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Research paper thumbnail of Colonial and Postcolonial Consequences in the Americas: Papers in Honor of Réginald Auger

Colonial and Postcolonial Consequences in the Americas: Papers in Honor of Réginald Auger

Historical Archaeology, 2024

Research paper thumbnail of Connected Lives: The Archaeology of Three Merchant Families in Nineteenth-Century Quebec City

Historical Archaeology, 2024

In the early 19th century, Quebec City was one of the most important ports of the British Empire.... more In the early 19th century, Quebec City was one of the most important ports of the British Empire. Fortunes were made exporting timber, building ships, and importing goods from Britain, which led to the creation of a wealthy merchant class that quickly rose to prominence. Dominated by several powerful families, members of this class were connected via their businesses, marriages, political interests, churches, and social clubs. Université Laval's historical archaeology field school excavated the Anderson and Hunt Block sites, related to two important merchant families in the city. Serendipitously, these sites were the residence and the office, respectively, of a third merchant and his family. This article explores the interconnectedness of these families and their associations and highlights some of the material remains of their daily lives.

Research paper thumbnail of Colonial and Postcolonial Consequences in the Americas: An Introduction

Historical Archaeology, 2024

Research paper thumbnail of W8banaki Subsistence Patterns During the 18th and 19th Centuries at the Fort Odanak Site, Québec, Canada

Environmental Archaeology, 2024

Built in the early eighteenth century on the banks of the Saint-François River (Québec, QC, Canad... more Built in the early eighteenth century on the banks of the Saint-François River (Québec, QC, Canada), the fortified Jesuit mission of Saint-François-de-Sales was an important W8banaki centre during the colonial period. Between 2010 and 2021, archaeological excavations conducted by the W8banaki Nation led to the discovery of the mission's remains at the Fort Odanak site (CaFe-7) in the historical centre of the village of Odanak. They revealed numerous pit features (used for food storage or refuse disposal), post moulds and hearths, along with diverse artifact assemblages. The analysis of plant macro-remains found in six pits and two hearths at the site was undertaken to document the evolution of culinary practices at the mission and to reconstruct the local environment and its exploitation by the mission's inhabitants. Results suggest the persistence of traditional Indigenous subsistence patterns during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as well as the integration of European foods into the Abenaki diet via trade and close contact with Canadien (i.e. French Canadian) farmers in the region.

Research paper thumbnail of Human-driven fire and vegetation dynamics on the Caribbean island of Barbuda from early indigenous to modern times

The Holocene, 2024

We present a multiproxy analysis of a sediment core from Freshwater Pond, Barbuda, one of just a ... more We present a multiproxy analysis of a sediment core from Freshwater Pond, Barbuda, one of just a few inland paleoenvironmental records from the Lesser Antilles. Our results shed light on the relative contributions of climate variability and Pre-and Post-Columbian human activities to vegetation and fire dynamics on Barbuda. The presence of macroscopic charcoal and pollen of ethnobotanically-useful and disturbance-indicator plant taxa in the sediment record suggests that Pre-Columbian subsistence activities occurred within a few kilometers of the pond between ~150 BCE and ~1250 CE. Our record extends anthropogenic fires back into the early Ceramic (500 BCE-1500 CE) and possibly late Archaic Ages (3000-500 BCE) adding evidence to the timing of arrival of the island's earliest inhabitants. The history of island-wide biomass burning inferred from microscopic charcoal fragments showed heightened fire activity between ~540 and ~1610 CE followed by a period of quiescence that reflected the transition from Pre-to Post-Columbian landuse practices associated with European colonization of the region. The British established a permanent settlement on Barbuda in the 1660s, but given Barbuda's unsuitability for large-scale agriculture, timber harvesting, small-scale farming, and livestock rearing, activities that left no detectable charcoal footprints likely dominated post-colonial land use. The lack of any clear correspondence between the reconstructed histories of fire and effective moisture at Freshwater Pond supports the idea that Late-Holocene fire activity on Barbuda was driven primarily by human activity.

