Bricks On Black Water: A Comparative Landscape Analysis of an 1830s Brickyard

Author(s): Jess Hendrix

Year: 2018

Summary

As a result of the development of a large U.S. military complex in the newly obtained territory of Florida, Pensacola experienced a historic Brick Boom in the 1830s. The opportunity to profit from brick manufacturing prompted many individuals to establish brickyards along the region's many waterways. The Scott Site is one such site, where excavations have been ongoing since 2008 via a joint-education program between Florida Public Archaeology Network and Milton High School. The resulting archaeological investigations have been used to conduct a comparative landscape analysis between the Scott Site brickyard and brickyards previously studied in South Carolina. This paper discusses the project and the results of investigations, which illustrate the archaeological importance of historic brickyard research.

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Bricks On Black Water: A Comparative Landscape Analysis of an 1830s Brickyard. Jess Hendrix. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, New Orleans, Louisiana. 2018 ( tDAR id: 441520)

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Spatial Coverage

min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;

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Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology

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PaperId(s): 769