Bone Artifacts at Mont Repose: Possible Motivationos for Production and Trade

Material culture is a vital component of archaeology. The identification and designation of artifacts and their uses can assist in contextualizing historical sites. At Mont Repose, a rice plantation inhabited during colonial and antebellum times, a structure has been partially excavated. Included in a collection of bone artifacts unearthed from this site are bone buttons, bone toothbrushes, bone handfan parts, bone lice combs, and artifacts thought to be parts of a needle case or a Yoruba status item. These items display a high degree of manipulation and offer many interesting hypotheses regarding slave plantation life. The bone artifacts associated with this building have helped the faculty and students responsible for this work better understand the possible occupation and activities that took place within.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts in Social Sciences (M.A.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis (open access)

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Year dc:date.available

2009

Author dc:creator

• Harper, James B.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Lisa Denmark
• Steve Hale

• ETD
• Bone artifacts
• Mont Repose
• Jasper County
• South Carolina
• Gillison family
• Slavery
• Rice plantation
• Yoruba (African people)

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/607

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu:etd-1607