Research paper thumbnail of Spider and vascular plant assemblages in subarctic peat bogs are complementary ecological indicators of variation in local and landscape factors

Ecological Indicators, 2024

Despite their specific biodiversity and the ecosystem services they furnish, peat bogs remain poo... more Despite their specific biodiversity and the ecosystem services they furnish, peat bogs remain poorly understood, especially in terms of their responses to changes at multiple spatial scales. Many subarctic peat systems face acute risks, due to current global change. In this study, using a multi-metric approach, we assessed the relative value of plants and spiders as ecological indicators in contrasted peat bogs of a French archipelago (St. Pierre-et-Miquelon), located in the North Atlantic. In 2021, pitfall trapping and suction sampling collected spiders while phytosociological relevés were used to document vascular plants. A total of 69 species of spiders and 38 species of vascular plants were identified, and both taxonomic (TD) and functional (FD, based on traits related to dispersal, size and ecosystem functioning) diversity were then estimated for three levels of species relative abundance (Hill numbers q = 0, 1 and 2) using the iNEXT 3D package for alpha diversity as well as iNEXT beta3D for beta diversity. As expected, patterns of TD and FD were highly correlated for each Hill number, but also between Hill numbers for spiders, indicating a surprisingly low effect of species abundance on (spider) diversity patterns. On the contrary, differences between sites were more visible for plants species when species coverage was considered (q = 1 and q = 2), for both TD and FD, and for alpha and beta diversity. RLQ and Fourth corner analyses indicated differences based on functional traits between sites which were significantly associated with relationships between dispersal modes and mostly local factors for plant assemblages. Finally, variance partitioning on assemblage composition showed the importance of an interaction between local and landscape factors for both plants and spiders, with a relatively high importance of local factors alone for plants. Our study thus revealed the high complementary of spider vs. plant assemblage-based metrics as indicators of changing local conditions in peat bogs, confirming these both experience rapid change in subarctic climates.

Research paper thumbnail of Change and Continuity in Early Nineteenth-Century Foodways in Québec City’s Lower Town

Canadian Journal of Archaeology, 2022

Plant and insect remains found in a privy structure were analyzed to gain insight into foodways o... more Plant and insect remains found in a privy structure were analyzed to gain insight into foodways of Québec City’s Lower Town inhabitants in the early nineteenth century. We use dietary practices as a window to examine how the population of the St. Roch neighbourhood responded to changes taking place in the decades that followed the instauration of the British regime and how these changes may have influenced different aspects of their food consumption practices. Through comparisons with assemblages from two French-regime sites as well as from three later nineteenth-century sites, we find that a certain continuity characterizes the plant consumption of Québec City’s French-Canadian population. We address some of the challenges of this research, as it is difficult to distinguish between consumption as a choice related to identity versus more practical considerations such as availability and access.

Research paper thumbnail of Micromorphological Analysis of Archaeological Abenaki Pit Features from the Fort Odanak Site (CaFe-7), Québec, Canada

Geosciences, 2022

Built in the early 18th century on the banks of the Saint-François River (Quebec, QC, Canada), th... more Built in the early 18th century on the banks of the Saint-François River (Quebec, QC, Canada), the fortified Jesuit mission of Saint-François-de-Sales was an important Abenaki centre during the colonial period. Between 2010 and 2021, archaeological excavations conducted by the Waban-Aki Nation led to the discovery of the mission’s remains at the Fort Odanak site (CaFe-7) in the historical centre of Odanak (Quebec, QC, Canada), and revealed numerous pit features likely used for storage or refuse disposal. Sedimentological and micromorphological investigation was undertaken in two areas of the site to identify the function and use of four pit features and to clarify site formation and evolution over time. Our study indicates that all the pit features were used as refuse facilities prior to abandonment, but two of them were possibly used as storage sites. Chronological (14C) results indicate that Indigenous people frequented the site during the 16th century, before the establishment of...

Research paper thumbnail of Provisioning Antigua and Beyond: How Herding and Farming Transformed Barbuda, West Indies

Provisioning Antigua and Beyond: How Herding and Farming Transformed Barbuda, West Indies

Research paper thumbnail of Untanglers of Matters Temporal and Cultural: Glass Beads and the Early Contact Period Huron Ball Site

Untanglers of Matters Temporal and Cultural: Glass Beads and the Early Contact Period Huron Ball Site

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Research paper thumbnail of Loyola (French Guiana)

