The Unique Architecture of the Quarters for Enslaved African Americans at Belvoir
Author(s): Aaron M. Levinthal
Year: 2020
Summary
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Archaeology and Analysis of the Belvoir Quarter" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.
The square, ironstone and brick masonry quarter discovered at Belvoir is a unique form seldom constructed by Chesapeake planters, though it incorporated a plan considered by some, including Thomas Jefferson. Complete excavation provided information pertaining to the unusual architecture as well as to the use of interior and exterior spaces during the 18th and 19th centuries. A digital animation of the building, as it may have appeared during the 1840s, and based on the archaeology, is included in this presentation.
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The Unique Architecture of the Quarters for Enslaved African Americans at Belvoir. Aaron M. Levinthal. 2020 ( tDAR id: 456813)
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Keywords
General
Architecture
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Plantation
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Slavery
Geographic Keywords
United States of America
Temporal Keywords
18th - 19th centuries
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): 406