Date of Award
Summer 2019
Degree Type
Masters Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
School
Social Science and Global Studies
Committee Chair
Edwin Jackson
Committee Chair School
Social Science and Global Studies
Committee Member 2
Marie E. Danforth
Committee Member 2 School
Social Science and Global Studies
Committee Member 3
Bridget Hayden
Committee Member 3 School
Social Science and Global Studies
Abstract
Archaeologists investigating historic backwoods sites of ephemeral log construction in Mississippi, from farmsteads to plantations, face unique challenges when confronting issues of site structure. Scant documentary evidence, lack of structural foundations, and the removal of structural elements all encumber attempts to discern site structure. This thesis examines the site formation processes at work within the various stages of systemic development of a historic backwoods house lot, and seeks to combine various refuse disposal patterning methods into an archaeological model for use in Mississippi's Pine Hills.
Copyright
2019, Brian A. Flynt
Recommended Citation
Flynt, Brian A., "Using Refuse Disposal Patterning Methods to Discern Site Structure on an Antebellum Backwoods Plantation’s Big House Site in Mississippi’s Pine Hills" (2019). Master's Theses. 667.
https://aquila.usm.edu/masters_theses/667