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 Historical documents and limited excavations led South to interpret both N26 and N29 as colonial era features.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. 

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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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