From Straight Pins to Rosaries: A Discussion of Identity and Material Culture in a 16th Century Spanish Colonial Context
Author(s): Abigail Stone
Year: 2025
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.
The items we choose for ourselves: our jewelry, clothing, religious items, and decorations; say something about the identity we project on the world. Can archaeologists learn about a person’s identity based on these items left behind? This paper seeks to examine personal artifacts from an archaeological context to learn more about the identity of people of the Tristán de Luna expedition (1559-1561). Combined with historical document research and spatial analysis, I analyzed personal artifacts from this Spanish settlement site to determine whether evidence for women and children can be recognized archaeologically.
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From Straight Pins to Rosaries: A Discussion of Identity and Material Culture in a 16th Century Spanish Colonial Context. Abigail Stone. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, New Orleans, Louisiana. 2025 ( tDAR id: 508618)
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Keywords
General
Gender
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personal possessions
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Spanish Colonial
Geographic Keywords
Florida
Individual & Institutional Roles
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