This document provides a summary of the forthcoming book "Beyond the Walls: New Perspectives on the Archaeology of Historical Households" edited by Kevin R. Fogle, James A. Nyman, and Mary C. Beaudry and to be published in November 2015 by University Press of Florida. The book contains 9 chapters that explore historical households through archaeological and material analyses. The chapters examine households in contexts such as early 19th century African Atlantic communities, 15th-17th century North Carolina, 18th century Virginia, 19th century Hawaii and South Carolina, and more. The book aims to advance understanding of historical households beyond the conventional focus on the domestic interior.
This document provides a summary of the forthcoming book "Beyond the Walls: New Perspectives on the Archaeology of Historical Households" edited by Kevin R. Fogle, James A. Nyman, and Mary C. Beaudry and to be published in November 2015 by University Press of Florida. The book contains 9 chapters that explore historical households through archaeological and material analyses. The chapters examine households in contexts such as early 19th century African Atlantic communities, 15th-17th century North Carolina, 18th century Virginia, 19th century Hawaii and South Carolina, and more. The book aims to advance understanding of historical households beyond the conventional focus on the domestic interior.
This document provides a summary of the forthcoming book "Beyond the Walls: New Perspectives on the Archaeology of Historical Households" edited by Kevin R. Fogle, James A. Nyman, and Mary C. Beaudry and to be published in November 2015 by University Press of Florida. The book contains 9 chapters that explore historical households through archaeological and material analyses. The chapters examine households in contexts such as early 19th century African Atlantic communities, 15th-17th century North Carolina, 18th century Virginia, 19th century Hawaii and South Carolina, and more. The book aims to advance understanding of historical households beyond the conventional focus on the domestic interior.
Forthcoming from University Press of Florida, November, 2015.
Beyond the Walls: New Perspectives on the Archaeology of Historical Households,
edited by Kevin R. Fogle, James A. Nyman, and Mary C. Beaudry.
Contents
List of Figures vii
List of Tables ix Preface and Acknowledgments xi 1. Households beyond the House: On the Archaeology and Materiality of Historical Households 1 Mary C. Beaudry
2. Scalar Analysis of Early Nineteenth-Century Household
Assemblages: Focus on Communities of the African Atlantic 23 Matthew Reeves
proof
3. Exploring Household Foodways in the North Carolina Piedmont,
14501710 47 Ashley Peles
4. Landschaft and Place-Making at George Washingtons
Ferry Farm 71 James A. Nyman and Brooke Kenline
5. Ranch as Ohana: The Role of Ranching Station Households in the
Formation of the Hawaiian Ranching Community 97 Benjamin Barna
6. Intimate Landscapes and Ideal Households: Nineteenth-Century
Proslavery Reforms on a South Carolina Plantation 121 Kevin R. Fogle
7. Households of the Overseas Chinese in Aurora, Nevada 144
Emily Dale
8. Traditions and Tasks: Household Production and the Internal
Economy at Dean Hall Plantation, South Carolina 161 Nicole Isenbarger and Andrew Agha
9. The Spooky Entanglements of Historical Households 188