Charles R. Ewen, PhDWeiss, Tori2025-06-052025-06-052025-05May 2025May 2025http://hdl.handle.net/10342/14040In 1983, Kathleen Deagan defined the Spanish Colonial Pattern from material recovered from early St. Augustine, which was later refined at Puerto Real, Haiti. It states that the Spanish adapted to the Americas by retaining Spanish traits in male-dominated areas of high social visibility, while incorporating Indigenous traits in female dominated utilitarian areas. This thesis tests the Spanish Colonial Pattern was tested at Charles Towne, North Carolina. The archaeological assemblage revealed little Indigenous presence at the Charles Towne colony, suggesting that the English did not follow similar patterns of colonization.application/pdfEnglishAnthropology, ArchaeologyMaster's Thesis2025-05-22