Foodways of the mid-18th century Cape : archaeological ceramics from the Grand Parade in central Cape Town

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dc.contributor.advisorSillen, Andrewen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorHall, Martinen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorAbrahams, Gabebaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-20T12:30:24Z
dc.date.available2016-09-20T12:30:24Z
dc.date.issued1996en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: pages 278-301.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe principal intention of this thesis was to study the archaeologically excavated remains from the site of the Grand Parade in central Cape Town. The main lines of argument are centred around the question of the ceramics and how these can be interpreted to add to the knowledge of everyday life at the Cape. This involved excavation of the site, a descriptive report on the site, formulating a typological system of classification relevant to the sample, and interpretation of the ceramic data, considering its context within the local ceramic tradition and the overarching historical background of the Cape. The typological framework used in the ceramic analysis is largely based on the work by Mary Beaudry and others and the interpretive style draws heavily on the ideas about the food domain postulated by Anne Yentsch. A social history paradigm has been used to study the nature of the local evidence, to investigate how the excavated ceramics can be used to inform in one of the most basic cultural traditions involving the foodways of early Capetonians. It has been found: that the typological framework for the ceramic analysis set out in this thesis, is successful in interpreting the ceramics; that the ideological functions of the ceramics remain a less tangible aspect of recreating the past; that although the local food way tradition of the mid-18th century continues to be a complicated web of cultural interactions, through the use of a multi-disciplinary approach, the archaeological evidence can be successfully integrated with the faw:ial, inventory and other docwnentary sources; and that all the aforementioned are crucial to a better, more holistic understanding of the local Cape foodway tradition of the mid-18th century.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationAbrahams, G. (1996). <i>Foodways of the mid-18th century Cape : archaeological ceramics from the Grand Parade in central Cape Town</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Archaeology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21819en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationAbrahams, Gabeba. <i>"Foodways of the mid-18th century Cape : archaeological ceramics from the Grand Parade in central Cape Town."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Archaeology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21819en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationAbrahams, G. 1996. Foodways of the mid-18th century Cape : archaeological ceramics from the Grand Parade in central Cape Town. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Abrahams, Gabeba AB - The principal intention of this thesis was to study the archaeologically excavated remains from the site of the Grand Parade in central Cape Town. The main lines of argument are centred around the question of the ceramics and how these can be interpreted to add to the knowledge of everyday life at the Cape. This involved excavation of the site, a descriptive report on the site, formulating a typological system of classification relevant to the sample, and interpretation of the ceramic data, considering its context within the local ceramic tradition and the overarching historical background of the Cape. The typological framework used in the ceramic analysis is largely based on the work by Mary Beaudry and others and the interpretive style draws heavily on the ideas about the food domain postulated by Anne Yentsch. A social history paradigm has been used to study the nature of the local evidence, to investigate how the excavated ceramics can be used to inform in one of the most basic cultural traditions involving the foodways of early Capetonians. It has been found: that the typological framework for the ceramic analysis set out in this thesis, is successful in interpreting the ceramics; that the ideological functions of the ceramics remain a less tangible aspect of recreating the past; that although the local food way tradition of the mid-18th century continues to be a complicated web of cultural interactions, through the use of a multi-disciplinary approach, the archaeological evidence can be successfully integrated with the faw:ial, inventory and other docwnentary sources; and that all the aforementioned are crucial to a better, more holistic understanding of the local Cape foodway tradition of the mid-18th century. DA - 1996 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1996 T1 - Foodways of the mid-18th century Cape : archaeological ceramics from the Grand Parade in central Cape Town TI - Foodways of the mid-18th century Cape : archaeological ceramics from the Grand Parade in central Cape Town UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21819 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/21819
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationAbrahams G. Foodways of the mid-18th century Cape : archaeological ceramics from the Grand Parade in central Cape Town. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Archaeology, 1996 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21819en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Archaeologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherExcavations (Archaeology) - South Africa - Cape Townen_ZA
dc.subject.otherArchaeology and history - South Africa - Cape Townen_ZA
dc.subject.otherMaterial culture - South Africa - Cape of Good Hopeen_ZA
dc.titleFoodways of the mid-18th century Cape : archaeological ceramics from the Grand Parade in central Cape Townen_ZA
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