Investigating the Archaeology of Shifting Community Values at Chrisholm Farmstead

Investigating the Archaeology of Shifting Community Values at Chrisholm Farmstead

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Main Author: Fish, Theresa R.
Language:English
Published: University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK 2019
Subjects:
Archaeology
Identity
Religious Identity
Amish Mennonite
Historical Archaeology
Online Access:http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1573576021260609
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spelling ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-ucin15735760212606092021-08-03T07:13:15Z Investigating the Archaeology of Shifting Community Values at Chrisholm Farmstead Fish, Theresa R. Archaeology Identity Religious Identity Amish Mennonite Historical Archaeology Throughout the 19th century, Amish and Mennonite settlers fleeing persecution in Europe settled in the United States. In this study, I focus on families who settled in what is now Butler County, Ohio. For these settlers, there is a robust historic record telling a story of the community shifting from conservative Amish to more liberal Mennonites. I investigate to what extent the archaeological remains recovered from the Augspurger family’s farmstead, Chrisholm, align with that story. Are the found possessions indicative of changes in identity in the same way that the documents are? I hypothesize that as religious tendencies of these families shifted, so did their personal everyday possessions, which should be seen in the archaeological record through change over time in artifact type. I expected to find positive correlations between my two data sources, archaeological data previously collected by the Cincinnati Museum Center in a preliminary survey of the Chrisholm site and historical objects including written materials and photographs from this community.The results help to understand if, for this group of people, possessions used for daily practices can be linked with known values of intentional communities, or if there are tensions between these data types that need to be considered. The historical data were able to provide evidence for the stories of changes in identities and values overtime at Chrisholm. These materials pointed to changes to aspects of Amish and Mennonite identity such as outward appearance, language, and education. The project shows that the archaeological remains recovered from the site were not able to address changes in identity as they were hypothesized to do. These findings suggest complexities in how these datasets might intersect, and perhaps in how historical archaeologists are able to examine changes in religious identities and group values. 2019 English text University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1573576021260609 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1573576021260609 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: some rights reserved. It is licensed for use under a Creative Commons license. Specific terms and permissions are available from this document's record in the OhioLINK ETD Center.
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topic Archaeology
Identity
Religious Identity
Amish Mennonite
Historical Archaeology
spellingShingle Archaeology
Identity
Religious Identity
Amish Mennonite
Historical Archaeology
Fish, Theresa R.
Investigating the Archaeology of Shifting Community Values at Chrisholm Farmstead
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