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Recent archaeological investigations at the 17th century John Hollister Site in Glastonbury, Connecticut resulted in the recovery of thousands of extraordinarily well-preserved faunal remains. The diverse assemblage, which includes mammals, birds, fish, and shellfish, was recovered from three large, filled cellar contexts. The food remains provide an unprecedented look at the foodways, animal husbandry strategies, and food procurement activities of Connecticut’s earliest settlers, and...
Revisiting Buckley in 17th-Century Chesapeake Assemblages (2024)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Archaeological Imaginaries, Regional Realities: 50 Years of Work in the Chesapeake", at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Most archaeologists working in the Chesapeake attribute coarse earthenware characterized by a marbled buff and red paste and dark brown to black glossy glaze to potters working in the town of Buckley in northeast Wales from the 1720s through the late 18th century. Recently, Lindsay Bloch has...