The Bewhiskered Germans of Jamestown: Bartmann Jugs from Early Seventeenth-Century Virginia

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Bartmann Goes Global - Exploring the Cultural Contexts, Meaning and Use of Bellarmine Jugs Across the Globe", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

Bartmann jugs from England’s first successful transatlantic settlement at Jamestown, Virginia, are an incomparable resource for creating a much needed typochronology of the ware. Archaeological excavations since 1994 on the site of James Fort, Virginia, have produced hundreds of the German stoneware jugs and jug fragments. Many of these vessels are from closely dated contexts that were sealed by documented historical events and frequent rebuilding efforts occurring on the site between its founding in 1607 and the end of Virginia Company control of the colony in 1624. This preliminary study examines characteristics of the Jamestown vessels in comparison to Bartmann jugs recovered from other early Virginia sites. The research provides an initial body of data for future study that will incorporate a broader look at Bartmann jugs found in colonial Americ

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• Bartmann Goes Global - Exploring the Cultural Contexts, Meaning and Use of Bellarmine Jugs Across the Globe   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2023

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