Rim Shot: An Examination of Olive Jar Rims from the 16th Century Tristán de Luna Settlement Site

Summary

This is a poster submission presented at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

In Spanish colonial sites, olive jars stand out among other ceramic types as important chronological markers due to their abundance and previously observed changes in form over three centuries. This plays a large role in identifying the age of sites in areas, like Florida and the Caribbean, where Spanish colonial rule persisted over those three centuries. Despite their importance as chronological markers, comparatively little research has been done on the 16th century form of the olive jar. Our aim is to better illustrate the characteristics of 16th century olive jar based on our collective ongoing research of olive jar sherds found at the 16th century Tristán de Luna site in Pensacola, Florida.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for Historical Archaeology 2023   •
• 2023 SHA Poster Submissions

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Contact(s): Nicole Haddow