Message(s) in a Jar: Mason Jars, Archaeological Narratives, and Contemporary Fascinations
Author(s): Kim Christensen
Year: 2015
Summary
Mason jars, as workhorses of home food preservation beginning in the late nineteenth-century, have functioned both as indicators of social and economic status within archaeological contexts and currently as objects of fascination in the DIY marketplace. This paper parses out the various discourses within which mason jars have been placed historically and contemporarily by their users, promoters, and archaeologists, and seeks to understand how gender, race, class, and nostalgia continue to inform their uses and interpretation.
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Message(s) in a Jar: Mason Jars, Archaeological Narratives, and Contemporary Fascinations. Kim Christensen. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Seattle, Washington. 2015 ( tDAR id: 433969)
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Keywords
General
Gender
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Mason jars
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Narrative
Geographic Keywords
North America
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United States of America
Temporal Keywords
19th century, 20th century, 21st century
Spatial Coverage
min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 203