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Anna S. Agbe-Davies's study of little tubes of mighty power is carried out with theoretical sophistication and methodological rigor. Moving beyond issues of identity revealed by decorative aspects of clay pipes, Agbe-Davies transforms the analysis and discussion of this artifact class into one of power, agency, and social relations in colonial Virginia. In doing so, she skillfully maneuvers between the mindsets of seventeenth-century Virginians and twenty-first century archaeologists through the application of a critical systematics. This is an important book, one which should be read by social archaeologists, social historians, and students of these fields. --Peter E. Siegel, Dept of Anthropology and Center for Heritage & Archaeological Studies, Montclair State University

Analyzing locally made tobacco clay pipes, Anna Agbe-Davies shows us that ethnic groups and races are socially constructed categories. Using new analytical techniques and classification schemes, Agbe-Davies develops an important investigation that challenges some of our traditional views of material culture. Tobacco, Pipes, and Race in Colonial Virginia is destined to become one of the influential treatises in our discipline. --Paul A. Shackel, University of Maryland

Analyzing locally made tobacco clay pipes, Anna Agbie Davies shows us that ethnic groups and races are socially constructed categories. Using new analytical techniques and classification schemes Agbie Davies develops an important investigation that challenges some of our traditional views of material culture. Tobacco, Pipes, and Race in Colonial Virginia is destined to become one of the influential treatises in our discipline. --Paul A. Shackel, University of Maryland

Anna S. Agbe-Davies s study of little tubes of mighty power is carried out with theoretical sophistication and methodological rigor. Moving beyond issues of identity revealed by decorative aspects of clay pipes, Agbe-Davies transforms the analysis and discussion of this artifact class into one of power, agency, and social relations in colonial Virginia. In doing so, she skillfully maneuvers between the mindsets of seventeenth-century Virginians and twenty-first century archaeologists through the application of a critical systematics. This is an important book, one which should be read by social archaeologists, social historians, and students of these fields. Peter E. Siegel, Dept of Anthropology and Center for Heritage & Archaeological Studies, Montclair State University

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Anna Agbe-Davies is a historical archaeologist and assistant professor at UNC Chapel Hill, USA. She has a longstanding interest in the plantation societies of the colonial southeastern US and Caribbean, with a particular focus on the African diaspora. Agbe-Davies co-edited Social Archaeologies of Trade and Exchange , as well as contributing chapters on the concept of freedom in the archaeology of post-Emancipation African diasporas and on text analysis as a method for understanding the concept of ""community.""

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