How does American colonial Georgian material culture not differ from the material culture of the colonial medieval mindset that preceded it?

a. Whereas medieval houses had only one or two rooms, Georgian houses were functionally structured and compartmentalized.
b. Food preparation shifted from chopping bones to sawing them, as evidenced by the shift from bones with articulated joints to more difficult to identify segmented cuts; ceramics also shifted from plain, utilitarian earthenware to more technologically advanced matched sets with serving vessels.
c. Whereas trash was simply tossed out of doors and windows during medieval days, it was disposed of in deep pits during Georgian times.
d. Both reflected the culture of the time.
e. Ceramics of the medieval mindset were characterized by utilitarian earthenware; Georgian ceramics were purchased in matching sets of plates and teacups.


d

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