Archaeology of Slavery and Plantation Life

Overview

This volume represented a compilation of interdisciplinary research being done throughout the American South and the Caribbean by historians, archaeologists, architects, anthropologists, and other scholars on the topic of slavery and plantations.

Content and Scope

It synthesizes materials known through the 1980s and reports on key sites of excavation and survey in the Carolinas, Barbados, Louisiana and other locations.

Contributors

Contributors include many of the leading figures in historical archaeology.