat from the 49 archaeological sites we have surveyed since 2010. The evidence suggests that Potato Hill was a non-elite settlement occupied by multiple communities and households between the late seventeenth and nineteenth centuries. Understandings of Potato Hill’s changing use and inhabitants over the course of its long occupational history are situated within our survey results from the surrounding landscape, especially historic-period sugar plantations and military structures. This case study raises several questions concerning methodological approaches, temporal categories, scales of analysis, and material culture classification in Caribbean historical archaeology.
Barbara J. Heath and Jack Gary
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780813039886
- eISBN:
- 9780813043807
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813039886.003.0001
- Subject:
- Archaeology, Historical Archaeology
This chapter introduces the reader to the history of Poplar Forest and to the archaeological research that has been carried out there over the previous twenty-five years. William Stith patented the ...
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This chapter introduces the reader to the history of Poplar Forest and to the archaeological research that has been carried out there over the previous twenty-five years. William Stith patented the property in 1745, and by the 1760s it was owned by John Wayles. Upon Wayles's death, his daughter and son-in-law, Martha and Thomas Jefferson, inherited the land and developed a tobacco plantation there. Jefferson later oversaw the construction of a personal retirement retreat. Following Jefferson's death, the property passed to the Eppes, Cobbs, Hutter, and Watts families before being acquired by a non-profit preservation organization in the 1980s. Since 1989, archaeologists have investigated plantation slave quarters, the ornamental and plantation landscape, and aspects of Jefferson's life in retirement.Less
This chapter introduces the reader to the history of Poplar Forest and to the archaeological research that has been carried out there over the previous twenty-five years. William Stith patented the property in 1745, and by the 1760s it was owned by John Wayles. Upon Wayles's death, his daughter and son-in-law, Martha and Thomas Jefferson, inherited the land and developed a tobacco plantation there. Jefferson later oversaw the construction of a personal retirement retreat. Following Jefferson's death, the property passed to the Eppes, Cobbs, Hutter, and Watts families before being acquired by a non-profit preservation organization in the 1980s. Since 1989, archaeologists have investigated plantation slave quarters, the ornamental and plantation landscape, and aspects of Jefferson's life in retirement.
John M. Chenoweth
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- September 2017
- ISBN:
- 9781683400110
- eISBN:
- 9781683400288
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9781683400110.001.0001
- Subject:
- Archaeology, Historical Archaeology
How do both a religious community and a religion change when their members must face contradictions between their ideals and the society in which they live? This question is answered here by using ...
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How do both a religious community and a religion change when their members must face contradictions between their ideals and the society in which they live? This question is answered here by using archaeological and archival information to trace the life of a group of Quakers (members of the Religious Society of Friends) residing in the British Virgin Islands between 1741 and 1763. A group of mostly poor, white planters formed this unique community inspired by the ideals of equality, simplicity, and peace. However, these ideals were enacted in a slave society, with all or nearly all the members holding enslaved people themselves, attempting to improve their lot through the violent appropriation of labor from others on plantations. Combining archival and archaeological evidence, the book shows how modern expectations of “Quakerly” behavior are not met in this community. Instead, we find Quakerism being negotiated in creative ways that fit within a slavery-based economy and society: through foods, relationships with other planters and the enslaved people themselves, and social advancement. Community is often conceived as something every member shares equally, but the historical archaeology approach and anthropological analysis of this volume shows how social groups like religions are full of conflicting perspectives and goals—in this case, conflicts which led to the group’s end after one generation. By examining how one small group interpreted Quakerism’s ideals in the contrasting environment of the eighteenth-century Caribbean, we learn what a religion is and how it matters in the daily lives of its members.Less
How do both a religious community and a religion change when their members must face contradictions between their ideals and the society in which they live? This question is answered here by using archaeological and archival information to trace the life of a group of Quakers (members of the Religious Society of Friends) residing in the British Virgin Islands between 1741 and 1763. A group of mostly poor, white planters formed this unique community inspired by the ideals of equality, simplicity, and peace. However, these ideals were enacted in a slave society, with all or nearly all the members holding enslaved people themselves, attempting to improve their lot through the violent appropriation of labor from others on plantations. Combining archival and archaeological evidence, the book shows how modern expectations of “Quakerly” behavior are not met in this community. Instead, we find Quakerism being negotiated in creative ways that fit within a slavery-based economy and society: through foods, relationships with other planters and the enslaved people themselves, and social advancement. Community is often conceived as something every member shares equally, but the historical archaeology approach and anthropological analysis of this volume shows how social groups like religions are full of conflicting perspectives and goals—in this case, conflicts which led to the group’s end after one generation. By examining how one small group interpreted Quakerism’s ideals in the contrasting environment of the eighteenth-century Caribbean, we learn what a religion is and how it matters in the daily lives of its members.
