Analysis Of The Building Floor Of A French Colonial Structure In St. Charles, Missouri

Author(s): Alexandra C Snyder; Steve Dasovich

Year: 2018

Summary

This paper describes the analysis of an in situ dirt floor from a French Colonial structure in St. Charles, Missouri.  The floor is a prepared floor, constructed of homogenous soil brought from off-site and is similar in thickness throughout.  The only identified wall of the structure is poteaux sur sole.  In and above the floor, the structure also contained a double-firepit hearth.  Artifacts types within the floor are varied, but include several chronological markers indicating French construction/use that most likely corresponds with the use/ownership of the property by Louis Blanchette, founder of the City of St. Charles, between 1769 and 1793.   

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Analysis Of The Building Floor Of A French Colonial Structure In St. Charles, Missouri. Alexandra C Snyder, Steve Dasovich. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, New Orleans, Louisiana. 2018 ( tDAR id: 441850)

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Keywords

Temporal Keywords
Historical

Spatial Coverage

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

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Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology

Record Identifiers

PaperId(s): 624