Research paper thumbnail of Une porte d’entrée de l’Amérique

Une porte d’entrée de l’Amérique

Québec, Champlain, le monde, 2008

Research paper thumbnail of Investigating the Heart of a Community: Archaeological Excavations at the African Meeting House Boston, Massachuesetts

of this size and scope is always a team effort, and there are many people to thank. To start, all... more of this size and scope is always a team effort, and there are many people to thank. To start, all of the authors listed on the report made important contributions to analysis and interpretation of the history and archaeology of the site. In addition, Dennis Piechota, Sally Stevens, Tom Witt, and Greg Dubell all helped with the laboratory work and artifact interpretation at UMass Boston. Leith Smith and Stephen Mrozowski both contributed to the original research design, and John Steinberg helped with the computer cataloging system. Several people at UMass Boston helped with the publicity and public components of the project, specifically Ed Hayward, Jeff Mitchell, and Suzanne Korschun. Thanks to all of them. The field crew consisted of a mix of graduate and undergraduate students, including

Research paper thumbnail of Cultural heritage under threat

Cultural heritage under threat

Public Archaeology and Climate Change, 2017

Research paper thumbnail of Reconstructing Aspects of the Daily Life in Late 19TH and Early 20TH-CENTURY Iceland: Archaeoentomological Analysis of …

Reconstructing Aspects of the Daily Life in Late 19TH and Early 20TH-CENTURY Iceland: Archaeoentomological Analysis of …

laboarcheologie.ulaval.ca

To better understand the daily lives and living conditions of late 19th and early 20th-century Ic... more To better understand the daily lives and living conditions of late 19th and early 20th-century Icelandic farmers, archaeoentomological analyses were undertaken using sediment samples collected at the site of Vatnsfjörður, in the Westfjords. Used in a contextual and multidisciplinary ...

Research paper thumbnail of Highland House Report 2015 Université Laval & CUNY

Highland House Report 2015 Université Laval & CUNY

Research paper thumbnail of Assessment of insect remains from a colonial well (JR2158;Structure 177) at James Fort, Jamestown, Virginia

CELAT, 2010

Three subsamples from the fills of a colonial timber-lined well were selected for detailed analys... more Three subsamples from the fills of a colonial timber-lined well were selected for detailed analysis for insect remains. Insects were abundant and generally excellently preserved and the biota comprised both native and alien species. A range of beetles associated with perishable commodities were recovered, while litter and decomposer species were also prevalent. In addition to synanthropic fauna, individuals believed to be representative of the natural environment were present.

Research paper thumbnail of Change and Continuity in Early Nineteenth-Century Foodways in Québec City’s Lower Town

Canadian Journal of Archaeology/Journal canadien d’archéologie , 2022

Plant and insect remains found in a privy structure were analyzed to gain insight into foodways... more Plant and insect remains found in
a privy structure were analyzed to gain insight
into foodways of Québec City’s Lower Town
inhabitants in the early nineteenth century.
We use dietary practices as a window to exa-
mine how the population of the St. Roch
neighbourhood responded to changes
taking place in the decades that followed the
instauration of the British regime and how
these changes may have influenced different
aspects of their food consumption practices.
Through comparisons with assemblages from
two French-regime sites as well as from three
later nineteenth-century sites, we find that
a certain continuity characterizes the plant
consumption of Québec City’s French-Cana-
dian population. We address some of the
challenges of this research, as it is difficult to
distinguish between consumption as a choice
related to identity versus more practical
considerations such as availability and access.

Des restes de plantes et d’insectes
retrouvés dans une structure utilisée comme
latrine ont été analysés dans le but d’en
apprendre plus sur les pratiques alimentaires
des habitants de la Basse-Ville de Québec au
début du XIXe siècle. Les pratiques alimen-
taires sont considérées ici afin d’examiner
comment la population du quartier Saint-
Roch a réagi aux changements qui ont suivi
l’instauration d’un nouveau régime colonial
et comment ceux-ci ont pu influencer plu-
sieurs facettes de leur alimentation. À l’aide
de comparaisons avec des assemblages prove-
nant de deux sites datant du Régime français
ainsi que de trois contextes du XIXe siècle,
nous mettons en évidence le fait qu’il existe
une certaine continuité dans les pratiques de
consommation de végétaux chez la popula-
tion canadienne-française de Québec. Nous
abordons également certains des défis liés
à cette recherche, puisqu’il est difficile de
distinguer l’influence de l’identité de celle
des questions pratiques telles que l’accès aux
produits dans les choix alimentaires.

