Quickly vanishing in our own time, less than a century ago family-operated farms were a predominant way of life in North America. Since the 1600s the agriculture practiced on American farms has been a catalyst of both geographic settlement and economic expansion. During the 19th century, four generations of the Nicholas Gibbs family operated a successful farm in Knox County, East Tennessee.
In this book, archaeology and historical information are combined with strands of thought in world systems theory and the Annales school of French social history to explore the influence...
Quickly vanishing in our own time, less than a century ago family-operated farms were a predominant way of life in North America. Since the 1600s t...
Quickly vanishing in our own time, less than a century ago family-operated farms were a predominant way of life in North America. Since the 1600s the agriculture practiced on American farms has been a catalyst of both geographic settlement and economic expansion. During the 19th century, four generations of the Nicholas Gibbs family operated a successful farm in Knox County, East Tennessee.
In this book, archaeology and historical information are combined with strands of thought in world systems theory and the Annales school of French social history to explore the influence...
Quickly vanishing in our own time, less than a century ago family-operated farms were a predominant way of life in North America. Since the 1600s t...
From the early colonial period to the close of World War II, life in North America was predominantly agrarian and rural. Archaeological exploration of farmsteads unveils a surprising quantity of data about rural life, consumption patterns, and migrations across the continent. Mark Groover offers both case studies and an overview of current trends in farmstead archaeology in this exciting new work. He also proposes a research design and makes numerous suggestions for evaluating (and re-evaluating) the significance of farmsteads as an archaeological resource. His chronological survey of...
From the early colonial period to the close of World War II, life in North America was predominantly agrarian and rural. Archaeological exploration of...
