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Hamilton, Scott

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“…There has been a large amount of scholarship on the corporate policies of the Hudson's Bay Company and its status as a capitalist entity (Wilkes 1856;Shenk 1932;MacKay 1938;Galbraith 1951;Rich 1959;Bryce 1968;Williams 1970;Goldring 1979Goldring , 1980Carlos 1981;Carlos and Hoffman 1986;Carlos andNicholas 1988, 1990;Hammond 1993;Burley 1997;Mackie 1997;Hamilton 2000 …”

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An Archaeology of Capitalism: Exploring Ideology through Ceramics from the Fort Vancouver and Village Sites

Holschuh¹

2000

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The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC), a mercantile venture that was founded by royal charter in 1670, conceived, constructed and ran Fort Vancouver as its economic center in the Pacific Northwest, a colonial outpost at the edge of the company's holdings in North America. Research into the history of the HBC revealed that the company was motivated by mercantile interests, and that Fort Vancouver operated under feudal land policies while steadily adopting a hierarchical structure. Following this model, this study analyzed six assemblages for the presence of matched sets of ceramic tablewares using the diversity measures of richness and evenness. The results of this analysis for five assemblages from households in the Village were then compared to those expected for a model assemblage that was inferred to represent the ultimate model of participation in and dissemination of the same ideals of segmentation and division: that recovered from the Chief Factor's House within the fort.ii Documentary research confirmed that ideology was used to indoctrinate workers into the unique relations of production at Fort Vancouver however it was an ideology of paternal allegiance to the company rather than one of possessive individualism, as in Annapolis. At Fort Vancouver the notion of individuality was subtly downplayed in favor of one that addressed the company's responsibility to its workers and encouraged them to view its hierarchy, which was reinforced spatially, socially and economically, as natural.Analysis of the archaeological assemblages revealed that it is unlikely that the Village assemblages are comprised of complete sets of matching ceramicwares. The lack of these sets is likely the result of the multivalent nature of the economic system at the fort and its distinct ideology of paternalism, as well as the diverse backgrounds and outlooks of the Village occupants themselves, who appear to have purchased and used these European ceramics in unique ways.iii Acknowledgements

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An Archaeology of Capitalism: Exploring Ideology through Ceramics from the Fort Vancouver and Village Sites

Holschuh¹

2000

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“…Access to food has long been a manifestation of the power of certain segments of society over others, and knowing that even at its height of activity, those with "power" living at Fort Vancouver numbered only around 40, (allowing for Company officers from other posts, ship's officers, and other visitors [Roberts 1838;Jessett 1959]), an eight acre garden was significantly larger than that required to provide fresh produce for those relatively few powerful people (Loudon 1824). Based on HBC policy, only the Company officers were allowed to enjoy the Garden's food and aesthetic products (Hamilton 2000, Monks 1992. As the HBC was only a quasi-colonial entity which primarly focused on realizing profit, how was this over-sized space justified?…”

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“…The HBC as a company was highly stratified socially, employing several methods of maintaining the hierarchy, including differential access to food (Hamilton 2000;Monks 1992;Nelson 2007).…”

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“…More convincing though, is the contrast between the long-standing policies of the HBC relating to the unequal access to food at the various hierarchical levels of the Company (Hamilton 2000), and the difficulty of maintaining a level of control in this regard in a region where food was abundant and easily obtained by means other than through the Company. Loudon (1824) indicates that vegetables appropriate for the lower class are "cabbages... hardy borecoles... early potatoes... [and] parsneps [sic]."…”

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“…As it was common for the HBC to employ a symmetrical, hierarchical arrangement of buildings within a stockade (Hamilton 2000;Monks 1992), which is based on medieval hierarchical concepts, just as with a geometric Italianate-style garden, locations of elements that are not in evidence can be extrapolated. Based on these concepts, it has been hypothesized that the original Chief…”

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A Historical and Archaeological Study of the Nineteenth Century Hudson's Bay Company Garden at Fort Vancouver: Focusing on Archaeological Field Methods and Microbotanical Analysis

Dorset¹

2000

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Historical Archaeologies of the American West

Dixon

2014

J Archaeol Res

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Historical archaeology in western North America includes a vast collection of research that underscores the region's dynamic cultural heritage. Here, I review a sample of the literature related to this research and organize them into four conceptual themes: colonialism and postcolonialism, landscape transformation, migration and diaspora, and industrial capitalism. I conclude that the future of historical archaeology in the West will be grounded in research that integrates these themes. As the region continues to experience human dilemmas related to issues such as balancing resource extraction with sustainable conservation and lingering issues of colonialism, these archaeologies have value for transcending the natureculture divide and for understanding the ways in which humanity can navigate pressing issues relevant to our modern world, including vulnerability, risks, adaptation, resilience, and sustainability.

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Cited by 11 publications

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An Archaeology of Capitalism: Exploring Ideology through Ceramics from the Fort Vancouver and Village Sites

An Archaeology of Capitalism: Exploring Ideology through Ceramics from the Fort Vancouver and Village Sites

A Historical and Archaeological Study of the Nineteenth Century Hudson's Bay Company Garden at Fort Vancouver: Focusing on Archaeological Field Methods and Microbotanical Analysis

Historical Archaeologies of the American West

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