The Côte du Chapeau Rouge: Preliminary Investigation of the French cultural landscape on Newfoundland's Burin Peninsula

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Sal, Bacalhau e Açúcar : Trade, Mobility, Circular Navigation and Foodways in the Atlantic World", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

During the 17th century, French fishing fleets in Newfoundland concentrated their efforts in two regions: the northern coast called the Petit Nord, and the southwest coast of the island, around Placentia Bay, toward the islands of Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, and beyond the Burin Peninsula into Fortune and Hermitage Bays, which became known as the côte du Chapeau Rouge. The Petit Nord and the former French capital Plaisance (1655-1713) have been researched but the Chapeau Rouge region remains largely overlooked. It is known some individuals along this coast chose to stay on the island year-round, shifting from a migratory to semi-migratory or transhumant settlement strategy. Together, people, places, and associated resources formed a connective network on this landscape greatly influenced by seasonality and socioeconomic relationships. By “digging locally” but “thinking globally”, this research focuses on the movement of men within the Atlantic world, thereby feeding the French Empire for centuries.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for Historical Archaeology 2023   •
• Sal, Bacalhau e Açúcar : Trade, Mobility, Circular Navigation and Foodways in the Atlantic World

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