Food, archaeology, and African American identity -- Situating the Maynard and Burgess Families -- Excavating the "other Annapolis" -- The foods they ate -- Food as community: Maynard and Burgess food habits in regional contexts -- African Americans and consumption -- In the "side room": eating with the Maynards and the Burgesses -- Conclusions: meals and their legacies
Summary
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
