Wharves : The Keystone of Plantation Wealth? Case Studies

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

Theresa R. Hicks (Creator)

Institution

East Carolina University (ECU )

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

Advisor

Lynn Harris

Abstract: The Bowling Farm Site (001CSR) a multi-component site comprising Native American and European artifact assemblages a wharf structure and a shipwreck represents a unique clue to early North Carolina history. Located on the Cashie River in Bertie County this site may be seminal to the history of colonial North Carolina settlement and economy since little is known about colonial settlement in this area. The primary focus of this thesis is to explore the possibility of a potential correlation between the site's economic history wharf construction and the artifact assemblage by comparing Bowling Farm Site to five other plantation wharf sites located in Maryland Virginia North Carolina and South Carolina. This thesis also aims to promote the importance of archaeology in understanding site history and formation processes on wharf sites while exploring the most appropriate archaeological methodologies to achieve this objective. 

Additional Information

Publication

Thesis

Date: 2012

Keywords

Archaeology, American Colonial, Colonial Economics, Landing, Maritime archaeology, Plantations, Wharves

Subjects

Wharves--North Carolina--History--16th century

Bowling Farm Site (N.C.)

Plantations--North Carolina

Plantation life--Economic aspects--North Carolina

North Carolina--Antiquities

Underwater archaeology--North Carolina

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