Date of Award
6-2002
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Anthropology
First Advisor
Dr. Michael S. Nassaney
Second Advisor
Dr. Allen Zagarell
Third Advisor
Dr. Laura Spielvogel
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
This thesis is outlining the introduction of municipal water and sewer by using archaeological evidence. First, I will lay out a theoretical framework in which this research will be conducted. It will outline what social control is, how others have examined it, and how is it used by elites to retain their position in society. Next, it will outline the health, social, political, and economic conditions that existed that would give rise to this transition from privies and cisterns to municipal water and sewer services. Then the James and Ellen White site (20CA118) will be used to give evidence of this transition and how it can be used to examine issues of social control in regards to health, hygiene, and proper behavior/etiquette in the archaeological record. And finally, it will conclude with a summation of the thesis and raise questions regarding social control that one could examine using the archaeological record.
Recommended Citation
Barrett, Jared Lee, "The Urban Landscape of Health, Hygiene, and Social Control: The Development of Municipal Services in Battle Creek, Michigan" (2002). Masters Theses. 3997.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/3997