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Poplar Forest
Archive•Forest, Virginia, United States•
About: Poplar Forest is a archive organization based out in Forest, Virginia, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Celtic languages & Perspective (graphical). The organization has 6 authors who have published 6 publications receiving 114 citations. The organization is also known as: Thomas Jefferson's plantation & plantation house.
Papers
TL;DR: A survey of transfer-print patterns based on the themes of the mythic past can be found in this article, where the authors place them in their appropriate cultural and historical context and demonstrate how they reflect certain cultural trends of the period.
Abstract: During the Romantic period of the nineteenth century, a wholesale invention of cultural myth and tradition took place in what we now think of as the industrialized West. One of the more interesting aspects of this “invention of tradition” was the development of the mythic Celtic past in Western Europe, particularly Scotland and Wales. This reinvention of the past is reflected in aspects of material culture, including contemporary transfer-print patterns, many of which contain scenes based on the themes of the mythic past. This paper surveys some of the more common Scottish- and Welsh-related patterns and attempts to place them in their appropriate cultural and historical context as well as demonstrating how they reflect certain cultural trends of the period. Some of the broader issues and implications surrounding these patterns, especially regarding their use as a vehicle for disseminating an ideological perspective internationally, are also examined.
20 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the intersection of race, landscape, and memory at archaeological sites throughout the American South, including Poplar Forest, a plantation located in Virginia's western piedmont, is discussed.
Abstract: Historical archaeologists are increasingly studying the formation, operation, and maintenance of racial groups in the past and the ways in which individual memories are transformed into shared social memories through the acts of remembering, forgetting, and imagining. Drawing on historical and archaeological data and oral history, this paper considers the intersection of race, landscape, and memory at archaeological sites throughout the American South, including Poplar Forest, a plantation located in Virginia’s western piedmont. These studies illustrate how memory and race intersected throughout physical and social landscapes. The discussion is grounded in the belief that changing physical landscapes structure and reflect negotiations of race and inform historical memory.
5 citations
8 Apr 2021
TL;DR: For example, despite the ubiquity of their task, enslaved African American washerwomen have been negle... as discussed by the authors, and they represented a significant portion of the domestic labor on nineteenth century plantations.
Abstract: Laundry represented a significant portion of the domestic labor on nineteenth century plantations. However, despite the ubiquity of their task, enslaved African American washerwomen have been negle...
3 citations
TL;DR: This article explored the results of three projects that have offered valuable perspectives on how these related landscapes intersect at Thomas Jefferson's retreat and plantation in Bedford County, Virginia, and found that environmental and material culture analyses associated with the retreat's ornamental plant nursery, double row of paper mulberry trees, and north tree clumps and oval flowerbeds demonstrate ties to the environmental transformations brought about by Jefferson's vision for the property.
Abstract: The ongoing archaeological research into the historic landscapes of Poplar Forest strives to develop a comprehensive understanding of the human interactions that shaped the ornamental grounds, plantation, and natural environment in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. This article will explore the results of three projects that have offered valuable perspectives on how these related landscapes intersect at Thomas Jefferson’s retreat and plantation in Bedford County, Virginia. The environmental and material culture analyses associated with the retreat’s ornamental plant nursery, double row of paper mulberry trees, and north tree clumps and oval flowerbeds demonstrate ties to the environmental transformations brought about by Jefferson’s vision for the property.
2 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, an approach that draws from historical ecology and practice theory is applied to explore the antebellum community of Ozan Township, which grew around the town of Washington, Arkansas.
Abstract: The first half of the 19th century was a time of great change across the American landscape. In Arkansas, social, economic, and environmental transformations occurred as free and enslaved settlers established new ways of life along the southwestern edge of the United States during the decades following the Louisiana Purchase. By introducing an approach that draws from historical ecology and practice theory, this article applies interdisciplinary methods to explore the antebellum community of Ozan Township, which grew around the town of Washington, Arkansas. Diverse sources shed light on dynamic relationships between people and their environment that have existed within this compelling portion of the South’s cotton frontier.
2 citations
Authors
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| Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara J. Heath | 6 | 21 | 218 |
| Eric Proebsting | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Lori A. Lee | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Jack Gary | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Alasdair Ml Brooks | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| Karen E. McIlvoy | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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Performance Metrics
| Year | Papers |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 |