Acculturation
Age of Discovery
Alliance
Archaeology
Beaver
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Civilization
Colonial history
Colonialism
Comparative method Native American culture
Critical theory
Cultural change and continuity
deer
Dominant ideology
Environmental consequences
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Ethnogenesis
Excavations
Exploration
Fort Saint Joseph National Historic Site
Fur trade
Globalization
Historical archaeology
History of the Fur Trade
Indigenous archaeology
Intermarriage
Manifest destiny
Mercantilism
Native Americans
Ontario
Provisions
Saint Joseph Island History
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Social relations
Transportation
Triangular trade
World systems theory
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- ISBN 9780813068497
- Weight: 415g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 02 Nov 2021
- Publisher: University Press of Florida
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Fort St. Joseph Revealed is the first synthesis of archaeological and documentary data on one of the most important French colonial outposts in the western Great Lakes region. Located in what is now Michigan, Fort St. Joseph was home to a flourishing fur trade society from the 1680s to 1781. Material evidence of the site—lost for centuries—was discovered in 1998 by volume editor Michael Nassaney and his colleagues, who summarize their extensive excavations at the fort and surrounding areas in these essays.
Contributors analyze material remains including animal bones, lead seals, smudge pits, and various other detritus from daily life to reconstruct the foodways, architectural traditions, crafts, trade, and hide-processing methods of the fur trade. They discuss the complex relationship between the French traders and local Native populations, who relied on each other for survival and forged links across their communities through intermarriage and exchange, even as they maintained their own cultural identities. Faunal remains excavated at the site indicate the French quickly adopted Native cuisine, as they were unable to transport perishable goods across long distances. Copper kettles and other imported objects from Europe were transformed by Native Americans into decorative ornaments such as tinkling cones, and French textiles served as a medium of stylistic expression in the multi-ethnic community that developed at Fort St. Joseph. Featuring a thought-provoking look at the award-winning public archaeology program at the site, this volume will inspire researchers with the potential of community-based service-learning initiatives to tap into the analytical power at the interface of history and archaeology.
Contributors: Rory J. Becker, Kelley M. Berliner, José António Brandão, Cathrine Davis, Erica A. D'Elia, Brock Giordano, RPA, Joseph Hearns, Allison Hoock, Mark W. Hoock, Erika Hartley, Terrance J. Martin, Eric Teixeira Mendes, Michael S. Nassaney, Susan K. Reichert.
Contributors analyze material remains including animal bones, lead seals, smudge pits, and various other detritus from daily life to reconstruct the foodways, architectural traditions, crafts, trade, and hide-processing methods of the fur trade. They discuss the complex relationship between the French traders and local Native populations, who relied on each other for survival and forged links across their communities through intermarriage and exchange, even as they maintained their own cultural identities. Faunal remains excavated at the site indicate the French quickly adopted Native cuisine, as they were unable to transport perishable goods across long distances. Copper kettles and other imported objects from Europe were transformed by Native Americans into decorative ornaments such as tinkling cones, and French textiles served as a medium of stylistic expression in the multi-ethnic community that developed at Fort St. Joseph. Featuring a thought-provoking look at the award-winning public archaeology program at the site, this volume will inspire researchers with the potential of community-based service-learning initiatives to tap into the analytical power at the interface of history and archaeology.
Contributors: Rory J. Becker, Kelley M. Berliner, José António Brandão, Cathrine Davis, Erica A. D'Elia, Brock Giordano, RPA, Joseph Hearns, Allison Hoock, Mark W. Hoock, Erika Hartley, Terrance J. Martin, Eric Teixeira Mendes, Michael S. Nassaney, Susan K. Reichert.
Michael S. Nassaney is emeritus professor of anthropology at Western Michigan University and principal investigator of the Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project. He is the author of The Archaeology of the North American Fur Trade and coeditor of Interpretations of Native North American Life: Material Contributions to Ethnohistory.
