Up in Smoke: Dating Pipe Stem Fragments from Fort St. Joseph

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Recent Colonial Archaeological Research in the American Midcontinent" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Clay smoking pipes fragments proliferate archaeological sites in colonial North America. Clay pipes were in regular use, did not last for very long, and were often replaced. Pipe bowls and stems found at sites across New France not only provide evidence of daily life on the frontier, they also introduce and strengthen occupational data garnered from the archaeological and historical record. Stem fragments from Fort St. Joseph, an eighteenth-century mission, garrison, and trading post complex located in present-day Niles, Michigan will be evaluated to reinforce the post’s occupational date range and offer additional lines of evidence to date areas and features of the site. This study aims to provide a more detailed understanding of time at the fort and the daily lives of those who participated in the smoking culture.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Recent Colonial Archaeological Research in the American Midcontinent   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 40236.0