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Colonial Forts in Archaeological Perspective (2023)
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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. Fortifications conjure images of defensive strongholds constructed by imperial forces to subjugate indigenous peoples politically, economically, and militarily. Yet because power always faces resistance, the success of Dutch, English, French, Russian, and Spanish efforts varied according to environmental...