Presentation is Everything: Foodways, Tablewares, and Colonial Identity at Presidio Los Adaes

Barnet Pavao-Zuckerman, Diana Di Paolo Loren

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

34 Scopus citations

Abstract

Ceramics and zooarchaeological remains are commonly used as indicators of status and wealth at colonial-period sites, yet colonial expectations with regard to cuisine were often difficult to meet within the rigors of frontier life. In this paper, we juxtapose faunal and ceramic assemblages from Presidio Los Adaes and, informed by ethnohistorical and visual data, investigate how social expectations with regard to foodways were negotiated on the Spanish colonial frontier. While ceramic evidence suggests that tableware varied among households, the zooarchaeological assemblage indicates that Los Adaes residents shared the same basic diet.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)199-226
Number of pages28
JournalInternational Journal of Historical Archaeology
Volume16
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2012

Keywords

  • Colonialism
  • Cuisine
  • Foodways
  • Identity

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Archaeology
  • Geography, Planning and Development
  • History
  • Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Presentation is Everything: Foodways, Tablewares, and Colonial Identity at Presidio Los Adaes'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this