An Examination of Botanical Materials from Mashantucket Pequot Site 72-58
Author(s): Heather Trigg; Jessica Bowes
Year: 2007
Summary
Seventy-nine flotation samples from an 18th century Mashantucket Pequot homestead in Connecticut were submitted to the Fiske Center for Archaeological Research for paleoethnobotanical analysis in order to examine both the maintenance of and changes in subsistence practices during the reservation period. Wood, nutshells and nutmeat, seeds, and other plant parts were among the thousands of botanical remains recovered. These plant remains came from a variety of ecozones, and may show evidence for an increasing reliance on wild plant foods during the reservation era. Trigg and Bowes argue that this shift to wild foods may represent not only a period of increasing nutritional stress, but also an increase in diversified economic strategies such as gathering wild fruits for sale to colonists.
Cite this Record
An Examination of Botanical Materials from Mashantucket Pequot Site 72-58. Heather Trigg, Jessica Bowes. Andrew Fiske Memorial Center for Archaeological Research Cultural Resource Management Study ,24b. Boston, Massachusetts: University of Massachusetts. 2007 ( tDAR id: 367818) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8K35RQ8
Keywords
Culture
Historic
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Historic Native American
Material
Macrobotanical
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Wood
Site Name
Site 72-58
Site Type
House
Investigation Types
Environment Research
General
Archaeobotanical Analysis
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Wood & Charcoal Analysis
Geographic Keywords
Connecticut (State / Territory)
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Mashantucket
Temporal Keywords
Historic
Temporal Coverage
Calendar Date: 1700 to 1800
Spatial Coverage
min long: -71.994; min lat: 41.445 ; max long: -71.95; max lat: 41.466 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Kevin McBride
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