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- ISBN 9780813066837
- Weight: 835g
- Dimensions: 155 x 233mm
- Publication Date: 04 May 2021
- Publisher: University Press of Florida
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Contributors to this volume review new research approaches and methods developed recently at Historic St. Mary's City. They study the archaeology, architecture, and people of the lively seventeenth-century colonial hub. They also explore the landscapes of agriculture, enslavement, and remembrance that developed at the site in the centuries after the capital's relocation to Annapolis. In their chapters, contributors delve into subjects such as soil analysis, ceramics, diet, forts, burials, plantations, state houses, tenants, tobacco pipes, gaming, and the education of women.
The lands along the Chesapeake Bay have witnessed a vast range of human experiences, and this book highlights the lives of peoples of European, Native American, and African origins who lived on this site over a span of four centuries. Their stories illuminate the multilayered nature of this important place and the broader Chesapeake region and serve as a testament to the potential and power of historical archaeology.
Travis G. Parno, director of research and collections at Historic St. Mary's City, is coeditor of Archaeologies of Mobility and Movement.
