Pacific Coast (California) (Geographic Keyword)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Glenn Farris.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Colonial Forts in Comparative, Global, and Contemporary Perspective", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In 1812 the Russian American Company (RAC), a fur hunting monopoly headquartered at New Archangel (Sitka) Alaska, commenced construction of a fortified settlement on the coast of northern California. Although the primary purpose was to facilitate the hunting of fur bearing sea mammals, it was also meant to be...