Research paper thumbnail of Urban Landscapes: Environmental Archaeology

Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology, 2020

Research paper thumbnail of Coléoptères, poux et puces subfossiles provenant d’habitats de chasseurs-cueilleurs

Recherches amérindiennes au Québec, 2017

L’archéoentomologie, l’analyse des restes d’insectes préservés en contexte archéologique, est une... more L’archéoentomologie, l’analyse des restes d’insectes préservés en contexte archéologique, est une approche relativement méconnue en Amérique du Nord. Bien qu’une première étude d’insectes subfossiles provenant d’un site paléoesquimau ait été conduite à la fin des années 1960 au Groenland, il s’est écoulé près de trois décennies avant que de telles études se réalisent dans l’Arctique nord-américain. Depuis, une vingtaine de sites de cultures paléoesquimaudes (Saqqaq, Dorset) et néoesquimaudes (thuléennes, inuites, yup’iks) ont fait l’objet d’analyses archéoentomologiques, produisant des milliers de spécimens de coléoptères, de poux et de puces. Ces données permettent d’examiner les pratiques de subsistance et d’hygiène des anciens peuples autochtones de l’Alaska, du Nord canadien et du Groenland, ainsi que leurs effets sur la faune et la flore locale. Cet article présente un bilan de l’apport des analyses archéoentomologiques à l’étude des modes de vie des chasseurs-cueilleurs du Nor...

Research paper thumbnail of Colonial and Postcolonial Consequences in the Americas: Papers in Honor of Réginald Auger

Colonial and Postcolonial Consequences in the Americas: Papers in Honor of Réginald Auger

Historical Archaeology, 2024

Research paper thumbnail of Connected Lives: The Archaeology of Three Merchant Families in Nineteenth-Century Quebec City

Historical Archaeology, 2024

In the early 19th century, Quebec City was one of the most important ports of the British Empire.... more In the early 19th century, Quebec City was one of the most important ports of the British Empire. Fortunes were made exporting timber, building ships, and importing goods from Britain, which led to the creation of a wealthy merchant class that quickly rose to prominence. Dominated by several powerful families, members of this class were connected via their businesses, marriages, political interests, churches, and social clubs. Université Laval's historical archaeology field school excavated the Anderson and Hunt Block sites, related to two important merchant families in the city. Serendipitously, these sites were the residence and the office, respectively, of a third merchant and his family. This article explores the interconnectedness of these families and their associations and highlights some of the material remains of their daily lives.

Research paper thumbnail of Colonial and Postcolonial Consequences in the Americas: An Introduction

Historical Archaeology, 2024

Research paper thumbnail of W8banaki Subsistence Patterns During the 18th and 19th Centuries at the Fort Odanak Site, Québec, Canada

Environmental Archaeology, 2024

Built in the early eighteenth century on the banks of the Saint-François River (Québec, QC, Canad... more Built in the early eighteenth century on the banks of the Saint-François River (Québec, QC, Canada), the fortified Jesuit mission of Saint-François-de-Sales was an important W8banaki centre during the colonial period. Between 2010 and 2021, archaeological excavations conducted by the W8banaki Nation led to the discovery of the mission's remains at the Fort Odanak site (CaFe-7) in the historical centre of the village of Odanak. They revealed numerous pit features (used for food storage or refuse disposal), post moulds and hearths, along with diverse artifact assemblages. The analysis of plant macro-remains found in six pits and two hearths at the site was undertaken to document the evolution of culinary practices at the mission and to reconstruct the local environment and its exploitation by the mission's inhabitants. Results suggest the persistence of traditional Indigenous subsistence patterns during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as well as the integration of European foods into the Abenaki diet via trade and close contact with Canadien (i.e. French Canadian) farmers in the region.

