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The Hurttienne and Meyer Lots of Corktown, Detroit– a Historical Archaeological Study in Identification of Formation Processes and Resident Behavior Wayne State University Wayne State University Theses 1-1-2015 The urH ttienne And Meyer Lots Of Corktown, Detroit– A Historical Archaeological Study In Identification Of Formation Processes And Resident Behavior Graham Sheckels Wayne State University, Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_theses Part of the History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology Commons Recommended Citation Sheckels, Graham, "The urH ttienne And Meyer Lots Of Corktown, Detroit– A Historical Archaeological Study In Identification Of Formation Processes And Resident Behavior" (2015). Wayne State University Theses. Paper 413. This Open Access Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@WayneState. It has been accepted for inclusion in Wayne State University Theses by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@WayneState. THE HURTTIENNE AND MEYER LOTS OF CORKTOWN, DETROIT– A HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDY IN IDENTIFICATION OF FORMATION PROCESSES AND RESIDENT BEHAVIOR by GRAHAM SHECKELS THESIS Submitted to the Graduate School of Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS 2015 MAJOR: ANTHROPOLOGY Approved By: ____________________________________________ Advisor Date ©COPYRIGHT BY GRAHAM SHECKELS 2015 All Rights Reserved ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank the faculty and staff of the WSU Department of Anthropology for all their assistance and guidance over the years, especially my advisor Dr. Killion and my reader Dr. Ryzewski. Without their mentoring, this work could not have been completed. I would also like to thank all my fellow students, especially those who contributed help and advice. Lastly, I’d like to thank my family and friends for all of the support they have given me. ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements ___________________________________________________________________ ii List of Tables ________________________________________________________________________ v List of Figures _______________________________________________________________________ vii Introduction ________________________________________________________________________ 1 Background Literature ________________________________________________________________ 3 History of the Community (Detroit / Corktown) and History of the Study Area ___________________ 11 Property Histories and Information on Residents __________________________________________ 16 Directory Research Methodology ________________________________________________ 16 Directory Research Results _____________________________________________________ 22 Census Record Search _________________________________________________________ 27 Resident Information __________________________________________________________ 29 Maps of Sites _______________________________________________________________________ 39 Hurttienne Lot _______________________________________________________________ 46 Meyer Lot ___________________________________________________________________ 52 Archaeological Methods and Spatial Analyses _____________________________________________ 57 Inverse Distance Weighting (IDW) Interpolations of Artifact Distributions ________________ 64 Artifact Summary ___________________________________________________________________ 75 Ceramic Data ________________________________________________________________ 80 Ceramic Comparison Analysis ___________________________________________________ 84 Ceramics Discussion ___________________________________________________________ 92 Artifact Distribution Discussion __________________________________________________ 96 Conclusion _________________________________________________________________________ 99 Appendix A - Additional Tables ________________________________________________________ 102 iii Appendix B – Additional Figures _______________________________________________________ 119 References _______________________________________________________________________ 133 Abstract __________________________________________________________________________ 140 Autobiographical Statement __________________________________________________________ 141 iv LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Summary of Businesses ................................................................................................................. 15 Table 2: Length of Stay ................................................................................................................................ 30 Table 3: Rent Codes .................................................................................................................................... 32 Table 4: Gender / Average Age ................................................................................................................... 33 Table 5: Male / Female Ratio ...................................................................................................................... 33 Table 6: Birthplace ...................................................................................................................................... 35 Table 7: Ethnicity ......................................................................................................................................... 35 Table 8: Occupations (number) .................................................................................................................. 36 Table 9: Occupations (proportion) .............................................................................................................. 37 Table 10: Artifact Frequency / Weight Totals ............................................................................................. 77 Table 11: Frequency Distributions by Level ................................................................................................ 79 Table 12: Proportion of Retained Artifacts ................................................................................................. 80 Table 13: Frequency of Window and Vessel Glass ..................................................................................... 80 Table 14: Proportion of Ceramic Sherds Excavated .................................................................................... 81 Table 15: Proportion of Ceramic Sherds Retained ...................................................................................... 81 Table 16: Retained Whiteware and Porcelain Sherds, by Decoration ........................................................ 82 Table 17: Proportion of Transfer Printed Sherds ........................................................................................ 82 Table 18: Ceramic Average Values .............................................................................................................. 85 Table 19: Comparison of Ceramics with Boott Mills Site ............................................................................ 86 Table 20: Comparison of Whiteware and Porcelain with Greenwich Village Sites .................................... 88 Table 21: Average Percentage of White Granite and Porcelain at New York and Detroit Sites ................. 89 Table 22: Comparison of Ceramics with Workers Row House Site ............................................................ 91 Table A1: Known Hurttienne Residents .................................................................................................... 102 v Table A2: Known Meyer Residents ........................................................................................................... 106 Table A3: Census Data .............................................................................................................................. 107 Table A4: Resident Occupations ............................................................................................................... 110 Table A5: Businesses on 1884 Sanborn Map ............................................................................................ 111 vi LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Current Street Map ...................................................................................................................... 12 Figure 2: 1884 Sanborn Businesses ............................................................................................................. 14 Figure 3: City Directory Images ................................................................................................................... 18 Figure 4: Proportional Length of Stay at Each Location .............................................................................. 31 Figure 5: Proportions of Occupations ......................................................................................................... 37 Figure 6: Aerial Photography of Hurttienne Lot ......................................................................................... 40 Figure 7: Aerial Photography of Meyer Lot ................................................................................................. 41 Figure 8: Points of Interest at Former Structures ....................................................................................... 43 Figure 9: Georectified Hart Map ................................................................................................................. 46 Figure 10: Georectified Sanborn 1884 Map on Hurttienne Lot .................................................................. 47 Figure 11: Georectified Sanborn 1897 Map on Hurttienne Lot .................................................................
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