Revisiting Facts and Ideas of Contact in the St. Lawrence Basin during the 16th Century

Part of: Society for Historical Archaeology 2014

The word ‘contact’ is often written but rarely defined. What do authors mean when they refer to ‘intercultural contact’ or ‘the contact period’? Is contact an operative concept in archaeology? If so, what is its sphere of meaning? Does it connote a specific time, place, group or culture, and what are the facts to understand the mechanics of contact? In its projection onto the pre-colonial period, is it a reflection of postcolonial thought, ideals and practices? Many contexts across North America enrich the idea of contact, but in the St. Lawrence basin, the 16th century remains an enigmatic example. This session will revisit ideas and facts of early contact with special reference to the St. Lawrence basin, from the lower Great Lakes to the Atlantic.

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  1. Basques and Iroquoians in the St. Lawrence Basin: recent documentary data (2014)
  2. Earliest European Contact among the Neutral (2014)
  3. European Contact on the Maritime Peninsula (2014)
  4. Evidence for Sixteenth Century Exchange: the Ottawa and Upper St. Lawrence Waterways (2014)
  5. Iroquoiens du Saint-Laurent, Algonquiens et Européens dans l’estuaire du Saint-Laurent au XVIe siècle / St. Lawrence Iroquoians, Algonquians and Europeans in the St. Lawrence Estuary in the XVIth century (2014)
  6. Looking Eastward: Sixteenth Century Exchange Systems of the North Shore Ancestral Wendat (2014)
  7. Natives’ reactions to the European presence along the North Shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence (2014)
  8. The Northern Inland Trade Route, from the Saguenay to the Ottawa: Building an Hypothesis (2014)
  9. Sixteenth Century Contact Between the Trent Valley ‘Hurons’ and the French on the St. Lawrence: Unearthing the Mosaic (2014)
  10. St. Lawrence Iroquoians as Middlemen or Observers: Review of Evidence in the Middle and Upper St. Lawrence Valley (2014)
  11. An Update from southern Iroquoia (2014)