Research paper thumbnail of Human-driven fire and vegetation dynamics on the Caribbean island of Barbuda from early indigenous to modern times

The Holocene, 2024

We present a multiproxy analysis of a sediment core from Freshwater Pond, Barbuda, one of just a ... more We present a multiproxy analysis of a sediment core from Freshwater Pond, Barbuda, one of just a few inland paleoenvironmental records from the Lesser Antilles. Our results shed light on the relative contributions of climate variability and Pre-and Post-Columbian human activities to vegetation and fire dynamics on Barbuda. The presence of macroscopic charcoal and pollen of ethnobotanically-useful and disturbance-indicator plant taxa in the sediment record suggests that Pre-Columbian subsistence activities occurred within a few kilometers of the pond between ~150 BCE and ~1250 CE. Our record extends anthropogenic fires back into the early Ceramic (500 BCE-1500 CE) and possibly late Archaic Ages (3000-500 BCE) adding evidence to the timing of arrival of the island's earliest inhabitants. The history of island-wide biomass burning inferred from microscopic charcoal fragments showed heightened fire activity between ~540 and ~1610 CE followed by a period of quiescence that reflected the transition from Pre-to Post-Columbian landuse practices associated with European colonization of the region. The British established a permanent settlement on Barbuda in the 1660s, but given Barbuda's unsuitability for large-scale agriculture, timber harvesting, small-scale farming, and livestock rearing, activities that left no detectable charcoal footprints likely dominated post-colonial land use. The lack of any clear correspondence between the reconstructed histories of fire and effective moisture at Freshwater Pond supports the idea that Late-Holocene fire activity on Barbuda was driven primarily by human activity.

Research paper thumbnail of Spider and vascular plant assemblages in subarctic peat bogs are complementary ecological indicators of variation in local and landscape factors

Ecological Indicators, 2024

Despite their specific biodiversity and the ecosystem services they furnish, peat bogs remain poo... more Despite their specific biodiversity and the ecosystem services they furnish, peat bogs remain poorly understood, especially in terms of their responses to changes at multiple spatial scales. Many subarctic peat systems face acute risks, due to current global change. In this study, using a multi-metric approach, we assessed the relative value of plants and spiders as ecological indicators in contrasted peat bogs of a French archipelago (St. Pierre-et-Miquelon), located in the North Atlantic. In 2021, pitfall trapping and suction sampling collected spiders while phytosociological relevés were used to document vascular plants. A total of 69 species of spiders and 38 species of vascular plants were identified, and both taxonomic (TD) and functional (FD, based on traits related to dispersal, size and ecosystem functioning) diversity were then estimated for three levels of species relative abundance (Hill numbers q = 0, 1 and 2) using the iNEXT 3D package for alpha diversity as well as iNEXT beta3D for beta diversity. As expected, patterns of TD and FD were highly correlated for each Hill number, but also between Hill numbers for spiders, indicating a surprisingly low effect of species abundance on (spider) diversity patterns. On the contrary, differences between sites were more visible for plants species when species coverage was considered (q = 1 and q = 2), for both TD and FD, and for alpha and beta diversity. RLQ and Fourth corner analyses indicated differences based on functional traits between sites which were significantly associated with relationships between dispersal modes and mostly local factors for plant assemblages. Finally, variance partitioning on assemblage composition showed the importance of an interaction between local and landscape factors for both plants and spiders, with a relatively high importance of local factors alone for plants. Our study thus revealed the high complementary of spider vs. plant assemblage-based metrics as indicators of changing local conditions in peat bogs, confirming these both experience rapid change in subarctic climates.

Research paper thumbnail of Change and Continuity in Early Nineteenth-Century Foodways in Québec City’s Lower Town

Canadian Journal of Archaeology, 2022

Plant and insect remains found in a privy structure were analyzed to gain insight into foodways o... more Plant and insect remains found in a privy structure were analyzed to gain insight into foodways of Québec City’s Lower Town inhabitants in the early nineteenth century. We use dietary practices as a window to examine how the population of the St. Roch neighbourhood responded to changes taking place in the decades that followed the instauration of the British regime and how these changes may have influenced different aspects of their food consumption practices. Through comparisons with assemblages from two French-regime sites as well as from three later nineteenth-century sites, we find that a certain continuity characterizes the plant consumption of Québec City’s French-Canadian population. We address some of the challenges of this research, as it is difficult to distinguish between consumption as a choice related to identity versus more practical considerations such as availability and access.

