Family History from the Kitchen: A Household-Based Analysis of Ceramic Use in a Mult-Generational Homestead and Garrison Site

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

This paper presents the results of research conducted using the ceramic assemblage recovered from the seventeenth-century Abraham Preble Garrison Complex (ME 497-209) in York, Maine. Excavations conducted in 2021-2022 yielded thousands fo ceramic sherds from as many as nine cellar holes and other architectural features within the large fortified garrison. Identifiable ceramic ware types range from early North Devon Sgraffito wares and Portuguese Tin Glazed Earthenware (faiance) to creamware and pearlware. The authors performed a minimum vessel count and comparative analyses to identify changes in access to differing ceramic ware and vessel types accross three generations of Preble inhabitants. This paper aims to contribute to the understanding of consumption patterns within a seventeenth-century Maine frontier settlement through a detailed analysis of the sites ceramic assemblage.

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• SHA 2023 General Sessions   •
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