Kingsmill Plantation, 1619-1800: Archaeology of Country Life in Colonial Virginia

by William M. Kelso

Book Overview

In 1971 William Kelso happened almost by chance on an archaeological find that would open a new door on the rural history of colonial Tidewater Virginia. Erosion had revealed a brick well shaft in a cliff on the James River; above this was an earthen fort and, a bit farther downriver, the remains of a plantation manor. These would be the first of many intriguing discoveries to be made in the area known as Kingsmill. Though the land's owners agreed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0917565126
• ISBN13: 9780917565120
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: William M. Kelso Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher