The Archaeology in Annapolis project has been one of the most
important undertaken by historical archaeologists. Notable for its
emphasis on public education and its use of citywide research, it
has carried out an innovative analysis of material culture to show
how a wide range of social and economic classes residing in
Maryland's capital responded over time to a changing world.
Annapolis Pasts offers a close look at the trend-setting
project. Drawing on more than a decade of study, it provides a
cross-section of the substantive and theoretical issues that
Archaeology in Annapolis has explored. The volume gathers the work
of some of the most innovative authorities in historical
archaeology along with that of younger scholars who participated in
the project, all of whom demonstrate the cutting-edge approaches
that have won it wide respect. And despite differences in
theoretical orientations, all the contributors have used
Annapolis's archaeological data to interpret the emergence of
capitalism as both a dynamic market force and an equally dynamic
body of social rules. In studies of sites ranging from
eighteenth-century formal gardens to nineteenth- and
twentieth-century African American neighborhoods, the book explores
the development of modern society as reflected in such examples of
material culture as food, printer's type, tableware, and landscape
architecture, showing how these features of everyday life were used
to reproduce, modify, and resist capitalist society over three
centuries. It also investigates subordinated groups in Annapolis --
African Americans, women, the working class -- to provide insight
into racism, class structure, and consumer society in the early
years of theindustrial revolution.
Annapolis Pasts clearly demonstrates that traditional objects of
study like Georgian mansions and colonial crafts cannot be
understood without considering their complete social and economic
milieu. It presents a fascinating mosaic of human activity that
shows how archaeologists can interpret the different social,
temporal, and theoretical pieces of a city's history, and it
provides anthropologists, economists, and historians with an
example of the multifaceted effects of capitalism and
industrialization in one corner of America.
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