| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xx, 343 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 331-332. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Looking for the old plantation -- The Jamestown perspective -- Matters of grave concern -- Putting the governor in his place -- Painters and potters -- Pipe dreams -- Hallmarks of failure -- Peeces, pallisadoes, and problems -- Back to B -- Murder in the company compound -- Spadework -- Burning questions -- Granny in the ground -- And the Gods looked down -- Artifact dimensions. |
| Summary |
This first-hand account examines an important excavation in American historical archaeology--the discovery of a lost plantation, providing extensive evidence of English colonial life in early seventeenth-century Virginia. |
| Subject |
Martin's Hundred Site (Va.)
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Carter's Grove (Va.)
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Wolstenholme Towne (Va.)
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Carter, Robert, 1663-1732 -- Homes and haunts -- Virginia.
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Noël Hume, Ivor.
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| ISBN |
0394507282 |
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9780394507286 |
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