Graduation Semester and Year

2013

Language

English

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts in Anthropology

Department

Sociology and Anthropology

First Advisor

Naomi Cleghorn

Abstract

An East Texas steamboat landing community, known as Pattonia, operated from 1843 to the late 19th century. Here I attempt to identify what socioeconomic stratification and consumerism on the landscape meant for the daily lives of Pattonia's past occupants. In order to address this question, I interpret the architectural features that once stood at Pattonia and their spatial organization. Additionally, I conduct a ceramic analysis of two household assemblages with unknown occupants in order to determine their relative socioeconomic status and reconstruct the social landscape of Pattonia. These methods enable a greater understanding of the unique historical and social significance of Pattonia. The Pattonia landscape was a place of struggle and perseverance, and was ultimately abandoned as it failed to endure beyond its entrepreneurial foundations.

Disciplines

Anthropology | Social and Behavioral Sciences

Comments

Degree granted by The University of Texas at Arlington

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