Pêcher à Miquelon: Provisioning Routes of Crève Coeur, Martinique

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This is an abstract from the session entitled "From the Bottom Up: Socioeconomic Archaeology of the French Maritime Empire" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

The expansion of the French empire throughout the colonial era relied heavily on the labour and enslaved labour of displaced individuals. The historic Saint-Pierre and Miquelon cod fishery exploited this labour to fund and feed the empire. Cod would become a key commodity in the transatlantic commercial network and create an intercolonial link between North and South French colonies. This research aims to reconstruct these understudied intercolonial networks that were so vital to the individuals who relied on them. Using ceramics from the Habitation Crève Coeur as a testament to trade activity in Martinique, the provisioning routes that supplied the island during the late 18th- early 19th century can be understood. Through these analyses, this research will uncover the ties between these small, economically important, French colonies and the greater Atlantic trade networks during this distinct period while shedding light on the individuals who were essential to the French empire.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• From the Bottom Up: Socioeconomic Archaeology of the French Maritime Empire   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2020

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