Bringing back the Community: Archaeology of an Early 19th Century Enslaved Community at James Madison’s Montpelier in Orange County Virginia

Part of: Society for Historical Archaeology 2015

Site Type Keywords
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex

Other Keywords
Plantations • Slavery • Foodways • African Diaspora • Ceramics • Architecture • Plantation • Zooarchaeology • Buildings • Paleoethnobotany

Culture Keywords
Historic • African American

Temporal Keywords
19th Century • Early 19th Century • 18th and 19th century • A.D. 1810- 1830 • early 19th century, federal era

Geographic Keywords
North America • Coahuila (State / Territory) • New Mexico (State / Territory) • Oklahoma (State / Territory) • Arizona (State / Territory) • Texas (State / Territory) • Sonora (State / Territory) • United States of America (Country) • Chihuahua (State / Territory) • Nuevo Leon (State / Territory)

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Documents

All the Small Things: An Analysis of Small Finds at James Madison’s Montpelier Plantation (2015)

Claiming a House of Bondage: Examining Spatial Relationships of Domestic Slavery at Montpelier (2015)

Defined by Place?: Setting the Homes of the Enslaved Community at Montpelier into a Regional Context (2015)

Dipt, Painted, and Printed Wares: Ceramic Assemblages from Enslaved Homes as Evidence of Personal Choice at James Madison's Montpelier (2015)

Every Nook and Cranny: Short-term Residences For Enslaved Laborers (2015)

Interactions Across the Landscape: Interpreting Social Relationships within Montpelier’s Black Community (2015)

Living in Work Spaces and Working in Living Spaces: Intersections of Labor and Domesticity in the Enslaved Community at Montpelier. (2015)

Making the Invisible Visible: Interpreting the Plantation Landscape at James Madison’s Montpelier (2015)

Materializing the Past: Ghosting Slave Landscapes at James Madison’s Montpelier (2015)

Seeds, Weeds, and Feed: Macrobotanical Analysis of Enslaved African-American Plant Use and Foodways at a James Madison's Montpelier (2015)

Setting Boundaries: Identifying the Homes of Enslaved Field Workers at James Madison's Montpelier (2015)

Slave Foodways at James Madison’s Montpelier A.D. 1810- 1830 (2015)