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  Paul Mickey Science Series: Secondary Colonization and the Persistence of Cultural Traditions: A Look at Ceramic Wares and Food Comsumption in Post-Conquest   

Paul Mickey Science Series: Secondary Colonization and the Persistence of Cultural Traditions: A Look at Ceramic Wares and Food Comsumption in Post-Conquest

  • Location: ISM Research & Collections Center, Springfield
  • Date: Wednesday, August 13, 2014, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Dr. Elizabeth M. Scott, Associate Professor Emerita, Illinois State University, will present "Secondary Colonization and the Persistence of Cultural Traditions: A Look at Ceramic Wares and Food Consumption in Post-Conquest Quebec."

In settings of secondary colonization, where one European colony is colonized by another European nation, the material culture available to all residents is controlled by the conquering nation. Perhaps one of the clearest cases of this was post-Conquest New France, where, after the French and Indian War, the conquering British put in place an embargo on all goods from France. Thus, the large numbers of French residents who continued to live in Canada had access only to goods from Britain or materials conveyed through British merchants. Given this situation, are there any differences in the ceramic choices made by contemporaneous British and French residents in and around Quebec City? Can these differences be attributed to different cultural traditions? In this presentation, the British Anderson household (1780-1820) will be compared to the French New Farm site (1780-1850) in terms of their respective ceramic assemblages and zooarchaeological collections. Several intriguing differences between the two households will be discussed.

One of our Paul Mickey Science Series

Discover Illinois' rich prehistoric and historic past by attending an ISM Paul Mickey Science Series Program. A different speaker and topic are featured each month. For more information on upcoming topics and speakers, please contact Nina Walthall at (217) 782-0061 or 217-785-0037.

  • Usually held the second Wednesday of Each Month
  • 7:00 to 8:30 PM
  • Held at the ISM Research & Collections Center, 1011 East Ash Street (enter the building from 10 ½ Street between Ash & Laurel Streets), Springfield, Illinois
  • Free Admission 

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