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Author:
Noël Hume, Ivor  Search this
Subject:
Carter, Robert 1663-1732 Homes and haunts  Search this
Noël Hume, Ivor  Search this
Physical description:
xx, 343 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Virginia
Martin's Hundred Site (Va.)
Carter's Grove (Va.)
Wolstenholme Towne (Va.)
Date:
1982
Notes:
NMAI copy 39088019919786 from the library of H. Paul and Jane R. Friesema.
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
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.
Call number:
F234.M378 N63 1982X
F234.M378N63 1982X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_147554