Date of Award
4-11-2014
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Department of Sociology and Anthropology: Archaeology
First Advisor
Elizabeth M. Scott
Abstract
This study examines published and unpublished historical archaeological research, historical documents research, and datable extant buildings to develop a temporal and geographical sequence of French colonial architectural designs and construction methods, particularly the poteaux-en-terre (posts-in-ground) and poteaux-sur-solle (posts-on-sill) elements in vernacular buildings, from the Western Great Lakes region to Louisiana, dating from 1690 to 1850. Such a sequence is needed to provide a basis for scholarship, discovery, and hypotheses about prospective French colonial archaeological sites. The integration of architectural material culture data and the historical record could also further scholarship on subjects such as how the French in colonial North America used vernacular architecture to create and maintain cultural identity, and how this architecture carried with it indicators of wealth, status, and cultural interaction.
Recommended Citation
Tharp, Wade Terrell, "A Sequence of French Vernacular Architectural Design and Construction Methods in Colonial North America, 1690 -- 1850" (2014). Theses and Dissertations. 229.
https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/etd/229
DOI
http://doi.org/10.30707/ETD2014.Tharp.W
Page Count
91
Comments
Imported from ProQuest Tharp_ilstu_0092N_10231.pdf