Beyond Diet: A Plethora of Plant Evidence from Middens at the Glen Eyrie Estate

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "The Glen Eyrie Middens: Recent Research into the Lives of General William Jackson and Mary Lincoln “Queen” Palmer and their Estate in Western Colorado Springs, Colorado." , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

Recent excavations from midden locations (sites 5EP7334 and 5EP7352) associated with the Glen Eyrie Estate have provided opportunities to explore the multitude of roles plants have played at the estate. Historical and archaeological evidence exhibits a diverse range in plant use, including for use as food, ornamental and medicinal purposes, and as construction materials and domestic items. Paired with other lines of historical evidence from the estate, including personal journal entries and photos, we are able to form impressions of some of the planned vegetation areas; for example, the layout and composition of agricultural fields, the composition of an orchard area, the trellis construction within a rose garden, and the weedy landscape surrounding the fields, orchard, and midden areas. Archaeological plant evidence from the middens also provides information about how some of these areas were maintained or managed through time.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for Historical Archaeology 2020   •
• The Glen Eyrie Middens: Recent Research into the Lives of General William Jackson and Mary Lincoln “Queen” Palmer and their Estate in Western Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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PaperId(s): 412