New Directions for Horse Hardware at James Madison’s Montpelier
Author(s): Elizabeth A McCague
Year: 2018
Summary
As an often overlooked artifact class, horse hardware has the potential to answer a variety of research questions on the functionality of plantation work spaces. Ongoing archaeological research at James Madison’s Montpelier has examined the dynamics of a late 18th to mid-19th century working plantation in central Virginia. Through the survey and excavations of several areas that made up Madison’s plantation, various horse hardware has been recovered in several labor contexts and styles. As part of an ongoing research project to explore horse activity across the plantation, this paper will use a combination of archaeological evidence, metal detector survey, and historical documentation to discuss current work on improving the public interpretations of the Madison stable and carriage house.
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New Directions for Horse Hardware at James Madison’s Montpelier. Elizabeth A McCague. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, New Orleans, Louisiana. 2018 ( tDAR id: 441559)
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Keywords
General
Horse
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Plantation
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Stable
Geographic Keywords
North America
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United States of America
Temporal Keywords
18th-19th century
Spatial Coverage
min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 780