From Kitchen to Dwelling: An Evolving Urban African American Landscape at the College of Charleston

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "The Emergence and Development of South Carolina Lowcountry Studies: Papers in Honor of Martha Zierden" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

In Spring 2021, faculty and students executed a Phase III data recovery on the College of Charleston of campus in preparation for the installation of a United States Department of Energy supported solar pavilion. Recovered artifacts date as far back as the 1720s while architectural remains date to the mid-nineteenth century. Data reflect a complex evolution of a landscape occupied by enslaved and free African Americans. 3D-modelling of stratigraphy and architectural elements along with faunal and artefact analysis has provided data informing a robust (re)interpretive plan that will impact visitors, students, campus employees and the City for many years to come. Contributions to a campus-wide cultural heritage management plan that includes the most antibellum structures of any American university will be addressed as well.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• The Emergence and Development of South Carolina Lowcountry Studies: Papers in Honor of Martha Zierden   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2022

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Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology