Eating in the side room

By Mark S. Warner

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

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.