Reconsidering Representations in Fur Trade Archaeology

Summary

Archaeological studies of the North American fur trade have included several lines of evidence from historical texts to oral histories to actual material remains. Revisiting documentary sources, specifically representations, relating to the activities of the fur trade and its participants can provide insight into how specific images, emotions, or messages were portrayed or even promoted. Furthermore, the analysis of images allows scholars to examine how those images have been used and for what purposes. This paper will explore examples of different entities’’ uses of representations of the fur trade and how that affects public memory and the creation of the past in the present.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for Historical Archaeology 2014   •
• Creating the Past in the Present: Critical Reflections on Fur Trade Archaeology

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Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology

Record Identifiers

PaperId(s): SYM-54,05