Ferguson, Leland G. Uncommon ground : : archaeology and early African America, 1650-1800 / [electronic resource] / Leland Ferguson.. — Washington, D.C. : : Smithsonian Institution Press,, c1992.. — xlv, 186 p. : : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-176) and index.
Prologue. African American pioneers ; Finding the "Negro houses" -- Introduction. Unsuspected treasure ; African American archaeology ; Goals and problems ; Creolization, symbols, and power -- Handmade pots. Remembering clay pots ; Williamsburg and Colono-Indian ware ; Carolina discoveries ; Colono ware ; Finding pots -- North America's slave coast. Black colonists ; Spanish settlements ; Tidewater tobacco farms ; Lowcountry rice plantations -- Carolina's African American majority. Ground houses ; Making mosojo ; Food for nyam ; Cooking and eating -- Powerful legacy. Summer night ; Magic bowls ; Archaeology and African American resistance -- Appendix 1. Provenience of Colono ware vessels from South Carolina and Virginia by county -- Appendix 2. Specimen numbers for whole vessels show in figures -- Appendix 3. Colono ware and architectural data.
Slavery--South Carolina. Slaves--Social conditions.--South Carolina Plantations--South Carolina. African Americans--Antiquities.--South Carolina Historia dos estados unidos Antropologia cult social Esclavage--Caroline du Sud. Esclaves--Conditions sociales.--Caroline du Sud Plantations--Caroline du Sud. Noirs américains--Antiquités.--Caroline du Sud Geschichte (1650-1800) Archäologie
South Carolina--Antiquities. South Carolina--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. Caroline du Sud--Antiquités. Caroline du Sud--Histoire--ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale) USA Schwarze