Date of Award
5-2024
Culminating Project Type
Thesis
Styleguide
other
American Antiquity, Latin American Antiquity, and Advances in Archaeological Practice
Degree Name
Cultural Resources Management Archaeology: M.S.
Department
Anthropology
College
College of Liberal Arts
First Advisor
Robbie Mann
Second Advisor
Debra Gold
Fourth Advisor
Sara A. Hahn
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Keywords and Subject Headings
tavern, coffeehouse, historic archaeology, St. Francisville, Louisiana
Abstract
This thesis presented here details the analysis of the artifact assemblage from the Royal Hotel site (16WF175) located in St. Francisville, Louisiana. The artifact assemblage came from two mid-nineteenth-century features. These include a cellar (Feature 1) and a privy (Feature 5). These features are related to both a tavern and coffeehouse and to domestic occupations. These assemblages were analyzed using techniques developed by Consumer Choice Theory with the goal of determining the socioeconomic status of both the clientele of the tavern and coffeehouse and the occupants of the site. These methods included: Miller’s (1980, 1991) mean ceramic values, Shultz and Gust’s (1980) beef-cut analysis, examination of the alcohol bottles and drinking glasses, and examination of various household decorations and personal items. It was found that both the occupants and the clientele of the tavern and coffeehouse were likely of middle-to-high socioeconomic status.
Recommended Citation
Carpenter, Michael, "Fine Dining and Drinking in Nineteenth-Century St. Francisville, Louisiana: A Consumer Choice Examination of a Mid-Nineteenth Century Tavern, Coffeehouse, and Residence." (2024). Culminating Projects in Cultural Resource Management. 54.
https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/crm_etds/54
Comments/Acknowledgements
Acknowledgments
I would like to thank everyone who helped me in my research, analysis, and writing. Firstly, I would like to thank my committee (Dr. Rob Mann, Dr. Debra Gold, and Sara Hahn) for their work with both my thesis proposal and my thesis defense. I want to thank Dr. Mann for his work as my advisor and for all his original work at the Royal Hotel (16WF175) site, which has made this work possible. I wish to thank Beverly S. Nuschler of the LSU Museum of Natural Science for assistance with her help on the artifact collection. I wish to thank my colleagues at Coastal Environments, Inc., who have supported me during classes and while working on this thesis. I want to especially thank Sara and Thurston Hahn for their guidance on my thesis. I would like to thank Baglione Gabrielle at the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle in Le Havre, France, for her assistance and for the use of one of Charles.Alexandre Lesueur’s sketches (merci beaucoup). I would also like to thank the staff at the West Feliciana Parish Clerk of Court’s Office, West Feliciana Historical Society and Museum, and at the LSU Hill Memorial Library for their help during my archival research. Finally, I would like to thank my wife Kristi Carpenter for her support during my years of work on this thesis and classes.