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IMAGE Uploaded by: Erin Claussen

Early 20th century collectors, likely Beeson and Crane in the vicinity of the site of Fort St. Joseph. At the time, the land was in till.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Rory Becker.

Cultural identities can be created and maintained through daily practice and food consumption is one such practice. People need food in order to survive, but the types of food they eat are largely determined by the interaction of culture and their environment. By approaching the topic of subsistence practices as being culturally constituted, the study of foodways provides an avenue to examine issues of cultural identity through selective consumption. Eating certain foods to the exclusion of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Cezar Carvalhaes.

French colonial North America was settled in order to expand the fur trade and also secure the North American interior from British incursions. During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, France had come to occupy huge swathes of land in North America, establishing a trading empire from Newfoundland to the Rocky Mountains, and from Hudson Bay southward along the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. As the fur trade expanded, the Great Lakes region proved vital to France’s interests, and near...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Elizabeth Ann Sylak.

First circulated by French traders and Jesuit missionaries on their visits to New France in the 17th and 18th centuries, copper-alloy finger rings bearing Jesuit and secular iconography are found wherever French traders or colonists ventured. Fort St. Joseph was a Jesuit mission and later both a trading post and a military garrison near the modern city of Niles, Michigan. The fort allowed the French to gain better control of southern Michigan and easier access to the Mississippi River and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text LisaMarie Malischke.

Fort St. Joseph in Niles, Michigan was a French and later and English fort built along the St. Joseph River. It had a military presence, but the majority of its activity involved the fur trade. A variety of French, French-Canadian, Native and Métis people called this fort locale home, which led to a blending of cultural practices. Documents such as the baptismal register for the fort suggest this site hosted daily interactions between the French inhabitants and the neighboring Miami,...

DOCUMENT Citation Only T. D. Stewart.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.

IMAGE Stephanie Barrante. Victoria Hawley. Jessica Hughes.

Images illustrating the excavation process at the site of Fort St. Joseph, 2006-2010.

IMAGE Stephanie Barrante. Victoria Hawley. Jessica Hughes.

Images illustrating, in most cases, the plan view of the final depth of excavation, with all units from 2006 through 2010 represented.

DOCUMENT Citation Only Mary C. Beaudry.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.

DOCUMENT Citation Only C. Margaret Scarry.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.

IMAGE Stephanie Barrante. Jessica Hughes. Victoria Hawley. Donna Ochenrydeb.

Images illustrating architectural and other features uncovered at Fort St. Joseph from 2002 to 2010.

IMAGE Stephanie Barrante. Victoria Hawley. Jessica Hughes.

Images depicting various laboratory activities during the 2006-2010 field seasons.

DOCUMENT Citation Only Joffre L. Coe.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. Most NADB-R records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us at comments@tdar.org.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Erin Claussen.

This thesis documents the effort to curate digital information associated with the Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project, which has been generated over the past decade of investigation of the site of Fort St. Joseph, an 18th century mission, garrison, and trading post complex located in present-day Niles, MI. A review of literature on the subject of archaeological curation and collections management was undertaken to inform the approach to execution of this project, which included the creation...

PROJECT Michael Nassaney.

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...

IMAGE Randy Peyser.

Logo developed for the Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project. Incorporates feathers into the French fleur-de-lis, symbolizing the multi-faceted interactions and negotiations between Native and European peoples that took place in the context of the fur trade at Fort St. Joseph. Blue and red are representative of the colors of the French flag.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Nassaney.

Summarizes activities and results of the 2000 field season, primarily focused upon survey in the vicinity of the site of Fort St. Joseph.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Nassaney.

Summarizes activities and results of the 2001 field season, primarily focused upon survey in the vicinity of the site of Fort St. Joseph.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Nassaney.

Summarizes activities and results of the 2002 field season.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Nassaney.

Summarizes activities and results of the 2004 field season.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Nassaney.

Summarizes activities and results of the 2006 field season.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Nassaney.

Summarizes the activities conducted under the auspices of the project, particularly in regards to fieldwork, public education, and public outreach from September 1, 2006 to August 31, 2007.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Erin Claussen. Meghan Cook. Amanda Brooks. Michael Nassaney.

Presents results of survey and excavations conducted by the 2007 Western Michigan University Archaeological Field School under the auspices of the Project.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael Nassaney.

Summarizes the activities conducted under the auspices of the project, particularly in regards to fieldwork, public education, and public outreach from September 1, 2007 to August 31, 2008. Includes a comprehensive list of Project outcomes for this time period including all presentations and publications.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Amanda Brooks. Emily Powell. Michael Nassaney.

Presents results of survey and excavations conducted by the 2008 Western Michigan University Archaeological Field School under the auspices of the Project.