A Zooarchaeological Study of Households and Fishing in Charleston, South Carolina, USA, 1710–1900

Reitz, Elizabeth J.; Zierden, Martha

doi:10.1007/s10761-021-00590-y

Int J Histor Archaeol

2021

DOI: 10.1007/s10761-021-00590-y

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A Zooarchaeological Study of Households and Fishing in Charleston, South Carolina, USA, 1710–1900

Elizabeth J. Reitz

Martha Zierden

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Indigenous American Fishing Traditions at the First Spanish Capital of La Florida: Santa Elena (1566–1587 CE), South Carolina, USA

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DePratter

2023

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Few studies of post-Columbian animal economies in the Americas elaborate on the influence of traditional Indigenous knowledge on colonial economies. A vertebrate collection from Santa Elena (1566–87 CE, South Carolina, USA), the original Spanish capital of La Florida, offers the opportunity to examine that influence at the first European-sponsored capital north of Mexico. Santa Elena’s animal economy was the product of dynamic interactions among multiple actors, merging preexisting traditional Indigenous practices, particularly traditional fishing practices, with Eurasian animal husbandry to produce a new cultural form. A suite of wild vertebrates long used by Indigenous Americans living on the southeastern North Atlantic coast contributes 87% of Santa Elena’s noncommensal individuals and 63% of the noncommensal biomass. Examples of this strategy are found in vertebrate collections from subsequent Spanish and British settlements. This suggests the extent to which colonists at the Spanish-sponsored colony adopted some Indigenous animal-use practices, especially those related to fishing, and the speed with which this occurred. The new cultural form persisted into the nineteenth century and continues to characterize local cuisines.

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Indigenous American Fishing Traditions at the First Spanish Capital of La Florida: Santa Elena (1566–1587 CE), South Carolina, USA

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DePratter

2023

Int J Histor Archaeol

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A Zooarchaeological Study of Households and Fishing in Charleston, South Carolina, USA, 1710–1900

Cited by 4 publications

References 31 publications

Indigenous American Fishing Traditions at the First Spanish Capital of La Florida: Santa Elena (1566–1587 CE), South Carolina, USA

Indigenous American Fishing Traditions at the First Spanish Capital of La Florida: Santa Elena (1566–1587 CE), South Carolina, USA

The Blake Ridge Wreck: A Deepwater Antebellum American Fishing Craft

A case study in animal products and urban site formation processes: Charleston, South Carolina (USA)

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