Rethinking "Frontiers" from a French Colonial Perspective
Author(s): Gregory Waselkov
Year: 2017
Summary
A societal "frontier" is always a relational concept. What looks like a periphery, whether imagined as a line or a zone, from one vantage point may from another look like an invaded heartland. The diverse nature of French colonialism in North America suggests the complexity of frontiers it induced. I review my 1981 article, "Frontiers and Archaeology," with perspective gained across thirty-five years, to consider whether the frontier concept has any current utility for the archaeology of French colonial America.
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Rethinking "Frontiers" from a French Colonial Perspective. Gregory Waselkov. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Fort Worth, TX. 2017 ( tDAR id: 435122)
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Keywords
General
Colonialism
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Frontier
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Periphery
Geographic Keywords
North America
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United States of America
Temporal Keywords
1500-1800
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): 191