Fort St. Joseph Revealed: The Historical Archaeology of a Fur Trading Post Nassaney Michael S.
Fort St. Joseph Revealed: The Historical Archaeology of a Fur Trading Post Nassaney Michael S. Fort St. Located in what is now Michigan, Fort St. Joseph Revealed is the first synthesis of…
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Fort St. Joseph Revealed: The Historical Archaeology of a Fur Trading Post Nassaney Michael S.
Fort St. Located in what is now Michigan, 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.
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. Joseph was home to a flourishing fur trade society from the 1680s to 1781. 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