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  • Archaeology and History of Fort St. Joseph Panels (2008)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Western Michigan University - Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project.

    Series of interpretive panels created for the 2008 Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project Open House. Individual panel themes are: What is Archaeology?, Project History, Fort History, Change and Continuity at Fort St. Joseph, Religious Life at Fort St. Joseph, Military Presence at Fort St. Joseph, Commercial Activities at Fort St. Joseph, and Public Archaeology at Fort St. Joseph.

  • Fur Trade Panels (2011)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Western Michigan University - Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project.

    Series of interpretive panels created for the 2011 Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project Open House. Individual panel themes are: New France and the Place of the Fur Trade, How the Fur Trade Worked, Fur Trade Society, Native Peoples and the Fur Trade, Getting Around in 17th and 18th Century New France, Birchbark Canoes, Beaver - Mainstay of the Trade, Trade Goods (two panels), and Fur Trade Myths.

  • Jesuits in New France/Religious Discoveries at Fort St. Joseph Panels (2009)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Victoria Hawley.

    Two interpretive panels created for the 2009 Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project Open House discussing religious life in New France and the material remains of beliefs at Fort St. Joseph.

  • Women of New France - Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project Booklet Series, No. 1 (2011)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Western Michigan University - Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project.

    The women of New France—French, Native, and métis—were active agents in a global process of colonization that led to interaction, conflict, and cooperation among peoples who participated in different cultural traditions, social institutions, and daily practices. In the course of migration from the Old World across the Atlantic, women helped to create the social, economic, and political conditions that fostered a French presence over a vast region for nearly two centuries. Documentary and...

  • Women of New France Panels (2010)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Western Michigan University - Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project.

    Series of interpretive panels created for the 2010 Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project Open House. Individual panel themes are: Women of New France, Needle Arts, Clothing and Dress, Cooking, Music, Dance, and Diversions, Education and Literacy, Women in Trade and Diplomacy, and Women and Servitude.