Analysing the material remains left by Maryland's colonists in the eighteenth century in conjunction with historical records and works of art, archaeologists have reconstructed the daily life of the aristocratic British family of the governor of Maryland. In this large household people from different cultures interacted, and English and West African lifestyles merged. Using this fascinating case-study, Anne Yentsch illustrates the way in which historical archaeology draws on different disciplines to interpret the past.
| ISBN: | 9780521432931 |
| Publication date: | 12th May 1994 |
| Author: | Anne Elizabeth Yentsch |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 433 pages |
| Series: | New Studies in Archaeology |
| Genres: |
Archaeology by period / region |
Analysing the material remains left by Maryland's colonists in the eighteenth century in conjunction with historical records and works of art, archaeologists have reconstructed the daily life of the aristocratic British family of the governor of Maryland. In this large household people from different cultures interacted, and English and West African lifestyles merged. Using this fascinating case-study, Anne Yentsch illustrates the way in which historical archaeology draws on different disciplines to interpret the past.
A Chesapeake Family and Their Slaves features in the following genres: Archaeology by period / region
A Chesapeake Family and Their Slaves is available in Hardback
A Chesapeake Family and Their Slaves was written by Anne Elizabeth Yentsch and published by Cambridge University Press
A Chesapeake Family and Their Slaves has 433 pages
Yes it is part of New Studies in Archaeology series