Date of Award
1-1-2018
Document Type
Masters Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.
Organizational Unit
College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences
First Advisor
Lawrence B. Conyers, Ph.D.
Second Advisor
Bonnie Clark
Third Advisor
Joyce Goodfriend
Keywords
17th Century, Colonial, Connecticut, Hollister, Native American, New England
Abstract
A multi-method approach including ground-penetrating radar, magnetometry, historical research, excavations, and artifact analyses was used to gather data at a 17th century archaeological site in South Glastonbury, Connecticut. Interpretation of these data provided evidence that the Europeans who occupied this site were involved in a variety of activities such as agriculture, trade, and developing Indigenous relationships. These activities included cultivating an agricultural surplus instead of relying on subsistence farming, access to trading networks that extended throughout the Colonies and into Europe, and cohabitation with the Indigenous peoples in the area. This research led to an examination of various historical narratives on early Colonial Connecticut and shows that English colonists were interacting with their environment in ways that are much more nuanced and complex than previously suggested.
Publication Statement
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Rights Holder
Jasmine Coreen Saxon
Provenance
Received from ProQuest
File Format
application/pdf
Language
en
File Size
209 p.
Recommended Citation
Saxon, Jasmine Coreen, "An Archaeological Exploration of Agriculture, Trade, and Indigenous Relationships at a Seventeenth-Century New England Site" (2018). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1526.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/etd/1526
Copyright date
2018
Discipline
Archaeology