{"id":72257,"date":"2025-02-06T21:32:22","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T21:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/anthropology\/this-week-in-pennsylvania-archaeology-tea-please\/"},"modified":"2025-02-06T21:32:22","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T21:32:22","slug":"this-week-in-pennsylvania-archaeology-tea-please","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=72257","title":{"rendered":"This Week In Pennsylvania Archaeology: Tea, please"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-body-5988444969787773804\" itemprop=\"description articleBody\">\n<p>Today, Dec. 15<sup>th<\/sup> is International Tea Day, a day to<br \/>\ncelebrate one of the most popular beverages on the planet. Whether you drink it<br \/>\nblack, green, mint, chai, iced, with or without milk, there are over 20,000 different<br \/>\ntypes of teas available.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Historically, tea is a very old beverage. Although tea<br \/>\nleaves were originally chewed for their stimulating properties for thousands of<br \/>\nyears, legend says that the practice of drinking tea was discovered by Chinese<br \/>\nEmperor Shen Nung in 2732 B.C. after leaves from a tea tree blew into a pot of<br \/>\nboiling water. When the emperor sampled the liquid, he was taken with the<br \/>\ntaste. For thousands of years afterward, tea was drunk in China as a medicinal<br \/>\nbeverage. By 350 C.E., tea was being planted and domestically cultivated by the<br \/>\nChinese. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">After this time, the use of tea began to spread to areas of<br \/>\nAsia outside of China. Chinese tea was first introduced into Europe in the 16<sup>th<\/sup><br \/>\ncentury and traded commercially by the Dutch East India Company in 1610. Later,<br \/>\ntea was brought to the London market by the English East India Company where it<br \/>\nbecame very popular with elite British families. Tea\u2019s popularity with the<br \/>\nEnglish was such that they began to grow it in British India and Ceylon (Sri<br \/>\nLanka) and to develop rituals such as Afternoon Tea based around the brewing<br \/>\nand consumption of the liquid.\u00a0<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjl10z_SQvzRKjfrQi-sFSD3o1hw9rLBvDgq_-jcplu0nCmDdr7oMCF1ESldFoASGucZvTAS1JxkPplazSq5gNyWJxJ8uKLfsI00DCAHd75f4-K0yIwjAjQJqmyQYTUEMqqxUelx_3hCdKK38gqRGG34RTXmH87H-wM3cVETftMYKiJdKx4ZqfKZu4Caw\/s1005\/Picture1.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"756\" data-original-width=\"1005\" height=\"301\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjl10z_SQvzRKjfrQi-sFSD3o1hw9rLBvDgq_-jcplu0nCmDdr7oMCF1ESldFoASGucZvTAS1JxkPplazSq5gNyWJxJ8uKLfsI00DCAHd75f4-K0yIwjAjQJqmyQYTUEMqqxUelx_3hCdKK38gqRGG34RTXmH87H-wM3cVETftMYKiJdKx4ZqfKZu4Caw\/w400-h301\/Picture1.png\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><i>The 19<sup>th<\/sup>-century<br \/>\nclipper Cutty Sark (now a museum in Greenwich, England) was built for use<br \/>\nin the tea trade (photo by Kimberly Sebestyen)<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The popularity of tea drinking with Europeans increased as its<br \/>\nprice fell through the 18<sup>th<\/sup> century. As well, tea drinking spread<br \/>\ninto the colonies of North America with the influence of Europe on the New<br \/>\nWorld. As all Americans know, tea figured prominently in the 1773 Boston Tea<br \/>\nParty where rebels, angry at Britain\u2019s \u201c<i>taxation without representation<\/i>\u201d,<br \/>\ndumped over 300 chests of East India Company tea into the Boston harbor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Due to the popularity of tea worldwide \u2013 it is currently the<br \/>\nsecond most consumed beverage after water \u2013 the accessories needed for storing,<br \/>\nbrewing, and drinking tea are numerous. In turn, this means that tea-related<br \/>\nartifacts are common on archaeological sites.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Originally, tea was pressed into hard bricks, which would be<br \/>\nground and mixed into a frothy drink similar to matcha. This tea was then drunk<br \/>\nout of wide bowls instead of cups. After the 7<sup>th<\/sup> century C.E., loose<br \/>\nleaf teas became more popular and the teapot, adapted from other use, became<br \/>\nthe vessel of choice for brewing tea. The loose tea would have been placed into<br \/>\na pot of boiling water and strained when finished steeping.