Event Title
Trade and Luxury: The Archaeological Aspect of Iberville Housing Projects
Collaborator(s)
William K. Knighten
Faculty Sponsor
Ryan Gray
College(s)
College of Liberal Arts
Submission Type
Oral Presentation
Description
During the summer of 2012, University of New Orleans students conducted excavations as part of an archaeological field school at the Iberville Housing Projects in New Orleans, Louisiana. Methods for excavating the site consisted of digging four 2x2 meter excavation units. Artifacts recovered from the site were cleaned, sorted, and analyzed the following semester. This paper details the preliminary analysis of the material recovered from two of the excavation units. One unit contained the remains of a privy dating to the Storyville era. The privy shaft contained a variety of artifacts including glass containers, ceramic vessels, and large quantity of animal bone; these artifacts can be used to evaluate health and diet as well as social and economic status. The other unit uncovered a cache of 765 turquoise glass seed beads dating from the early nineteenth century. The presence of such a unique deposit may suggest some of the alternative economies in operation on the periphery of New Orleans during the early-nineteenth century. The goal of the presentation is to both supplement the existing historical record and to offer insight into lives of people who occupied the area infamously known as Storyville.
Trade and Luxury: The Archaeological Aspect of Iberville Housing Projects
During the summer of 2012, University of New Orleans students conducted excavations as part of an archaeological field school at the Iberville Housing Projects in New Orleans, Louisiana. Methods for excavating the site consisted of digging four 2x2 meter excavation units. Artifacts recovered from the site were cleaned, sorted, and analyzed the following semester. This paper details the preliminary analysis of the material recovered from two of the excavation units. One unit contained the remains of a privy dating to the Storyville era. The privy shaft contained a variety of artifacts including glass containers, ceramic vessels, and large quantity of animal bone; these artifacts can be used to evaluate health and diet as well as social and economic status. The other unit uncovered a cache of 765 turquoise glass seed beads dating from the early nineteenth century. The presence of such a unique deposit may suggest some of the alternative economies in operation on the periphery of New Orleans during the early-nineteenth century. The goal of the presentation is to both supplement the existing historical record and to offer insight into lives of people who occupied the area infamously known as Storyville.
Comments
1st place, Oral Presentation, College of Liberal Arts