Faunal Analysis and Comparative Study of Mont Repose Plantation

Over the past several years excavations have been underway within a structure at the Mont Repose plantation site located near Coosawhatchie, South Carolina. This structure has yielded an array of artifacts including numerous faunal remains. Species recovered thus far include domestic species such as cow, pig, and chicken. The wild species represented within the collection include deer, opossum, raccoon, fish, bird, turtle, and alligator. By comparing the findings from the Mont Repose structure with other coastal plantation sites, it is suggested that conclusions can be drawn about who was occupying the structure. Also, it may be possible to determine the purpose of the structure and what led to its final demise. Understanding how the faunal remains relate to the people who occupied and subsisted at this site can yield significant information regarding and century coastal plantation food habits and ways of life.

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

2010

Author dc:creator

• Dunn, Misty Y.

Contributors dc:contributor

• H. Steven Hale
• Peggy Hargis

• ETD
• Faunal analysis
• Coastal rice plantation
• Rice
• Slaves
• Slavery
• Kitchen
• Mont repose
• Gillison
• Coosawhatchie
• South Carolina
• Coosawhatchie (SC)
• Antiquities
• Mont Repose Plantation (SC)
• Excavations (Archaeology)
• Mont Repose Plantation
• Animal remains (Archaeology)
• Plantation life
• History

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/617

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu:etd-1617