An Archaeological Study of Colonial Chesapeake Culture

Summary

Using detailed comparisons of the archaeological assemblages from 18 early sites in the Chesapeake, this project explores the material conditions of culture contact, plantation development and organization, the rise of slavery, and consumer behavior. Comparable artifact databases have been created for the 18 sites, and analysis of artifact distributions has provided great insight into differences and similarities.

Cite this Record

An Archaeological Study of Colonial Chesapeake Culture. ( tDAR id: 6049) ; doi:10.6067/XCV81J9C5S

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

Keywords

Culture
Euroamerican • Historic Native American

Material
Ceramic • Fauna • Glass • Macrobotanical • Mineral • Shell • Wood

Site Name
Bennett's Point (18QU28) • Burle's Town Land (18AN826) • Camden (44CE3) • Carter's Grove CG-8 (44JC647) • Chalkley (18AN711) • Chaney's Hills (18AN711) • Clifts Plantation (44WM33) • Compton (18CV279) • Homewood's Lot (18AN871) • Jordan's Journey (44PG302) • King's Reach (18CV83) • Mattapany (18ST390) • Old Chapel Field (18ST233) • Patuxent Point (18CV271) • Posey (18CH281) • Reverend Buck (44JC568) • Sandys (44JC802)

Site Type
House

Geographic Keywords
Chesapeake • Tidewater

Temporal Keywords
Early 17th century

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1600 to 1700

Spatial Coverage

min long: -77.498; min lat: 36.633 ; max long: -75.41; max lat: 39.368 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Gregory Brown

Principal Investigator(s): Julia King

Resources Inside this Project (Viewing 1-2 of 2)

There are 2 Datasets within this Project [remove this filter]

Datasets

  1. Archaeological Study of Colonial Chesapeake Culture, Coding Conventions for Comprehensive Artifact Catalog (2004)
  2. Archaeological Study of Colonial Chesapeake Culture, Comprehensive Artifact Catalog (2004)