Date of Award
Summer 8-2019
Degree Type
Thesis-Restricted
Degree Name
M.S.
Degree Program
Urban Studies
Department
Planning and Urban Studies
Major Professor
Dr. Ryan Gray
Second Advisor
Dr. David Gladstone
Third Advisor
Dr. Andrea Mosterman
Abstract
While trade relations between French colonists and indigenous peoples in New Orleans are well documented, there have been few in depth studies utilizing archaeological sites in the city to illuminate the ways in which such relations shaped the day to day lives of the peoples involved. This work has attempted to elucidate trade practices between these groups by utilizing archaeological data uncovered at 810 Royal Street during excavations from 2015 through 2018. A collection of hand-built ceramics typically associated with indigenous peoples found in French colonial contexts on the site may help explicate the nature of trade occurring within the city and the ways in which this trade was reflective of larger patterns of urban colonial adaptation and creolization. This work seeks to illuminate the motivations behind such trade and the ways in which economic motives and individual self-interests drove colonists to undermine the original French designs for the city.
Recommended Citation
Trahan, Travis M., "Hand-built Ceramics at 810 Royal and Intercultural Trade in French Colonial New Orleans" (2019). University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations. 2681.
https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/2681
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