The Glass and Ceramic Assemblage of the Mardi Gras Shipwreck

• Autores: Ben Ford
• Localización: Historical Archaeology, ISSN 0440-9213, Vol. 51, Nº. 3, 2017, págs. 379-391
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The Mardi Gras Shipwreck, the remains of an approximately 16 m (52 ft.) long vessel that sank roughly 65 km (40 mi.) southeast of the Mississippi Delta during the early 19th century, yielded a substantial number of intact and nearly intact glass and ceramic artifacts. The majority of the glass and ceramic artifacts consists of bottles and creamware tableware, but other items, such as stoneware jugs and an inkwell, are also present. Analysis of the glass and ceramic artifacts helped to date the shipwreck and provided insights regarding consumer choice and shipboard life in the 19th-century Gulf of Mexico.