19th Century Clay Pipes from Jacksonport State Park, Arkansas
Author(s): C. Andrew Buchner; Karla M. Oesch
Year: 2018
Summary
Excavations at the Jacksonport State Park over the 2014 to 2015 field season have produced over 65,000 artifacts. This material has providing information about the lives of Jacksonport's residents from its prominence and period of historical significance (1852-1892) and on to the subsequent poor house era (1910-1953). Within this extensive collection are several campaign/ president pipes imported from Germany from circa 1830 to circa 1870. The identifiable specimens include presidential candidates Lewis Cass and Henry Clay as well as a 'philosopher' style with a likeness to Ulysses Grant. This poster will discuss these unique artifacts and how they might shed some light on the politics and economy during Jacksonport's heyday.
Cite this Record
19th Century Clay Pipes from Jacksonport State Park, Arkansas. C. Andrew Buchner, Karla M. Oesch. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, New Orleans, Louisiana. 2018 ( tDAR id: 441685)
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Keywords
General
antebellum politics
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Clay Pipes
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Trade
Geographic Keywords
North America
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United States of America
Temporal Keywords
Antebellum Period, Civil War Era
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): 372