Abstract
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.
DOI
10.22191/neha/vol36/iss1/9
Recommended Citation
Gary, Jack
(2007)
"Material Culture and Multi-Cultural Interactions at Sylvester Manor,"
Northeast Historical Archaeology:
Vol.
36
36, Article 9.
https://doi.org/10.22191/neha/vol36/iss1/9
Available at:
https://orb.binghamton.edu/neha/vol36/iss1/9
