Identifier
etd-11112004-100046
Degree
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Geography and Anthropology
Document Type
Thesis
Abstract
This thesis examines the presence and distribution of tin-enameled earthenwares in what was colonial Louisiana at nine archaeological sites: Madame John's Legacy (16OR51), the ca. 1730s French Colonial Barracks (16OR136), the Lower Pontalba Building (16OR209), Galveztown (16AN39), French Site I (16PC80), the Bicentennial Gardens (22AD999), Los Adaes (16NA16), the American Cemetery (16NA67), and the Chamard House site (16NA100). To examine the ceramic diversity, a comprehensive classificatory system is proposed, with discussion and classification of vessel forms. Ceramic diversity was anticipated to be patterned following geographic and economic lines; however, this was not substantiated through the analysis of the general body of tin-enameled ceramics. This study raises questions about the patterning of Spanish-style tin-enameled wares, provides a suggested tin-enameled signature for French colonial sites in the second half of the eighteenth century, but most importantly it provides baseline data about the decorative style of faience in the state of Louisiana.
Date
2004
Document Availability at the Time of Submission
Release the entire work immediately for access worldwide.
Recommended Citation
Emery, Jason A., "What do tin-enameled ceramics tell us?: explorations of socio-economic status through the archaeological record in eighteenth-century Louisiana: 1700-1790" (2004). LSU Master's Theses. 594.
https://repository.lsu.edu/gradschool_theses/594
Committee Chair
Paul Farnsworth
DOI
10.31390/gradschool_theses.594