Do Patterns Matter?Testing the Spanish Colonial Pattern on Charles Towne, North Carolina

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2025 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

In 1983, Kathleen Deagan defined the Spanish Colonial Pattern from material recovered from early St. Augustine. This pattern was later refined at Puerto Real, Haiti. It states that the Spanish adapted to the new world by retaining some Spanish traits while incorporating traits of non-Hispanic society. Does this apply to other nations’ early colonial efforts? An analysis of the material recovered from the 17th century site of Charles Towne, North Carolina examines whether the English followed a similar pattern of colonization in the Americas.

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