Beyond the walls : new perspectives on the archaeology of historical households

While household archaeologists view the home as a social unit, few move their investigations 'beyond the walls' when contextualising a household in its community. This innovative volume examines historical homes and their wider landscapes to more fully address social issues of the past.

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Bibliographic Details
Document Type: Online Resource Book
Language:English
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida , Mai 2016
Online Access:http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/upso-ebooks-altertum/dx.doi.org/10.5744/florida/9780813061559.001.0001
Author Notes:Kevin R. Fogle, James A. Nyman, and Mary C. Beaudry
E-Book Packages:Oxford University Press : Florida Scholarship Online / Archaeology Collection
Table of Contents:
  • Households beyond the house: on the archaeology and materiality of historical households / Mary C. BeaudryScalar analysis of early nineteenth-century household assemblages: focus on communities of the African Atlantic / Matthew Reeves
  • Exploring household foodways in the North Carolina Piedmont, 1450-1710 / Ashley Peles
  • Landschaft and place-making at George Washington's Ferry Farm / James A. Nyman and Brooke Kenline
  • Ranch as 'Ohana: the role of ranching station households in the formation of the Hawaiian ranching community / Benjamin Barna
  • Intimate landscapes and ideal households: nineteenth-century proslavery reforms on a South Carolina plantation / Kevin R. Fogle
  • Households of the overseas Chinese in Aurora, Nevada / Emily Dale
  • Traditions and tasks: household production and the internal economy at Dean Hall Plantation, South Carolina / Nicole Isenbarger and Andrew Agha
  • The spooky entanglements of historical households / Charles R. Cobb.

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