The Archaeology of French and Indian War Frontier Forts
Lawrence E. Babits and Stephanie Gandulla
Abstract
Based on papers presented at the Society for Historical Archaeology meeting in Williamsburg, Virginia, the chapters in this edited volume detail results of archaeological investigations at several fortifications associated with the French and Indian War (1754–1763). The fort sites extend from the southern frontier (the Carolinas and Tennessee) to the Great Lakes and encompass individual farmsteads as well as colonial posts projecting imperial power in disputed zones. While most of these forts were short lived, some, such as Michilimackinac and Frontenac, survived for extended periods. This tex ... More
Based on papers presented at the Society for Historical Archaeology meeting in Williamsburg, Virginia, the chapters in this edited volume detail results of archaeological investigations at several fortifications associated with the French and Indian War (1754–1763). The fort sites extend from the southern frontier (the Carolinas and Tennessee) to the Great Lakes and encompass individual farmsteads as well as colonial posts projecting imperial power in disputed zones. While most of these forts were short lived, some, such as Michilimackinac and Frontenac, survived for extended periods. This text does not claim to present a complete archaeological overview but is instead topically representative of work being done on both major and minor French and Indian War fort sites. Generalized comparison of artifact assemblages is included, along with a glossary and an extensive bibliography of the period’s archaeological resources.
Keywords:
Seven Years War,
archaeology,
military fortifications,
colonial frontier fort architecture
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2013 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780813049069 |
| Published to Florida Scholarship Online: May 2014 |
DOI:10.5744/florida/9780813049069.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Lawrence E. Babits, editor
Stephanie Gandulla, editor
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