Living the Not So Sweet Life: Archaeological Investigations in the Chatsworth Plantation Quarters
Author(s): Jason Brooks
Year: 2015
Summary
Southern Louisiana was home to one of the largest cash crops cultivated during antebellum times. Sugarcane was grown in a relatively small area in South Louisiana, but had far reaching impacgts at both the local and regional level. This poster will discuss the archaeology taking place at the Chatsworth Plantation site. I will also examine the spatial layout of Chatsworth, a sugar producing plantation, and discuss possible reasons for the use of the particular layout. In addition, I will provide insight into the lives of those people that once inhabited the structures located in the quarters area.
Cite this Record
Living the Not So Sweet Life: Archaeological Investigations in the Chatsworth Plantation Quarters. Jason Brooks. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Seattle, Washington. 2015 ( tDAR id: 434134)
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Keywords
General
Louisiana
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Plantation
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Quarters Area
Geographic Keywords
North America
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United States of America
Temporal Keywords
19th & 20th Centuries
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): 341