early nineteenth century (Temporal Keyword)

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How Can Archaeological Spatial Structure Advance Our Understanding of the Social Dynamics of Slavery?: an Example from Monticello. (2019)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Crystal L. Ptacek. Beatrix Arendt. Fraser Neiman.

This is an abstract from the "Archaeologies of Enslavement" session, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. We explore how patterns in the distribution of artifacts across sites can inform us about variation in household organization and resource access among people enslaved at Monticello.  We use DAACS protocols to we measure variation among artifacts that is sensitive to temporal availability, acquisition costs,  and artifact size at a domestic site occupied...


Kitchen Space in the Wing of Offices at Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest (2018)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Jenn Ogborne.

The Wing of Offices at Poplar Forest was excavated over the course of several years in the late 1980s and 1990s. Originally consisting of a kitchen, smokehouse, and possible laundry and storage spaces, subsequent owners of the property tore down the Wing and replaced it with two outbuildings. The re-analysis of kitchen related materials has demonstrated patterns of refuse disposal reflecting both the use of the space during Jefferson’s lifetime and the later occupation. Relationships to other...


Reconstructing Daily Life in Little Flat Creek Valley (2015)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Emma L Verstraete.

The early nineteenth century was tumultuous for Barry County in southwest Missouri. Originally made up of unclaimed acreage and the land grants for the Osage and Delaware Native American tribes, the area was redefined as a county when Missouri reached statehood in 1821 and then later divided into four smaller counties. Through all of these boundary changes the Little Flat Creek Valley was occupied nearly continuously, first by native tribes and later by Phillip Marbut and his family....