Material Culture and Multi-Cultural Interactions at Sylvester Manor

Bibliographic Data

ID11802433
AuthorsJack Gary (Buffalo State University, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume36
Issue1
Pages100-112
Publication date2007-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueNortheast Historical Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0048-0738 • E-ISSN: 0048-0738
PublisherBinghamton University (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.22191/neha/vol36/iss1/9
OpenAlexW2104809432
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited9

The material culture recovered from Sylvester Manor’s 17th-century deposits not only informs our understanding of the plantation’s depositional history but also is characteristic of cultural interactions between Europeans, Native Americans, and possibly Africans. The mixture of cultural material in these deposits suggests intense and sustained cultural interactions that have lead to the production and use of certain materials outside of their cultural norms. Several of these items are European goods altered for use in Native or possibly African cultural systems, while other items reflect the creolization of material culture by blending morphological and stylistic attributes of two material cultures. These objects point to a very visible Native American presence in the 17th century

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Creolization · Cultural history · Culture of the United States · Grave goods · Literature · Native american · Sociology · Anthropology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History

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