French Colonial Archaeology in the Southeast and Caribbean (Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series)

"The French in the Western Hemisphere are best known from their activities in Canada and the Great Lakes. This book provides insights into their interactions with their English and Spanish rivals south of the border."--Charles Ewen, East Carolina University "The first collection of broadly multiregional and multidisciplinary archaeological studies addressing the French colonial experience in the southern United States and the Caribbean. The contributions reveal the diverse ways in which French colonists, African slaves, and Native Americans adjusted to new colonial realities through studies of material culture, landscape, architecture, diet, and bioarchaeology. Important source material for all students of the American colonial period."--Kathleen Deagan, Florida Museum of Natural History This innovative collection of essays brings together archaeological research on French colonial sites from Maryland, South Carolina, the Gulf Coast and Lower Mississippi Valley, the Caribbean, and French Guiana to explore the nature of French colonization. Specific contributions explore foodways, ceramics, plantations, architecture, and colonial interactions with Africans and Native Americans, all with an eye to what makes the French colonial endeavor distinct from better-known British or Spanish experience. Crosscutting the volume are such questions as, how are "French" sites different from those of other nationalities, what is the nature of French colonization, how can archaeology help identify particularly national histories in a given colonial setting, and how was French identity materialized and maintained in the New World? Introduction / Kenneth G. Kelly, Meredith D. Hardy -- French Protestants In South Carolina : The Archaeology Of A European Ethnic Minority / Ellen Shlasko -- French Refugees And Slave Abuse In Frederick County, Maryland : Jean Payen De Boisneuf And The Vincendière Family At L'hermitage Plantation / Sara Rivers-cofield -- Commoditization Of Persons, Places, And Things During Biloxi's Second Tenure As Capital Of French Colonial Louisiana / Barbara Thedy Hester -- The Moran Site (22hr511) : An Early-eighteenth-century French Colonial Cemetery In Nouveau Biloxi, Mississippi / Marie Elaine Danforth -- The Greatest Gathering : The Second French-chickasaw War In The Mississippi Valley And The Potential For Archaeology / Ann M. Early -- Colonial And Creole Diets In Eighteenth-century New Orleans / Elizabeth M. Scott, Shannon Lee Dawdy -- Colonoware In Western Colonial Louisiana : Makers And Meaning / David W. Morgan, Kevin C. Macdonald -- Living On The Edge : Foodways And Early Expressions Of Creole Culture On The French Colonial Gulf Coast Frontier / Meredith D. Hardy -- La Vie Quotidienne : Historical Archaeological Approaches To The Plantation Era In Guadeloupe, French West Indies / Kenneth G. Kelly -- Archaeological Research At Habitation Loyola, French Guiana / Allison Bain, Réginald Auger, Yannick Le Roux -- Commentary / John De Bry. Edited By Kenneth G. Kelly And Meredith D. Hardy. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Introduction / Kenneth G. Kelly and Meredith D. Hardy French Protestants in South Carolina : the archaeology of a European ethnic minority / Ellen Shlasko French refugees and slave abuse in Frederick County, Maryland : Jean Payen de Boisneuf and the Vincendiere family at l'Hermitage plantation / Sara Rivers-Cofield Commoditization of persons, places, and things during Biloxi's second tenure as capital of French colonial Louisiana / Barbara Thedy Hester The Moran Site (22hr511) : an early-eighteenth-century French colonial cemetery in Noveau Biloxi, Mississippi / Marie Elaine Danforth The greatest gathering : the Second French-Chickasaw War in the Mississippi Valley and the potential for archaeology / Ann M. Early Colonial and Creole diets in eighteenth-century New Orleans / Elizabeth M. Scott and Shannon L. Dawdy Colonoware in western colonial Louisiana : makers and meaning / David W. Morgan and Kevin C. MacDonald Living on the edge : foodways and early expressions of Creole culture on the French colonial Gulf Coast frontier / Meredith D. Hardy La vie quotidienne : historical archaeological approaches to the plantation era in Guadeloupe, French West Indies / Kenneth G. Kelly Archaeological research at Habitation Loyola, French Guiana / Allison Bain, Reginald Auger, and Yannick Le Roux Commentary / John de Bry. Table of Contents 6 List of Figures 8 List of Tables 10 1. Introduction 12 2. French Protestants in South Carolina: The Archaeology of a European Ethnic Minority 28 3. French Refugees and Slave Abuse in Frederick County, Maryland: Jean Payen de Boisneuf and the Vincendière Family at L’Hermitage Plantation 40 4. Commoditization of Persons, Places, and Things during Biloxi’s Second Tenure as Capital of French Colonial Louisiana 58 5. The Moran Site (22HR511): An Early-Eighteenth-Century French Colonial Cemetery in Nouveau Biloxi, Mississippi 75 6. The Greatest Gathering: The Second French-Chickasaw War in the Mississippi Valley and the Potential for Archaeology 92 7. Colonial and Creole Diets in Eighteenth-Century New Orleans 108 8. Colonoware in Western Colonial Louisiana: Makers and Meaning 128 9. Living on the Edge: Foodways and Early Expressions of Creole Culture on the French Colonial Gulf Coast Frontier 163 10. La Vie Quotidienne: Historical Archaeological Approaches to the Plantation Erain Guadeloupe, French West Indies 200 11. Archaeological Research at Habitation Loyola, French Guiana 217 12. Commentary 236 Contributors 254 Index 256 The French colonial presence in the southern United States and Caribbean shaped the history and development of these regions in unique ways. These case studies analyze and assess the French impact throughout this area. Using studies from French colonial sites in Maryland, South Carolina, the Gulf Coast, the lower Mississippi Valley, the Caribbean, and French Guiana, the contributors seek to reveal how French colonial life was both different from and similar to that of Spanish and English settlements, how it influenced the character of the communities, and how French identity was maintained in these locales. Subjects examined include French Hugenots in South Carolina, French colonial and creole cuisine and food technology, the broad concept of creolization, impacts of the French-Chickasaw War in Louisiana Territory, and the differences in plantation and slave practices among individuals in various French settlements. Featuring investigations into both urban and plantation settings, the book reveals the range of insights archaeological investigations can bring to a wide variety of historical milieux Often overlooked, the French colonial presence in the southern United States and Caribbean shaped the history and development of these regions in unique ways. To address this imbalance, Kenneth Kelly and Meredith Hardy have compiled a selection of case studies analyzing and assessing French impact throughout this area