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Archaeobotanical Analysis and Interpretations of Enslaved Virginian Plant Use at Rich Neck Plantation (44WB52)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Stephen A. Mrozowski ,
Maria Franklin  and
Leslie Hunt
Stephen A. Mrozowski
Affiliation:
Andrew Fiske Memorial Center for Archaeological Research, Department of Anthropology, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA, 02125
Maria Franklin
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, 1 University Station, C3200, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712
Leslie Hunt
Affiliation:
Andrew Fiske Memorial Center for Archaeological Research, Department of Anthropology, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA, 02125
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Abstract

Archaeobotanical analysis remains one of the least-utilized strategies for investigating the lifeways of African diasporic peoples despite the fact that the field of African diaspora archaeology has grown exponentially over the last 30 years. We consider the botanical remains from the Rich Neck Slave Quarter site as constituting a significant line of evidence for illuminating the nature of plant use among enslaved Afro-Virginians. As a result of the ambitious flotation program undertaken during the excavation of the Rich Neck site, the botanical assemblage provides evidence allowing for interpretations of the role of plants in enslaved subsistence and potential medicinal practices. Our research illustrates that Afro-Virginians actively participated in the creation of cultural practices related to plant use, and strategically shifted their production activities in response to both internal and external factors that influenced their lives within the context of plantation slavery.

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El análisis arqueobotánico continúa siendo una de las estrategias menos utilizadas para investigar la vida de los pueblos africanos en diáspora a pesar del hecho de que el estudio de la arqueología de la diáspora africana ha crecido exponencialmente durante los últimos treinta años. Consideramos que los restos botánicos del sitio "Rich Neck Slave Quarter" constituyen una línea de evidencia significativa para iluminar el uso de plantas por "afro-virginians" esclavizados. De los resultados del ambicioso programa de muestreo flotación utilizado durante de la excavación del sitio "Rich Neck", la colección botánica provee evidencia que permite interpretaciones del papel de las plantas en la subsistencia de los esclavos y de potenciales prácticas medicinales. Nuestra investigación ilustra que los "afro-virginians" participaron activamente en la creación de prácticas culturales relacionadas con el uso de plantas, y cambiaron estratégicamente sus actividades productivas en respuesta a factores internos y externos que influenciaron sus vidas dentro del contexto de la esclavitud en la plantación.

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American Antiquity , Volume 73 , Issue 4 , October 2008 , pp. 699 - 728
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