A Chesapeake Family and their Slaves: A Study in Historical Archaeology (New Studies in Archaeology)

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Analyzing the material remains left by Maryland’s colonists within the eighteenth century together with historical records and artworks, archaeologists have reconstructed the day-to-day life of the aristocratic British Calvert circle of relatives, whose head was once governor of Maryland. On this large household people from different cultures interacted, and English and West African lifestyles merged. The use of this fascinating case study, Anne Yentsch illustrates the way in which wherein historical archaeology draws on different disciplines to interpret the past.

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