Foodways in a Third Space

Author(s): Jean Lammie

Year: 2018

Summary

Located on the remote shores of Tampa Bay, Fort Brooke (1824-1888) represented a complex sphere of interaction among multiple social groups including United States soldiers, Seminoles, maroons, camp followers, and enslaved laborers. This paper explores the utility of third space and hybridity as a means of analyzing faunal remains and the material culture associated with food acquisition and consumption to better understand how identities were essentialized and contested within this space. Initial examination of faunal remains excavated from within the boundaries of Fort Brooke, in addition to archival sources, indicate a diet typical of early American army contexts, consisting primarily of preserved meats and hard breads, with a strong reliance on wild vertebrates.

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Foodways in a Third Space. Jean Lammie. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, New Orleans, Louisiana. 2018 ( tDAR id: 441542)

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

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PaperId(s): 295