Year of Award
2008
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Type
Master of Arts (MA)
Degree Name
Anthropology (Forensic Anthropology Option)
Department or School/College
Department of Anthropology
Committee Chair
Kelly Dixon
Commitee Members
Ashley McKeown, Harry Fritz
Keywords
custer, little bighorn, nineteenth century, plug tobacco, seventh cavalry, smoking, tobacco
Abstract
Tobacco has played an integral role in global history, and there are numerous historical records related to tobacco use over the past five hundred years. The odontological evidence recovered from the Custer National Battlefield infers a high frequency of tobacco use within the Seventh Calvary, yet nineteenth century historical records fail to mention such intensive use in the Seventh Calvary. This paper will briefly discuss late nineteenth century tobacco culture and apply that to a bioarchaeological research project associated with remains from the Custer National Battlefield to addresses this contradiction between historical and physical records.
Recommended Citation
Vihlene, Shannon Marjorie, "Custer's Last Drag: An Examination of Tobacco Use Among the Seventh Cavalry During the Nineteenth Century" (2008). Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers. 287.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/287
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