Research paper thumbnail of Micromorphological Analysis of Archaeological Abenaki Pit Features from the Fort Odanak Site (CaFe-7), Québec, Canada

Geosciences, 2022

Built in the early 18th century on the banks of the Saint-François River (Quebec, QC, Canada), th... more Built in the early 18th century on the banks of the Saint-François River (Quebec, QC, Canada), the fortified Jesuit mission of Saint-François-de-Sales was an important Abenaki centre during the colonial period. Between 2010 and 2021, archaeological excavations conducted by the Waban-Aki Nation led to the discovery of the mission’s remains at the Fort Odanak site (CaFe-7) in the historical centre of Odanak (Quebec, QC, Canada), and revealed numerous pit features likely used for storage or refuse disposal. Sedimentological and micromorphological investigation was undertaken in two areas of the site to identify the function and use of four pit features and to clarify site formation and evolution over time. Our study indicates that all the pit features were used as refuse facilities prior to abandonment, but two of them were possibly used as storage sites. Chronological (14C) results indicate that Indigenous people frequented the site during the 16th century, before the establishment of...

Research paper thumbnail of Provisioning Antigua and Beyond: How Herding and Farming Transformed Barbuda, West Indies

Provisioning Antigua and Beyond: How Herding and Farming Transformed Barbuda, West Indies

Research paper thumbnail of Untanglers of Matters Temporal and Cultural: Glass Beads and the Early Contact Period Huron Ball Site

Untanglers of Matters Temporal and Cultural: Glass Beads and the Early Contact Period Huron Ball Site

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Research paper thumbnail of Loyola (French Guiana)

Research paper thumbnail of Une porte d’entrée de l’Amérique

Une porte d’entrée de l’Amérique

Québec, Champlain, le monde, 2008

Research paper thumbnail of Investigating the Heart of a Community: Archaeological Excavations at the African Meeting House Boston, Massachuesetts

of this size and scope is always a team effort, and there are many people to thank. To start, all... more of this size and scope is always a team effort, and there are many people to thank. To start, all of the authors listed on the report made important contributions to analysis and interpretation of the history and archaeology of the site. In addition, Dennis Piechota, Sally Stevens, Tom Witt, and Greg Dubell all helped with the laboratory work and artifact interpretation at UMass Boston. Leith Smith and Stephen Mrozowski both contributed to the original research design, and John Steinberg helped with the computer cataloging system. Several people at UMass Boston helped with the publicity and public components of the project, specifically Ed Hayward, Jeff Mitchell, and Suzanne Korschun. Thanks to all of them. The field crew consisted of a mix of graduate and undergraduate students, including

Research paper thumbnail of Cultural heritage under threat

Cultural heritage under threat

Public Archaeology and Climate Change, 2017

Research paper thumbnail of Reconstructing Aspects of the Daily Life in Late 19TH and Early 20TH-CENTURY Iceland: Archaeoentomological Analysis of …

Reconstructing Aspects of the Daily Life in Late 19TH and Early 20TH-CENTURY Iceland: Archaeoentomological Analysis of …

laboarcheologie.ulaval.ca

To better understand the daily lives and living conditions of late 19th and early 20th-century Ic... more To better understand the daily lives and living conditions of late 19th and early 20th-century Icelandic farmers, archaeoentomological analyses were undertaken using sediment samples collected at the site of Vatnsfjörður, in the Westfjords. Used in a contextual and multidisciplinary ...

Research paper thumbnail of Highland House Report 2015 Université Laval & CUNY

Highland House Report 2015 Université Laval & CUNY

Research paper thumbnail of Assessment of insect remains from a colonial well (JR2158;Structure 177) at James Fort, Jamestown, Virginia

CELAT, 2010

Three subsamples from the fills of a colonial timber-lined well were selected for detailed analys... more Three subsamples from the fills of a colonial timber-lined well were selected for detailed analysis for insect remains. Insects were abundant and generally excellently preserved and the biota comprised both native and alien species. A range of beetles associated with perishable commodities were recovered, while litter and decomposer species were also prevalent. In addition to synanthropic fauna, individuals believed to be representative of the natural environment were present.

Research paper thumbnail of Change and Continuity in Early Nineteenth-Century Foodways in Québec City’s Lower Town

Canadian Journal of Archaeology/Journal canadien d’archéologie , 2022

Plant and insect remains found in a privy structure were analyzed to gain insight into foodways... more Plant and insect remains found in
a privy structure were analyzed to gain insight
into foodways of Québec City’s Lower Town
inhabitants in the early nineteenth century.
We use dietary practices as a window to exa-
mine how the population of the St. Roch
neighbourhood responded to changes
taking place in the decades that followed the
instauration of the British regime and how
these changes may have influenced different
aspects of their food consumption practices.
Through comparisons with assemblages from
two French-regime sites as well as from three
later nineteenth-century sites, we find that
a certain continuity characterizes the plant
consumption of Québec City’s French-Cana-
dian population. We address some of the
challenges of this research, as it is difficult to
distinguish between consumption as a choice
related to identity versus more practical
considerations such as availability and access.

