Arqueologia histórica na Ribeira: as louças importadas e padrões de consumo em Natal na segunda metade do século XIX.

Abstract

The objective of this work is to understand the consumption behavior of residents of the Ribeira neighborhood in the second half of the 19th century through crockery recovered in the urban area of the city of Natal, specifically on Rua Chile and, based on this, characterize the urbanization process related to imports to the Port of Natal and social, economic and cultural issues. To this end, the Historical Archeology methodology was used to analyze a sample of crockery from the collection of the Archeology Laboratory - LARQ, of the history department of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. It was necessary to review the bibliographical sources of the economic historiography of Rio Grande do Norte, specifically the influence of the international market during the period of the Second Industrial Revolution. In addition, bibliographical research on Historical Archeology, through studies related to crockery artifacts discovered in Brazilian historical archaeological sites. Concluding that the household utensils recovered at the Ribeira archaeological site are related to mass consumption that delved into European habits.