Date of Award
Fall 1-5-2018
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Anthropology
First Advisor
Dr. William Parry
Second Advisor
Richard M. Veit
Third Advisor
Matthew S. Tomaso
Academic Program Adviser
Dr. Yukiko Koga
Abstract
This thesis examines the expression of consumer behavior and choice through the ceramic assemblage from the Raddin-Badgley house site, a late-18th to mid-19th-century rural homestead located in Berkeley Heights, Union County, New Jersey. Emphasis is placed on the ceramic assemblage recovered from a 4- by 5-meter (13- by 16-foot) cellar hole, the primary feature remaining from the homestead. The analysis was focused on answering three questions. First, how does the ceramic assemblage reflect consumer behavior over time from the earliest period of occupation to the latest? Second, how does the ceramic assemblage reflect the consumption behaviors of specific individuals or family lifecycles? And third, how does the ceramic assemblage reflect the social and economic changes resulting from the establishment of Feltville, the industrial community founded nearby in 1845.
Recommended Citation
Scarpa, Carissa A., "Consumption and Ceramics at the Rural Homestead of the Raddin-Badgley Family, New Providence, Union County, New Jersey" (2018). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/264