ABSTRACT Excavations in the 1970s at the ca. 1772 Heyward-Washington House in Charleston, South Carolina, produced a rich and diverse archaeological assemblage spanning the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Among the vertebrate remains are four bones from a large member of the parrot family. We now believe the bird was a blue-fronted or turquoise-fronted amazon parrot (Psittacidae: Amazona aestiva), an animal originating in South America. Over the decades, we have studied the zooarchaeological signature of social identity in Charleston, the evolving urban environment, and the vast trade networks of the colonial port city, all of which are embodied in the remains of this single bird. The parrot leads to a discussion of social roles of captive birds in early Charleston, the eclectic interests of city residents, and the city’s global trade networks.

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这只鸟是什么？从南卡罗来纳州查尔斯顿的 Heyward-Washington House 寻找鹦鹉遗骸

1970 年代在大约 1970 年代的摘要挖掘。1772 年南卡罗来纳州查尔斯顿的 Heyward-Washington House 产生了跨越 18 和 19 世纪的丰富多样的考古组合。在脊椎动物遗骸中，有四块来自鹦鹉科大型成员的骨头。我们现在相信这只鸟是一种蓝额或绿松石额的亚马逊鹦鹉（鹦鹉科：Amazona aestiva），一种原产于南美洲的动物。几十年来，我们研究了查尔斯顿社会认同的动物考古学特征、不断变化的城市环境以及殖民地港口城市庞大的贸易网络​​，所有这些都体现在这只鸟的遗骸中。鹦鹉引发了对早期查尔斯顿圈养鸟类社会角色的讨论，城市居民的折衷利益，