Fort San Juan and the Limits of Empire
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Fort San Juan and the Limits of Empire

Colonialism and Household Practice at the Berry Site

  1. 461 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Fort San Juan and the Limits of Empire

Colonialism and Household Practice at the Berry Site

About this book

Built in 1566 by Spanish conquistador Juan Pardo, Fort San Juan is the earliest known European settlement in the interior United States. Located at the Berry site in western North Carolina, the fort and its associated domestic compound stood near the Native American town of Joara, whose residents sacked the fort and burned the compound after only eighteen months.

Drawing on archaeological evidence from architectural, floral, and faunal remains, as well as newly discovered accounts of Pardo's expeditions, this volume explores the deterioration in Native American–Spanish relations that sparked Joara's revolt and offers critical insight into the nature of early colonial interactions.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. List of Figures
  4. List of Plates
  5. List of Tables
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. I. JOARA, CUENCA, AND FORT SAN JUAN
  8. II. WHO THEY WERE: SITUATING THE COLONIAL ENCOUNTER
  9. III. WHERE THEY LIVED: HOUSEHOLD ARCHAEOLOGY AT FORT SAN JUAN
  10. IV. WHAT THEY ATE: POLITICS, FOOD, AND PROVISIONING
  11. V. WHAT THEY CARRIED: MATERIAL CULTURE AND HOUSEHOLD PRACTICE
  12. VI. WHAT THEY LEFT BEHIND: FRAGMENTS OF THE COLONIAL ENCOUNTER
  13. References Cited
  14. List of Contributors
  15. Index