Insitutional Affiliation:
Nevada, Reno, U. of
Approve Date:
October 5, 2012
Project Title:
White, Dr. Carolyn Louise, U. of Nevada, Reno, NV - To aid research and writing on 'Fashioning the Changing Self: Clothing and Adornment in Trans-Atlantic Perspective' - Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship
Preliminary abstract: This project furthers the study of trans-Atlantic trade and use of material culture employed in the expression of identity along lines of gender, class, ethnicity, and age in 18th and 19th century England and the United States. Personal adornment artifacts held in archaeological collections curated by the London Archaeological Archive and Resource Centre (LAARC) and Strawbery Banke Museum, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, are the principal sources for this project.