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Thesis
From Downtown to the Farms: A Comparative Ceramic Analysis of Pensacola’s Early American Period Urban and Rural Sites
University of West Florida Libraries
Master of Arts (MA), University of West Florida
2025
Abstract
Urban versus rural lifestyles have always been different, and the things we use every day may vary depending on that lifestyle change. The ceramics used in daily life by the people in Pensacola’s early American period are remnants of what that life looked like. This thesis investigates whether any patterns can be seen in the archaeological record by comparing the excavated ceramic assemblages from three 19th century sites dating to between 1821 and 1860, two in an urban setting and one in a rural setting. All three sites were occupied by individuals of upper socioeconomic status. Ceramic assemblages were compared by ceramic type, by decoration, and by vessel form. Differences were evaluated between assemblages at each site, and between aggregated urban and rural settings, and statistical tests were performed to assess the significance of these differences. Older ceramic types and hand painted decorations were more frequent in the rural setting, and while plate forms dominated both urban tableware assemblages, the rural assemblage had a more balanced variety of vessel forms. Due in part to smaller sample sizes, none of the observed differences were pronounced enough to develop a model to more broadly understand or identify these site types in this region. However, these comparisons provide possible avenues and instruction for future research into factors that may have influenced ceramic consumption during this period, including geography, wealth, and access to goods at a 19th century port city and its outlying rural community.
Details
- Title
- From Downtown to the Farms
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Contributors
- John Worth (Advisor)Ramie A. Gougeon (Committee Member)Brian Rucker (Committee Member)
- Publisher
- University of West Florida Libraries
- Format
- pdf
- Number of pages
- 95
- Copyright
- © 2025 Ryan James LeBlanc
- Identifiers
- 99381611897306600
- Academic Unit
- Anthropology
- Language
- English
- Awarding Institution
- Anthropology; University of West Florida; Master of Arts (MA)
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), University of West Florida