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DOCUMENT Citation Only Carson J. Manfred. Erika K. Hartley.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2025 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Musket balls were used by military personnel, settlers, and traders for hunting, warfare, gifting and exchange throughout New France. These small finds at archaeological sites can provide information about eighteenth-century firearm use and life at military forts, trading posts, and settlements. Recently, an analysis of musket balls recovered from Fort St. Joseph, an eighteenth-century...