Spatial Analysis of Glass at Fort St. Joseph

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, alcohol was traded and consumed by both Europeans and their Native American neighbors. While historic documents relay the cultural and trade uses of alcohol, archaeological investigations have begun to compare the amount of glass found with the historical reports. The amount of olive green and dark blue bottle glass found at Fort St. Joseph, a French trade outpost in the great lakes region, is only a fraction of the material culture recovered. By using spatial analysis and careful examination I hope to gain further insights to the trade and consumption of alcohol at this eighteenth century mission, garrison, and trade outpost.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Record Identifiers

Abstract Id(s): 39511.0