Frontier Fundamentals: An Analysis of Artifacts from Historic Fort Gibson Military Site

Summary

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

Located in Eastern Oklahoma, Fort Gibson acted as the starting gate for America’s military expansion into the West. Founded in 1824, Fort Gibson played a role in mediating encounters between the Osage and Cherokee until 1857. The Fort reopened at the start of the American Civil War and operated until 1890. Fort Gibson serves as an excellent archaeological resource for uncovering the everyday lives of frontier soldiers and those around them. This poster presents the preliminary results of my analysis of ceramics, glass, and small metal artifacts recovered from excavations near the fort’s reconstructed barracks and original stockade in 2017 and 2018. This research suggests that even small samples of recovered artifacts can be useful in understanding how enlisted men and others lived at Fort Gibson.

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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Abstract Id(s): 39555.0