Forest and Farm, River and Sea: Food and Diet at Three 17th-Century Sites in Connecticut

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2019: General Sessions" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Recent research in Connecticut has focused on the 17th century and archaeological investigations at several significant sites are ongoing. Extensive work at three sites, an early 17th-century (ca.1615-1640) coastal Native American trading fort in Norwalk, a first period (ca. 1630-1640s) domestic site in Wethersfield, and a mid-late 17th -century (ca. 1650-1710) farm on the Connecticut frontier in Glastonbury, resulted in the recovery of large and extremely well-preserved assemblages of faunal and macrobotanical remains. The sites represent a microcosm of 17th-century daily life in Connecticut and this unique dataset provides the opportunity to explore Native American and English food procurement strategies, diet, and foodways in the tumultuous early colonial period. This paper outlines the overall research strategy for investigation of the food remains from these sites and presents the initial results of the faunal and botanical analyses.

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• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 24226