Breaking Boundaries on the Periphery: The Demise of Fort St. Pierre, 1719-1729, Vicksburg, Mississippi.

Author(s): LisaMarie Malischke

Year: 2015

Summary

Fort St. Pierre (1719-1729), in present-day Mississippi, was a short-lived fort on the periphery of colonial Louisiane. In December of 1729 its physical boundaries, the dry moat and palisade, were breached and burned as the fort and its soldiers were attacked by Yazoo and Koroa warriors. Using statistical and documentary evidence, along with newly analyzed information from the 1977 excavations, this presentation will discuss first the slow-decline and then immediate demise of the fort. It will provide archaeological evidence as to life at this periphery location and a possible looting event during its final hours. Lastly, the geographical "un"-bounding of the area as a result of this attack will be discussed. 

Cite this Record

Breaking Boundaries on the Periphery: The Demise of Fort St. Pierre, 1719-1729, Vicksburg, Mississippi.. LisaMarie Malischke. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Seattle, Washington. 2015 ( tDAR id: 433935)

Keywords

General
Colonial Fort French

Geographic Keywords
North America United States of America

Temporal Keywords
early 1700s

Spatial Coverage

min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology

Record Identifiers

PaperId(s): 79