Tracking Temporal and Behavioral Patterns Through the Distribution of Material Culture at the Evergreen Plantation.

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The Evergreen Plantation is a robust and well-preserved sugar cane plantation complex in Southeast Louisiana, that has its roots dating back to the formation of the Louisiana colony. Material culture from the plantation can provide an incredible insight into both temporal and behavioral patterns in the lives of free and enslaved individuals who lived at Evergreen from the mid 1700s until 1950. Analyzing the Evergreen Plantation Archaeological Survey’s (EPAS) collection of artifacts and positioning these artifacts within the Plantation’s landscape allow for the tracking of these patterns through the archaeological record. This will direct our understanding of how the land was utilized by the enslaved African American community, and then by the freed laborers of the complex throughout all stages of its history. The spatial data analysis aims to assemble a comprehensive detailing of the entire available collection of EPAS to track these patterns through multiple facets of plantation lifeways, most notably derived through ceramic and glass artifact morphology and deposition. Finally, excavations revealed a potentially significant religious structure, allowing analysis on how faith and religion impacted the free and enslaved lives on this plantation landscape.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Record Identifiers

Abstract Id(s): 36985.0