The Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project
Summary
The Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project is a collaboration between Western Michigan University and the City of Niles, MI to investigate, interpret, and preserve the physical remains of the site of Fort St. Joseph, a mission, garrison, and trading post complex occupied from 1691 to 1781 by the French then British. Since its inception, the Project has cultivated a robust program of public archaeology to involve and invest the community in the preservation of the site and more generally, the practice of archaeology.
Cite this Record
The Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project. ( tDAR id: 366183) ; doi:10.6067/XCV88W3FQ4
Keywords
Culture
British Colonial
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Euroamerican
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French Colonial
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Historic
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Historic Native American
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Miami
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Potawatomi
Material
Building Materials
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Ceramic
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Dating Sample
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Fauna
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Fire Cracked Rock
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Glass
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Ground Stone
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Macrobotanical
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Metal
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Shell
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Wood
Site Name
Fort St. Joseph
Site Type
Archaeological Feature
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Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
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Domestic Structures
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Hearth
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Historic Structure
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Hunting / Trapping
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Midden
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Non-Domestic Structures
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Palisade
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Pit
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Post Hole / Post Mold
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Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features
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Rock Alignment
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Settlements
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Structure
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Trash Midden
Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation
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Ethnohistoric Research
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Geophysical Survey
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Historic Background Research
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Reconnaissance / Survey
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Research Design / Data Recovery Plan
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Site Evaluation / Testing
General
Cultural Interaction
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Ethnogenesis
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Fort St. Joseph
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Fur Trade
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garrison
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Jesuit
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mission
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Public Archaeology
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Trading Post
Geographic Keywords
Great Lakes
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Pays d'en Haut
Temporal Keywords
Colonial Period
Temporal Coverage
Calendar Date: 1691 to 1781
Spatial Coverage
min long: -86.285; min lat: 41.794 ; max long: -86.238; max lat: 41.827 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contributor(s): Erin Claussen; Ian Kerr
Principal Investigator(s): Michael Nassaney
Repository(s): Western Michigan University - Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project; Fort St. Joseph Museum
Record Identifiers
Fort St. Joseph(s): 20BE23
Source Collections
Western Michigan University - Fort St. Joseph Archaeology Laboratory
Fort St. Joseph Museum - Niles, MI
Related Comparative Collections
Northern Indiana Center for History - South Bend, IN
Kalamazoo Valley Museum - Kalamazoo, MI