Fiske Center for Archaeological Research

Abstract Analysis of over 12,000 zooarchaeological specimens recovered from Sylvester Manor provides archaeological evidence to complement the limited historical information about stock raising and food consumption on the plantation. The analyzed collection ...

... assemblage is particularly large, and reflects both community meals at the Meeting House and business of Domingo Williams, a ... Marisa; Kennedy, Ryan; Gallagher, Diana; Peles, Ashley; Patton, Jonathan; Trigg, Heather; Bain, Allison; and LaRoche, Cheryl, "Investigating the ...

Fort Christanna was an early eighteenth century Indian trading post on the western frontier of Virginia. This paper describes and interprets the faunal remains recovered during three seasons of excavation at the site. Taxonomic and body part representation are examined to gain insight into diet on the frontier, food provisioning at the fort, and the relationship between the fort's occupants and the neighbouring Indian settlement. These interpretations are limited by the poor preservation apparent in the faunal assemblage. The patterning of a variety of different surface modifications is explored to understand the taphonomic history of the assemblage. These characteristics of the assemblage seem to be related largely to the bone refuse disposal practices of the fort's occupants, and thus give important insight into a crucial aspect of the site formation processes.

People have lived in cities for over five millennia, thus understanding the emergence, development, and characteristics of urban settlements is a core research area in archaeology. Archaeologists have traditionally linked urbanization and urbanism to environmental questions because the concentration of people that defines a city requires a large supply of food as well as social and economic mechanisms to bring

Animal bone assemblages from four historical sites in eastern Massachusetts are analysed in a comparative framework to interpret aspects of urban food systems. Characteristics of the urban environment and the nature of food supply and exchange systems are interpreted from ...