'Minorcan' Ethnogenesis and Foodways in Britain’s Smyrnéa Settlement, Florida, 1766–1777

Autor: Arlene Fradkin, Roger T. Grange, Dorothy L. Moore
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Historical Archaeology. 46:28-48
ISSN: 2328-1103
0440-9213
Popis: Established by Dr. Andrew Turnbull, a Scottish physician and entrepreneur, the Smyrnea settlement was an agricultural enterprise that existed from 1766 to 1777 during the British occupation of Florida. Turnbull recruited approximately 1,100 indentured servants from the Mediterranean island of Minorca along with an additional 300 from Greece, Italy, Corsica, and Turkey. Within the Smyrnea settlement, the developing cohesion of these various Mediterranean groups over time eventually led to the emergence of a distinctive “Minorcan” cultural community on the Florida frontier. Although common geographic origin, intermarriage, and common religion were major factors contributing to this melding of cultures, the sharing of anxieties and hardships, especially chronic food shortages, also was a significantly strong unifying force. Analysis of the zooarchaeological assemblage from the Turnbull Colonist’s House site, the first residence to be discovered, indicates that British food supplies were insufficient and that the colonists took the initiative in obtaining additional protein by fishing and hunting locally available wild food resources.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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