Eating in the side room

By Mark S. Warner

Subjects: African americans, African Americans, Food, Material culture, Food habits, Ethnic identity, Race identity, Maryland, history, Maynard-Burgess House (Annapolis, Md.), History, Excavations (Archaeology)

Description: Warner uses the archaeological data on food remains recovered from excavations in Annapolis, Maryland, as the point of departure for a broader look at the centrality of material culture in the construction of African identity in America.