Type of Document	Thesis
Author	Cremer, David Edward
Author's Email Address	davidcremer@hotmail.com
URN	etd-11122004-125112
Title	Faunal Remains from Fort Mitchell (1RU102), Russell County, Alabama
Degree	Master of Arts
Department	Anthropology, Department of
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Rochelle Marrinan Committee Chair Glen Doran Committee Member Michael Russo Committee Member
Keywords	Uniform Buttons Rations Subsistence Domesticates Fauna Creek Frontier Fort Alabama Frontier War Of 1812 Creek War Food Remains
Date of Defense	2004-10-27
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract This thesis presents an analysis of faunal materials recovered from features at Fort Mitchell during excavations directed by J.W. Cottier between 2000 and 2002. Fort Mitchell was located west of the Chattahoochee River, in present Russell County, Alabama. Few records have been identified that discuss how these individuals, posted far in the American wilderness, were provisioned. It is expected that they primarily utilized domesticated animals for the majority of their meat diet. Changes in funding, supply delays, and a frontier location may have made reliance on domestic meat sources less than certain. The degree to which the inhabitants utilized local resources, both wild and domesticated, is also unknown. This study endeavors to understand the meat component of diet through the analysis of selected features from the fort interior. The analysis of this material improves our understanding of the procurement of animal species, and the animal portion of the diet, of the inhabitants of Fort Mitchell between 1813 and 1840.
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