“Of Sterling Worth and Good Qualities”: Status and Domesticity in Nineteenth-Century Middle Class Charleston: Archaeological Investigations at Site 38CH1871, Marlene & Nathan Addlestone Library, College of Charleston

Name/Title

“Of Sterling Worth and Good Qualities”: Status and Domesticity in Nineteenth-Century Middle Class Charleston: Archaeological Investigations at Site 38CH1871, Marlene & Nathan Addlestone Library, College of Charleston

Entry/Object ID

2015.002.047

Secondary Title

Archaeological Investigations at Site 38CH1871, Marlene & Nathan Addlestone Library, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC

Description

Report on the archaeological excavations done at the to site located at the southwest corner of the Calhoun and Coming street intersection, in order to evaluate and mitigate the effects of the construction of Addlestone Library on significant archaeological resources. Contents include: Historic context (brief history of Charleston, site history, the Macphela and Brown Fellowship Society Cemeteries) - Testing and evaluation results - Research design for the data recovery (including research topics class, gender, material culture) - Research design for the data recovery - Data recovery results - History and archaeology of 77 Coming Street -- History and archaeology of 79 Coming Street - History and archaeology of 81 Coming Street - History and archaeology of 83 Coming Street -- History and archaeology of 201-203 Calhoun Street - Nineteenth-century diet in urban Charleston - Macroplant remains from the College of Charleston Library site - Analysis and interpretations (ceramic decorations, relative cost of ceramics, matched sets, symbols of refinement, the English style among Charleston planters, ritualization of family meals in Charleston, mid nineteenth-century middle class gentility in Charleston) -- Conclusions (planter class identity, southern dining rituals, Charleston's mid-nineteenth-century middle class) - Artifact inventory - Faunal inventory ix, 220, [82] p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 28 cm.

Collection

Pamphlets, Guidebooks, Reports, Theses/Dissertations

Acquisition

Accession

2015.002

Source or Donor

New Library Catalog Records (2015)

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Report

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Administrative Records

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Coming Street, Calhoun Street, Excavations (Archaeology)--South Carolina--Charleston, Charleston (S.C.)--Antiquities, Charleston (S.C.)--History, Charleston (S.C.)--Social life and customs, College of Charleston

Publication Details

Author

Joseph, J.W., Botwick, Brad Meader, J. Faith O'Steen, Lisa D. Raymer, Leslie E.

Series

New South Associates Technical Report

Publisher

New South Associates

Place Published

Location

Stone Mountain, GA

Date Published

2004

Call No.

CC77 .H5 M37 2004

Notes

Copy No.: 0

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Other Number

Other Number

P437

Location

Location

Shelf

Books-Pamphlets

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2008.002.0026, 2014.014.22, CALHOUN.GEN.01

General Notes

Note

Notes: Report prepared by New South Associates, J.W. Joseph, Brad Botwick, J. Faith Meader, Lisa D. O'Sheen, Leslie E. Raymer. Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-220). New South Associates technical report ; 1187. "Report submitted to Enwright Associates, Inc., 101 West Broad Street, Suite 200, Greenville, South Carolina 29601." "August 30, 2004."

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Create Date

June 25, 2015

Updated By

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Update Date

February 17, 2023