Bringing French Shipwreck Historical Archaeology to the Next Level

Part of: Society for Historical Archaeology 2014

Recent major excavations and subsequent analysis of French shipwrecks from the 17th and 18th centuries both in Europe and North America have brought about advances in maritime historical archaeology. This new critical mass of information is now available for comparative studies (both diachronic and synchronic) using both terrestrial and underwater sources. This session addresses French shipwrecks and maritime material culture in an attempt to better understand broader historical phenomena using comparative approaches.

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Documents

Excavating a French Regime icon in the St. Lawrence, 1759: The Maréchal de Senneterre? (2014)

Food Aboard! Eating & Drinking on French Frigates of the Early 18th century, according to La Natière Shipwrecks (2014)

The French Fleet of 1565 (2014)

French Military Arms in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Flintlock Fusils from the 17th-Century Wreck of La Belle (2014)

Frontier Arms Race: Historical and Archaeological Analysis of an Assemblage of 18th-century Cannon recovered from the Detroit River and Lake Erie (2014)

Gifts for the Indians: French and Spanish Trade Goods on the Texas Coast in the 1680s (2014)

The Jeanne-Elisabeth, 1755 (2014)

A leading analysis: Lead objects on French Frigates of the Early 18th century, according to La Natière Shipwrecks (2014)

The Machault, an 18th-century French Frigate from Bayonne. Tradition and Globalisation in Ship Construction (2014)

A question that counts in maritime archaeology : linking historical and archaeological sources in the French West Indies (2014)

The Technology to Save Sinking Ships ‘ Pumping the French Way! (2014)

The Wreck of the Auguste, Nova Scotia: An Introduction to a Cartel Ship (2014)