The Recent Archaeology of the Early Modern Period in Quebec City
Subtitle: 2009
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781351193351
Subjects: Excavations (Archaeology); Antiquities; Fouilles (Archéologie)
Description: "This volume is the result of collaboration between SPMA and the Association des archeologues du Quebec (AAQ); its guest editor is William Moss, Chief Archaeologist for the City of Quebec. The publication has arisen from the celebration of the 400th anniversary of the city's founding by Samuel de Champlain in 1608, an occasion which gave momentum to a number of important archaeological projects in the city and surrounding region, and provided an excellent opportunity to present their results. It contains sixteen papers, all translated from French, the language of Quebec City. They include accounts of exciting discoveries relating to the port, the great chateau on the crag above it, the defences, and the newly discovered remains of the short-lived colony of the 1540s. The papers underline Quebec's status as one of the leading centres of urban research in North America. The volume provides the only modern overview of archaeological work in the city in the English language."
Table of contents: title: Chapter Introduction: the archaeology of a North American city and the early modern period Que?bee  -- William Moss; title: chapter The natural environment of the Que?bee City region during the Holocene  -- Louise Filion; title: chapter A universe under strain: Amerindian nations in north-eastern North America in the 16th century  -- Marcel Moussette; title: chapter Charlesbourg-Royal and France-Roy (1541-43): France's first colonization attempt in the Americas  -- Richard Fiset; title: chapter The archaeological collection from the Cartier-Roberval site (154143): a remarkable testimony to French colonization efforts in the Americas  -- Helene Cote?; title: chapter From myth to reality: archaeobotany at the Cartier-Roberval Upper Fort site  -- Julie-Anne Bouchard-Perron; title: chapter The Saint-Louis forts and chateaux site: archaeology in the heart of New France  -- Pierre Cloutier; title: chapter The origins of the Cha?teau Saint-Louis, the residence of the Governor of New France  -- Manon Goyette; title: chapter Fort Saint-Louis and other 17th-century fortification works discovered recently in Que?bec City  -- Jacques Guimont; title: chapter The Intendant's Palace site: urbanization of Que?bec City's Lower Town  -- Re?ginald Auger; title: chapter The Intendant's Palace site: new insight into its physical evolution and initial occupation  -- Daniel Simoneau; title: chapter Bugs, seeds and weeds at the Intendant's Palace: a study of an evolving landscape  -- Allison Bain; title: chapter Que?bec in the time of Champlain  -- Franc?oise Niellon; title: chapter The Seminary of Que?bec site: from New France's earliest farm to its first religious institution  -- Daniel Simoneau; title: chapter An archaeological view of the French colonial port of Que?bec  -- Serge Rouleau; title: chapter The foreshore of the St Lawrence at the I?lot Hunt site in the 17th and 18th centuries: an open dump? -- Ce?line Cloutier.