Baubles, Bangles and Beads: The Role of Personal Adornments in a 17th Century Spanish Mission Period Community

Summary

More than a decade of archaeological investigations at Mission San Joseph de Sapala and its associated Guale village of Sapala on Sapelo Island, Georgia have provided significant new insights into the nature of Spanish-Guale interaction and negotiation. Some of these cultural transactions are reflected by items of clothing or personal adornment that were worn by the Spanish and/or Native Americans who lived in that 17th century Spanish Mission community. This poster explores the nature of personal items, such as buttons, earrings and beads, worn by the mission community’s Guale and Spanish residents to express their evolving personal identities and cultural affiliations in a world characterized by social, economic, and political upheavals brought on by massive population loss, demographic displacement, and the destruction of traditional Guale society.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 83rd Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (2018)

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Abstract Id(s): 21340