New Data Old Methods : A Functional Analysis of Colonial Era Structures on the "Wooten-Marnan Lot" at Brunswick Town North Carolina

ECU Author/Contributor (non-ECU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)

Jennifer L. Gabriel (Creator)

Institution

East Carolina University (ECU )

Web Site: http://www.ecu.edu/lib/

Advisor

Charles Robin Ewen

Abstract: Two archaeological features N26 and N29 at Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson State Historic Site were originally located and minimally excavated by Stanley South in the late 1950s. Historical documents and limited excavations led South to interpret both N26 and N29 as colonial era features. Further archaeological investigations during the 2009 and 2011 William Peace University field schools gathered new information indicating that South's interpretation of feature N26 should be reconsidered. While the functional nature of N26 is still unknown new evidence indicates that it is of Civil War origin not colonial. Feature N29 was determined to be a colonial era dwelling as South previously hypothesized. It was also concluded through quantitative pattern analysis and qualitative analysis of artifacts that the occupants of the dwelling associated with N29 was of high socioeconomic status. 

Additional Information

Publication

Thesis

Date: 2012

Keywords

Archaeology, Brunswick Town (N.C.), Moore, George, Historical Archaeology, South, Stanley, Wooten-Marnan

Subjects

Brunswick County (N.C.)--Antiquities

Brunswick County (N.C.)--History--17th century

Brunswick County (N.C.)--History--19th century

North Carolina--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Brunswick Town State Historic Site (N.C.)

Fort Anderson (N.C.)

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