Teagan,
I know I'm late replying to you but if you are still looking for papers for
the session I would be interested in participating.  I don't have an
abstract to send you yet but I'd like to do something with our early 20th
century sites.  I work at Fort Leonard Wood in the Missouri Ozarks.  Most of
our historic sites were occupied in the late 19th and early 20th century and
occupations ceased in 1941 when the land was acquired to create Fort Leonard
Wood.  By the early 20th century the already marginal land here was pretty
much exhausted and then the depression hit them pretty hard.  Most families
survived on family gardens; wild fruits, berries and greens; and any meat
they could get through hunting, trapping, and fishing.  Their socio-economic
status as well as their "Ozarkian" attitudes definitely affected their daily
lives and food choices.  The archaeological record certainly reflects the
marginal lifestyle.  We've done a good amount of documentary research, have
conducted some oral histories and more will be done in the near future, and
have conducted Phase II work at three sites.  There is also a substantial
artifact collection generated through surface collection when the sites were
being recorded.  I hope you can see where I am trying to go with this.
While the bulk of my job is the day to day CRM issues on a military
installation I have been wanting to do some research on the foodways of the
people who occupied these sites.
Thanks for your time.
Stephanie

Stephanie L. Nutt
Historical Archaeologist
Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands
Fort Leonard Wood Natural Resources Branch
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Subject: SHA 2006 Session on Foodways in Historical Archaeology


Foodways and Historical Archaeology Session
SHA's 2006

             I am interested in organizing a session focusing on the ways
in which historical archaeologists are approaching foodways in the
past.  Issues that spring to mind as being of interest include: ethnic,
socio-economic, religious, temporal, age, and gender differences, as well
as daily fare in comparison to feasting events, though any others would
certainly be welcome.  Papers could include both theoretical and more
research-based perspectives.  Throughout my research in foodways there
appears to exist a inherent connection between food and identity and it is
my hope that this relationship can be explored through documentary and
material culture studies (of course including archaeological collections)
in the past to gain a greater understanding of how people's identities
affected their daily lives and their food choices.  Please let me know if
you have a potential paper which addresses any of these issues.  Thanks so
much.

Teagan Schweitzer
Ph.D. candidate in Anthropology
University of Pennsylvania