Des restes de plantes et d’insectes
retrouvés dans une structure utilisée comme
latrine ont été analysés dans le but d’en
apprendre plus sur les pratiques alimentaires
des habitants de la Basse-Ville de Québec au
début du XIXe siècle. Les pratiques alimen-
taires sont considérées ici afin d’examiner
comment la population du quartier Saint-
Roch a réagi aux changements qui ont suivi
l’instauration d’un nouveau régime colonial
et comment ceux-ci ont pu influencer plu-
sieurs facettes de leur alimentation. À l’aide
de comparaisons avec des assemblages prove-
nant de deux sites datant du Régime français
ainsi que de trois contextes du XIXe siècle,
nous mettons en évidence le fait qu’il existe
une certaine continuité dans les pratiques de
consommation de végétaux chez la popula-
tion canadienne-française de Québec. Nous
abordons également certains des défis liés
à cette recherche, puisqu’il est difficile de
distinguer l’influence de l’identité de celle
des questions pratiques telles que l’accès aux
produits dans les choix alimentaires.

Research paper thumbnail of Urban Landscapes: Environmental Archaeology

Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology, 2020

Research paper thumbnail of Coléoptères, poux et puces subfossiles provenant d’habitats de chasseurs-cueilleurs

Recherches amérindiennes au Québec, 2017

L’archéoentomologie, l’analyse des restes d’insectes préservés en contexte archéologique, est une... more L’archéoentomologie, l’analyse des restes d’insectes préservés en contexte archéologique, est une approche relativement méconnue en Amérique du Nord. Bien qu’une première étude d’insectes subfossiles provenant d’un site paléoesquimau ait été conduite à la fin des années 1960 au Groenland, il s’est écoulé près de trois décennies avant que de telles études se réalisent dans l’Arctique nord-américain. Depuis, une vingtaine de sites de cultures paléoesquimaudes (Saqqaq, Dorset) et néoesquimaudes (thuléennes, inuites, yup’iks) ont fait l’objet d’analyses archéoentomologiques, produisant des milliers de spécimens de coléoptères, de poux et de puces. Ces données permettent d’examiner les pratiques de subsistance et d’hygiène des anciens peuples autochtones de l’Alaska, du Nord canadien et du Groenland, ainsi que leurs effets sur la faune et la flore locale. Cet article présente un bilan de l’apport des analyses archéoentomologiques à l’étude des modes de vie des chasseurs-cueilleurs du Nor...

Research paper thumbnail of CUNY-Brooklyn College Historical Archaeology Field School 2015 Excavations at Highland House (BA-H1), Barbuda (Antigua and Barbuda)

This report presents the results of the 2015 field season at the archaeological site of Highland ... more This report presents the results of the 2015 field season at the archaeological site of Highland House (BA-H1), on the island of Barbuda (Antigua and Barbuda). Previous historical and archaeological research has provided basic information about the site, from the date of occupation and the general layout of the compound to the succession of owners and leaseholders. However, much remains unknown about the various buildings (both extant and buried) at Highland House. This season’s fieldwork sought to set the stage for a multi-year
project investigating the buildings and activity areas at Highland House. Specifically, the team excavated a suboperation in Midden A and cleared vegetation from and documented Structure G, the remains of a limestone building. These research efforts are the result of an ongoing collaboration between Université Laval (Québec, Canada) and Brooklyn College (City University of New York [CUNY], New York, USA).

Research paper thumbnail of A long-term perspective of climate change in the Caribbean and its impacts on the island of Barbuda

Barbuda: Changing Times, Changing Tides, 2023

climate change in the Caribb d . . ean an its impacts. on. the island of Barbuda •

Research paper thumbnail of Long-Term Perspectives on Sustainability, Resilience, and Change on the Island of Barbuda

Sustainability in Ancient Island Societies: An Archaeology of Human Resilience, 2024

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