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">After it became popular in Europe, loose leaf tea would have<br \/>\nbeen stored in chests or canisters. This would preserve its freshness while crossing<br \/>\nthe seas and later in the home. And because tea was expensive in the 18<sup>th<\/sup><br \/>\ncentury, many of the chests locked to prevent theft. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Collections from sites around the Philadelphia area have<br \/>\nyielded many teapots in different shapes, colors, and designs.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEi4P8bXCtVfjqdd8FHF4hRznnuhC5v8PRtX66qRwEoy8uABRD1fEKMIp2cJOG_RlnIW7KZ4-Ebh5apf69fDkU2NK5T4LvE3eBQ68tHMo6uI_CW3t236ClaFzBLuUR-epxdH1hdTZW7963jDXRRnElEr4MGr2Q_XAFmzxSgD5lhJUarGxNaB_JVac6Rg-Q\/s1251\/Picture3.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"863\" data-original-width=\"1251\" height=\"276\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEi4P8bXCtVfjqdd8FHF4hRznnuhC5v8PRtX66qRwEoy8uABRD1fEKMIp2cJOG_RlnIW7KZ4-Ebh5apf69fDkU2NK5T4LvE3eBQ68tHMo6uI_CW3t236ClaFzBLuUR-epxdH1hdTZW7963jDXRRnElEr4MGr2Q_XAFmzxSgD5lhJUarGxNaB_JVac6Rg-Q\/w400-h276\/Picture3.png\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\">Scratch<br \/>\nblue salt-glazed stoneware teapot recovered at <a href=\"https:\/\/ephratacloister.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ephrata Cloister<\/a>(36LA0981).\u00a0<i><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;\">Collections of The State Museum of<br \/>\nPennsylvania, Section of Archaeology\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEihjaRB_Jtop25yFJ9apU31HE5xYK-ilzO3Nhx_dhSPWVvaATYf8vHRzhsB5ifojASvQjrnLaQ-IvAtM0w1yjzDI6hAwepxil941RTeBYdx14nfVt90Jev4Hly11py4Tps3YYzBAl4SVkZCg6qhUdlK9jnTY8zC1Mt_tf7ioYdRyG3NzQLTWHk5I1jCBg\/s1156\/TWIPA-Custome.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"595\" data-original-width=\"1156\" height=\"206\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEihjaRB_Jtop25yFJ9apU31HE5xYK-ilzO3Nhx_dhSPWVvaATYf8vHRzhsB5ifojASvQjrnLaQ-IvAtM0w1yjzDI6hAwepxil941RTeBYdx14nfVt90Jev4Hly11py4Tps3YYzBAl4SVkZCg6qhUdlK9jnTY8zC1Mt_tf7ioYdRyG3NzQLTWHk5I1jCBg\/w400-h206\/TWIPA-Custome.jpg\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><i>Teapots from the<br \/>\nCommunity and Domestic Life Section of The State Museum of Pennsylvania.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">In the mid-18<sup>th<\/sup> century, the first teacups as we<br \/>\nknow them were created by Robert Adams. A tea bowl with an added handle allowed<br \/>\na person to drink their tea more easily and without burning their fingers.<br \/>\nEarly teacups were made from delicate porcelain; however, <a name=\"_Hlk121124929\">teacups come in an almost endless number of materials, shapes,<br \/>\nand decorations.<\/a><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgrDvUTnBR7OK9Ftalc_H9vS17owrokO4kct0s57zPnLurEdJb_FKD6WT5ZiX_vLxfDruy0DuJqluTN4euoVicXQhP_Db3gbGLEXIjUIBs70jPjWvmfAedVdzm1Pp0GXEaVwzfLifakwxSUIhZr_S3M72bE-Lxh3dSK03BCahPm-9g_70iRT02VKkRz9g\/s968\/Picture5.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"726\" data-original-width=\"968\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgrDvUTnBR7OK9Ftalc_H9vS17owrokO4kct0s57zPnLurEdJb_FKD6WT5ZiX_vLxfDruy0DuJqluTN4euoVicXQhP_Db3gbGLEXIjUIBs70jPjWvmfAedVdzm1Pp0GXEaVwzfLifakwxSUIhZr_S3M72bE-Lxh3dSK03BCahPm-9g_70iRT02VKkRz9g\/w400-h300\/Picture5.png\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Variety<br \/>\nof teacups from Market Street sites.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhtoiMOT4WWj5im_PoIgmK49P2WXEwdUjxZlLCtwKAV89fa52Qj6o5Mpa3_cG8V6X8UiUwCjrFLpQ4zI56vZfVNOIdezLeoEDk7NApJcgN8a7oo9oSWhLMlQn4Jv8qjyDoH8x5yoo6gVujxorWHpHquW0wLpiKLOjq-_fVOZRs4U7hWCC0VpkjOOSQ3eQ\/s426\/Picture6.