This thesis will examine the artifact assemblages from three slave structures excavated in 1998 as part of a National Park Service project. The excavations of the three structures provided the researcher with a wealth of data regarding the daily lives of the enslaved population on Water Island. The secure contexts from which these artifacts were recovered have allowed the researcher to compare the artifacts, in particular the ceramics recovered from the slave cabins to those recovered from the plantation owner's house. Through analysis of the ceramics recovered from these two unique contexts, this thesis will illustrate the existence of consumer choice among the slaves who through their own enterprises were able to amass small amounts of wealth with which they purchased the overwhelming majority if not all of their material possessions. The remains of these possessions, reveal that the slaves living at Carolina Point Plantation expressed their culture through the acquisition of material goods. / A Thesis submitted to the Department of Anthropology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Science. / Fall Semester, 2006. / July 7, 2006. / Plantation, Archaeology, Caribbean, Slave / Includes bibliographical references. / Glen H. Doran, Professor Directing Thesis; Elizabeth Peters, Committee Member; Bruce Grindal, Committee Member.
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| Contributors | Kidd, Robert Steven (authoraut), Doran, Glen H. (professor directing thesis), Peters, Elizabeth (committee member), Grindal, Bruce (committee member), Department of Anthropology (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource, computer, application/pdf |
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