Between The Wars: The Peacetime Garrisons of Ticonderoga

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "The King's Shipyard Surveys, 2019: Submerged Cultural Heritage Near Fort Ticonderoga" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

Scholarship and interest in the fortifications at Ticonderoga have largely privileged the periods of active conflict during the Seven Years’ War and the American Revolution. This has obscured the 15 years between these conflicts, which represent the longest period the fort was held by a single power. From 1759 to 1775, Ticonderoga became a garrison of the British army. The challenges faced by the small peacetime garrison reflect broader issues of British imperial management of their North American possessions. Never fully able to maintain the sprawling fortifications, ancillary support structures, and vehicles, the slowly crumbling infrastructure of peacetime coincides with the substantial deposition of terrestrial and maritime archeological resources. The Fort Ticonderoga Museum’s curator will explore the history of the site following the British capture of the fort in 1759 through the early years of the American Revolution, to provide context to ongoing maritime archeological work on the King’s Shipyard.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for Historical Archaeology 2020   •
• The King's Shipyard Surveys, 2019: Submerged Cultural Heritage Near Fort Ticonderoga

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