Saint-Pierre et Miquelon (Other Keyword)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "From the Bottom Up: Socioeconomic Archaeology of the French Maritime Empire" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Traditionally viewed as a marginal French settlement, the small islands of Saint-Pierre et Miquelon were in fact an essential component to French colonial expansion. Afterall, the transatlantic migratory salt-cod fishery was how European nations first made commercial use of North America....
De la Guyane à Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, en passant par Terre-Neuve (2020)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Comparative Perspectives on European Colonization in the Americas: Papers in Honor of Réginald Auger" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The imperialistic project of France during the colonial era was based on the strong interdependency between the Métropole and its colonies spread all around the globe. Interestingly, the cultural areas in which Professor Réginald Auger worked during is career allow to take a...
From Cod Fishing to Bottle Fishing: Saint-Pierre et Miquelon During the Prohibition Era (2023)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "In Small Islands Forgotten: Insular Historical Archaeologies of a Globalizing World", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Nothing speaks more of smuggling, and illicit activities than a small forgotten island. Such is the case for Saint-Pierre et Miquelon where contraband was and still is a tradition. In the 19th century (and most probably before that), it is known that French fisherfolks were trading alcohol...
From Distant Shores: Trade, Connection, and Cultural Resilience in the French Atlantic (2023)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Sal, Bacalhau e Açúcar : Trade, Mobility, Circular Navigation and Foodways in the Atlantic World", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. 3610km separates the two administrative poles of the French-Atlantic, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon in the North and Martinique in the South. Despite the distance and conflict that plagued the open ocean and those who braved it, a cultural connectedness was borne through the networks...
Small Islands Supporting Empires: Farming Landscapes in Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, Pivot of Local Food Sovereignty (2023)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "In Small Islands Forgotten: Insular Historical Archaeologies of a Globalizing World", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Studying farming landscapes in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon opens the opportunity to emphasize how small islands supported empires. For four centuries, the history of this archipelago is linked to the European colonization of America, and trade networks that allowed European empires to blossom,...
"Where France Meets North America": A View from Anse à Bertrand, Saint-Pierre et Miquelon (2018)
Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, long viewed as a peripheral French settlement was in fact essential to colonial expansion throughout the Atlantic World. Indeed, the historic salt-cod fisheries constitute one of the oldest persistent landscapes to hold economic significance for European nations in the New World. Saint-Pierre et Miquelon represents a unique facet within this maritime landscape considering it was seasonally occupied at the beginning of the 17th century and that it would become the only...