Michilimackinac and the Modern World: The View from an English Trader's House
Author(s): Lynn Evans
Year: 2017
Summary
Archaeological excavations have taken place at Michilimackinac every summer since 1959, pre-dating the Society for Historical Archaeology. The project and its approaches have evolved along with the discipline. This paper examines current research at an English trader's house within the fort. His wide range of ceramics and other goods provide insight into the cosmopolitan nature of life on the edge of the eigteenth-century British empire.
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Michilimackinac and the Modern World: The View from an English Trader's House. Lynn Evans. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Fort Worth, TX. 2017 ( tDAR id: 435266) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8JS9T7P
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Keywords
Culture
Historic
Site Name
20EM52
Site Type
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation
General
Ceramics
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Michilimackinac
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Trade
Geographic Keywords
Great Lakes
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North America
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United States of America
Temporal Keywords
18th Century
Temporal Coverage
Calendar Date: 1715 to 1781
Spatial Coverage
min long: -84.756; min lat: 45.774 ; max long: -84.719; max lat: 45.798 ;
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 610
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