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The Resource A desolate place for a defiant people : the archaeology of maroons, indigenous Americans, and enslaved laborers in the Great Dismal Swamp, Daniel O. Sayers, (electronic resource)

A desolate place for a defiant people : the archaeology of maroons, indigenous Americans, and enslaved laborers in the Great Dismal Swamp, Daniel O. Sayers, (electronic resource)

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A desolate place for a defiant people : the archaeology of maroons, indigenous Americans, and enslaved laborers in the Great Dismal Swamp
Title
A desolate place for a defiant people
Title remainder
the archaeology of maroons, indigenous Americans, and enslaved laborers in the Great Dismal Swamp
Statement of responsibility
Daniel O. Sayers
Creator
Contributor
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
Sayers examines the Great Dismal Swamp's archaeological record from ca. 1600 until the time of the Civil War, exposing and unraveling the complex social and economic systems developed by the thousands of Indigenous Americans, Africa American maroons, free African Americans, enslaved company workers, and outcast Europeans who made the Swamp their home
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Sayers, Daniel O
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
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Society for Historical Archaeology
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  • Archaeology
  • Natural history
  • Dismal Swamp (N.C. and Va.)
Label
A desolate place for a defiant people : the archaeology of maroons, indigenous Americans, and enslaved laborers in the Great Dismal Swamp, Daniel O. Sayers, (electronic resource)
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-247) and index
Contents
The Great Dismal Swamp landscape, then and now -- Alienation: a foundational concept -- The architecture of alienation in modern history -- The documented Great Dismal Swamp, 1585-1860 -- Scission communities, canal company laborer communities, and interpretations of their archaeological -- Presence in the Great Dismal Swamp -- Two hundred and fifty years of community praxis in the Great Dismal Swamp: some concluding thoughts
Control code
ssj0001382579
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xvi, 253 pages)
Form of item
online
Governing access note
Access restricted to subscribing institutions
Isbn
9780813060187
Isbn Type
(acid free paper)
Lccn
2014020272
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(WaSeSS)ssj0001382579
Label
A desolate place for a defiant people : the archaeology of maroons, indigenous Americans, and enslaved laborers in the Great Dismal Swamp, Daniel O. Sayers, (electronic resource)
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-247) and index
Contents
The Great Dismal Swamp landscape, then and now -- Alienation: a foundational concept -- The architecture of alienation in modern history -- The documented Great Dismal Swamp, 1585-1860 -- Scission communities, canal company laborer communities, and interpretations of their archaeological -- Presence in the Great Dismal Swamp -- Two hundred and fifty years of community praxis in the Great Dismal Swamp: some concluding thoughts
Control code
ssj0001382579
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xvi, 253 pages)
Form of item
online
Governing access note
Access restricted to subscribing institutions
Isbn
9780813060187
Isbn Type
(acid free paper)
Lccn
2014020272
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(WaSeSS)ssj0001382579

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