This volume represented a compilation of interdisciplinary research being done throughout the American South and the Caribbean by historians, archaeologists, architects, anthropologists, and other scholars on the topic of slavery and plantations. It synthesizes materials known through the 1980s and reports on key sites of excavation and survey in the Carolinas, Barbados, Louisiana and other locations. Contributors include many of the leading figures in historical archaeology.

About the Author
Theresa A Singleton

Reviews
"An excellent example of the kind of collaboration possible between the archaeological and historical disciplines... a notably coherent group of papers that allow historians to look in new and stimulating directions to analyze the past." --Jeannette E. Stephens, Journal of American History



Book Information
ISBN 9781598744545
Author Theresa A Singleton
Format Hardback
Page Count 360
Imprint Left Coast Press Inc
Publisher Left Coast Press Inc
Weight(grams) 453g