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Shackleford Banks: Applying Archaeological and Geospatial Approaches to Maritime Settlement and Abandonment

dc.contributor.advisorRichards, Nathan
dc.contributor.authorEllis, Kendra
dc.contributor.departmentHistory
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-16T17:17:17Z
dc.date.available2024-01-16T17:17:17Z
dc.date.created2023-12
dc.date.issued2023-12-05
dc.date.submittedDecember 2023
dc.date.updated2024-01-11T19:03:17Z
dc.degree.departmentHistory
dc.degree.disciplineMA-Maritime Studies
dc.degree.grantorEast Carolina University
dc.degree.levelMasters
dc.degree.nameM.A.
dc.description.abstractShackleford Banks, North Carolina is a 14.5-kilometer barrier island that has not been permanently inhabited by humans in over a century. Before it was abandoned in the beginning of the 20th century, this island had been occupied since at least the mid-eighteenth century by European colonists. These "Ca'e Bankers" lived, not necessarily in isolation, but in self-reliant communities that used their environment to their advantage. They were able to survive by using what the landscape supplied them through oystering, clamming, whaling, porpoise hunting, crabbing, farming, and salvage activities. This project uses archaeological evidence collected from East Carolina University's 2021 summer field school as well as census records, oral histories, and shoreline data to explore the settlement and abandonment of Shackleford Banks communities. Examining this evidence, this thesis looks to find the degree to which economic and environmental change led to the establishment of non- Indigenous settlement on Shackleford Banks, how these communities developed, and what led to their decline and ultimate exodus from the area.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10342/13251
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherEast Carolina University
dc.subjectwhaling
dc.subjectshore-whaling
dc.subjectGIS
dc.subjectsurface surveys
dc.subjectmaritime history
dc.subject.lcshNavigation--North Carolina--Shackleford Banks--History
dc.subject.lcshShackleford Banks (N.C.)--History
dc.subject.lcshBarrier islands--North Carolina--Shackleford Banks--History
dc.subject.lcshCoastal archaeology--North Carolina--Shackleford Banks--History
dc.subject.lcshGeospatial data--North Carolina--Shackleford Banks
dc.titleShackleford Banks: Applying Archaeological and Geospatial Approaches to Maritime Settlement and Abandonment
dc.typeMaster's Thesis
dc.type.materialtext

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