Research Catalog

Title

An archaeological study of rural capitalism and material life : the Gibbs farmstead in Southern Appalachia, 1790-1920 / Mark D. Groover.

Author

Groover, Mark D.

Publication

New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, c2003.

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Description

xvii, 320 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Series Statement

Contributions to global historical archaeology

Uniform Title

Contributions to global historical archaeology.

Subject

• Gibbs, Nicholas, approximately 1733-approximately 1817 > Homes and haunts > Knox County
• Gibbs family
• Knox County (Tenn.) > Antiquities
• Appalachian Region, Southern > Antiquities
• Excavations (Archaeology) > Knox County
• Material culture > Knox County > History
• Farm life > Knox County > History
• Family farms > Knox County > History
• Agriculture > History. > Knox County
• German Americans > Knox County > Biography

Genre/Form

• Biographies
• History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-318) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

pt. I. Theory, Methods, and Historical Context -- Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Interpretive Theory and Methods -- Ch. 3. History of the Nicholas Gibbs Extended Family -- Ch. 4. The Gibbs Farmstead: Agricultural Production and Economic Strategies -- pt. II. Archaeology and Material Life -- Ch. 5. Archaeological Investigations at the Gibbs Site -- Ch. 6. Identifying Continuity and Change in the Domestic Landscape -- Ch. 7. Diachronic Trends in Consumerism and the Standard of Living -- Ch. 8. Time Sequence Analysis: Exploring Household Dynamics -- Ch. 9. Foodways Among the Gibbs Family -- Ch. 10. A Southern Appalachian Farm Family Reconsidered -- App. A. Agricultural Production Information -- App. B. Probate Inventory Analysis Information -- App. C. Artifact Analysis Information.

ISBN

0306475022

LCCN

^^2002040668

OCLC

• 50960656
• SCSB-10132669

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library