Social inequality and turn-of-the-century farmsteads: Issues of class, status, ethnicity, and race (original) (raw)

This paper examines the transformation of social and economic structures in American agrarian life through archaeological investigations of turn-of-the-century farmsteads. Focusing on two Piedmont farms inhabited by both black and white families, it explores the interplay of social status, ethnicity, and race, while critiquing the term 'socioeconomic status' and its application in archaeology. The study emphasizes the value of material culture in understanding cultural change and the complexity of social stratification.