The Enshrining of Fort Ste. Anne: Forgotten Memories and Selective Reconstruction of Vermont's Earliest European Occupation Site

Summary

This article in the Society for American Archaeology's (SAA) publication The SAA Archaeological Record recounts the excavations of a Historic period fort built by the French in 1666 on Isle La Motte, Vermont, an island on the northern edge of Lake Champlain. The fort was partially excavated in the early 1900's and a small, Catholic shrine to fur traders was built from building material and artifacts. This piece is a reflection on the construction of memory and identity through connections to place.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• The Archaeology of Vermont

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Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1666 to 1666 (construction of Fort Ste. Anne)

Calendar Date: 1892 to 1895 (enshrining and excavation of Fort Ste. Anne)

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