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"286\" data-original-width=\"426\" height=\"269\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhtoiMOT4WWj5im_PoIgmK49P2WXEwdUjxZlLCtwKAV89fa52Qj6o5Mpa3_cG8V6X8UiUwCjrFLpQ4zI56vZfVNOIdezLeoEDk7NApJcgN8a7oo9oSWhLMlQn4Jv8qjyDoH8x5yoo6gVujxorWHpHquW0wLpiKLOjq-_fVOZRs4U7hWCC0VpkjOOSQ3eQ\/w400-h269\/Picture6.png\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\">Creamware<br \/>\nteacup recovered from the Fort Hunter site (36DA0159)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">In the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century, infusers or strainers were<br \/>\nused to keep loose tea leaves contained Tea bags as we know them were not<br \/>\ncreated until the early twentieth century. Legend says that an American tea<br \/>\nimporter, Thomas Sullivan, began sending out samples of tea wrapped in silk in<br \/>\n1908. When some of his customers misunderstood and placed the whole pouch into<br \/>\nboiling water, an idea for individually wrapped tea was born.<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjIanApkQ4WILsvATbFoXuhpUqdwoBp_4-pfx5vBserQ11e0vtWD5gtAw3p-8ku-1Ny2gzfxqsXhO4kPZfBSDMkbHR3_ft4kyAsu2ONLAtKIgLQufzHsvjrTAEgw8G5hPRDJEZJdpi0cCCtMm6d2DXgxvy4reTbW30v1iZ07SijElJLYzHR-qlKxvFvcw\/s976\/Picture7.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"734\" data-original-width=\"976\" height=\"301\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjIanApkQ4WILsvATbFoXuhpUqdwoBp_4-pfx5vBserQ11e0vtWD5gtAw3p-8ku-1Ny2gzfxqsXhO4kPZfBSDMkbHR3_ft4kyAsu2ONLAtKIgLQufzHsvjrTAEgw8G5hPRDJEZJdpi0cCCtMm6d2DXgxvy4reTbW30v1iZ07SijElJLYzHR-qlKxvFvcw\/w400-h301\/Picture7.png\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"><i>Tea<br \/>\ninfuser\/strainer in the Community and Domestic Life Section of the State Museum<br \/>\nof Pennsylvania <\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"><i><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;\">Collections of The State Museum of<br \/>\nPennsylvania, Section of Archaeology\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Tea drinking has become a deeply entrenched custom in many<br \/>\nsocieties, so much so that tiny tea sets are made and used by children. This<br \/>\ntoy teacup was recovered from the Fort Hunter site (36DA0159) in Dauphin County<br \/>\nand likely belonged to one of the children who grew up there.<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhByVY1xz-WJRZmfAZdrgI3jtZciogjnHDnOgDMO30x_yqRiMh40UaN_GxEcKQt8c5s1h2dB81USjeY1fY0wUAHZlgPwRYeNLbn3em8t-CNNmdKo2TfzP5K7n2-ZQJMY3e2oF4y_YM3hjN3y0Pj4URHI2UNEheAGGdjgwa4wPLC9Kk-TPmvkVjiwkGDXg\/s1015\/Picture8.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"814\" data-original-width=\"1015\" height=\"321\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhByVY1xz-WJRZmfAZdrgI3jtZciogjnHDnOgDMO30x_yqRiMh40UaN_GxEcKQt8c5s1h2dB81USjeY1fY0wUAHZlgPwRYeNLbn3em8t-CNNmdKo2TfzP5K7n2-ZQJMY3e2oF4y_YM3hjN3y0Pj4URHI2UNEheAGGdjgwa4wPLC9Kk-TPmvkVjiwkGDXg\/w400-h321\/Picture8.png\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <i>\u00a0 Tiny teacup toy recovered from the Fort Hunter site (36DA0159)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Collections of The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Section of Archaeology\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Many of these examples are from Philadelphia due to the number of archaeological<br \/>\nprojects and recorded sites but there are also many other site collections that<br \/>\ncontain this type of historic ceramics. As always, the Market Street and Fort<br \/>\nHunter assemblages and other collections held by the Section of Archaeology are<br \/>\navailable for scholarly research as approved by scheduled appointment. To see<br \/>\nadditional examples of ceramics from the collections of the Pennsylvania<br \/>\nHistorical &amp; Museum Commission, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phmc.pa.gov\/Museums\/Online-Collection\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">visit our collections<\/a> and our<br \/>\nother blogs which have featured a wide array of ceramics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paarchaeology.state.pa.us\"> PAarchaeology.state.pa.us <\/a> or the Hall of Anthropology and Archaeology at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.statemuseumpa.org\">The State Museum of Pennsylvania <\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, Dec. 15th is International Tea Day, a day to celebrate one of the most popular beverages on the planet. 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