Households beyond the house: on the archaeology and materiality of historical households / Mary C. Beaudry -- Scalar analysis of early nineteenth-century household assemblages: focus on communities of the African Atlantic / Matthew Reeves -- Exploring household foodways in the North Carolina Piedmont, 1450-1710 / Ashley Peles -- Landschaft and place-making at George Washington's Ferry Farm / James A. Nyman and Brooke Kenline -- Ranch as 'Ohana: the role of ranching station households in the formation of the Hawaiian ranching community / Benjamin Barna -- Intimate landscapes and ideal households: nineteenth-century proslavery reforms on a South Carolina plantation / Kevin R. Fogle -- Households of the overseas Chinese in Aurora, Nevada / Emily Dale -- Traditions and tasks: household production and the internal economy at Dean Hall Plantation, South Carolina / Nicole Isenbarger and Andrew Agha -- The spooky entanglements of historical households / Charles R. Cobb
Summary:
This collection showcases the work of leading household archaeologists and scholars studying domestic production and consumption patterns across a spectrum of time periods, areas, and cultures in North America.