Tin-enameled European pottery (top) and Native pottery (bottom) from post-in-ground structure.
This file appears in: Fur Traders, Indigenous Peoples, and the Violence of Urban Slavery
Just as Augustin’s life took him in and out of the city, those enslaved by the Langlois brothers also moved in wider circles as well, ones that perhaps took a man like the runaway Guy in and out of the maroon camps at the city’s far fringes. In lives defined by movements and overlapping spheres, material remains crystallize those moments of intersection between European, African, and indigenous identities, lives that were already creolized, products of multiple and overlapping cultures.
This file appears in: Fur Traders, Indigenous Peoples, and the Violence of Urban Slavery
Fur Traders, Indigenous Peoples, and the Violence of Urban Slavery
Very few well-preserved archaeological sites dating from the French Colonial era have been excavated in New Orleans. As most of these are located in areas that have been developed continuously since the early eighteenth century, many are disturbed…