"Salt horse, salt horse, what brought you here?": A Look at Shipboard Diet Among the King's Shipyard

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "The King's Shipyard Surveys, 2019: Submerged Cultural Heritage Near Fort Ticonderoga" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

Shipwrecks are useful resources to glean information about the methods of food preparation and the diets of those who once lived on board. The 2019 survey of the King's Shipyard near Ticonderoga produced an artifact assemblage that provides data on foodstuffs as well as some personal mess kit items. This presentation will examine the recovered faunal assemblage, which includes evidence of diet, butchering, and possible cooking techniques. Also considered are the recovered botanical remains, which potentially reveal a need to supplement the crew's regular victuals. To better understand these findings within the context of their period and region, the data will be compared with results from the 1984-1985 excavation of Boscawen, a contemporary British sloop located nearby.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for Historical Archaeology 2020   •
• The King's Shipyard Surveys, 2019: Submerged Cultural Heritage Near Fort Ticonderoga

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