Moving toward Cross-Regional Comparison: The Legacy of Martha Zierden

Reviewing Martha Zierden’s distinguished career in the Carolina Lowcountry, I was struck by the many times Martha brought research from the Chesapeake region to bear on findings from Charleston. I build on the ground Martha prepared by comparing Indigenous ceramics recovered from late 17th-century trading post/station archaeological sites in Virginia and Carolina. This preliminary analysis identifies similarities and differences between these sites with implications for understanding the many forms colonialism took in English North America.