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Archaeology at Monticello: Artifacts of Everyday Life in the Plantation CommunityISBN 1882886054 (1-882886-05-4)
Softcover, Univ of North Carolina Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Archaeology at Monticello: Artifacts of Everyday Life in the Plantation Community'Book summary:In telling the story of Thomas Jefferson, the grounds at Monticello, and the many people, enslaved and free, who worked on the plantation, William Kelso's landmark work augments the written record of life there. Archeological excavations show that many of Jefferson's idealized projects were realized in very different form. In particular, the book contains significant new information about Mulberry Row, a line of workshops and dwellings where most of the plantation's industries were located. The wealth of material objects that Kelso's team unearthed form a fascinating and palpable link to the past. [via]
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Cemeteries and Gravemarkers: Voices of American Cultureby James Deetz , Richard E. MeyerISBN 0835719030 (0-8357-1903-0)
Hardcover, Umi Research Pr
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Cemeteries and Gravemarkers: Voices of American Cultureby James Deetz , Richard E. MeyerISBN 0874211603 (0-87421-160-3)
Softcover, Utah State Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cemeteries and Gravemarkers: Voices of American Culture'Book summary:Cemeteries house the dead, but gravemarkers are fashioned by the living, who record on them not only their pleasures, sorrows, and hopes for an afterlife, but also more than they realize of their history, ethnicity, and culture. Richard Meyer has gathered twelve original essays examining burial grounds through the centuries and across the land to give a broad understanding of the history and cultural values of communities, regions, and American society at large.[via]More editions of Cemeteries and Gravemarkers: Voices of American Culture:
Earth Patterns: Essays in Landscape Archaeologyby James Deetz , Richard E. MeyerISBN 0813912393 (0-8139-1239-3)
Hardcover, Univ of Virginia Pr
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Flowerdew Hundred: The Archaeology of a Virginia Plantation, 1619-1864by James DeetzISBN 0813916399 (0-8139-1639-9)
Softcover, Univ of Virginia Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Flowerdew Hundred: The Archaeology of a Virginia Plantation, 1619-1864'Book summary:Deetzs Flowerdew Hundred is a synopsis of the result of twenty-five years of archaeological investigations at Flowerdew Hundred, a former plantation on the south side of the James River in Prince George County, Virginia. Throughout the work, Deetz conveys the importance of combining historiography and archaeology to a reach a better understanding of the past. This multidirectional approach is displayed as Deetz examines smoking-pipe stems, Colono-ware pottery, and post-in-ground buildings at Flowerdew. Through examining regional history of the Chesapeake, comparing the Flowerdew archaeological record with that along the eastern seaboard (particularly in regards to icehouses and pits), and looking at the architecture of Salem, South Africa, Deetz is able to construct a contextual history of Flowerdew in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. For archaeologists, amateurs, and the general public, the book simplistically relays the intertwining of history, archaeology and folk studies and, of course, reveals a glimpse into life on a Virginia plantation.
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In Small Things Forgotten: An Archaeology of Early American Lifeby James DeetzISBN 0385483996 (0-385-48399-6)
Softcover, Anchor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In Small Things Forgotten: An Archaeology of Early American Life'Book summary:History is recorded in many ways. According to author James Deetz, the past can be seen most fully by studying the small things so often forgotten. Objects such as doorways, gravestones, musical instruments, and even shards of pottery fill in the cracks between large historical events and depict the intricacies of daily life. In his completely revised and expanded edition of In Small Things Forgotten, Deetz has added new sections that more fully acknowledge the presence of women and African Americans in Colonial America. New interpretations of archaeological finds detail how minorities influenced and were affected by the development of the Anglo-American tradition in the years following the settlers' arrival in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. Among Deetz's observations:
Subtle changes in building long before the Revolutionary War hinted at the growing independence of the American colonies and their desire to be less like the British.
Records of estate auctions show that many households in Colonial America contained only one chair--underscoring the patriarchal nature of the early American family. All other members of the household sat on stools or the floor.
The excavation of a tiny community of freed slaves in Massachusetts reveals evidence of the transplantation of African culture to North America.
Simultaneously a study of American life and an explanation of how American life is studied, In Small Things Forgotten, through the everyday details of ordinary living, colorfully depicts a world hundreds of years in the past. [via]More editions of In Small Things Forgotten: An Archaeology of Early American Life:
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The Times of Their Lives: Life, Love, and Death in Plymouth Colonyby James Deetz , Patricia E. Scott DeetzISBN 0385721536 (0-385-72153-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Times of Their Lives: Life, Love, and Death in Plymouth Colony'Book summary:Who were the Pilgrims? Far from the somberly clad, stern, and righteous figures children learn about in school, many of the early settlers of Plymouth actually dressed in bright colors, drank heavily, and often got into trouble.[via]
A surprising new look at America's founding fathers and mothers, The Times of Their Lives presents a realistic, factual account of the Plymouth colony based on contemporary archaeology, cultural research, and living history. Taking little known trial transcripts, personal accounts, wills and probate records, as well as physical artifacts such as shards and spoons unearthed from old foundations, James and Patricia Deetz reveal what life in seventeenth century Plymouth was really like. In the process they blow the dust off the dull, wooden figures of tradition and show the people of Plymouth as vibrant individuals who lived out complex and colorful lives in a world profoundly different than our own.
Beginning with an eyewitness account of the first Thanksgiving, The Times of Their Lives offers an often startling portrait of Plymouth Colony that includes aspects of the legal system, folk beliefs, family life, womens roles and gender issues, eating habits, alcohol use, sexual misconduct, domestic violence, suspicious deaths, and violent crimes.
The result is an impeccably researched and highly imaginative work that shakes up our view of one of the most cherished myths of American history.More editions of The Times of Their Lives: Life, Love, and Death in Plymouth Colony:
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