The Archaeology of French and Indian War Frontier Forts

"The best compilation of work about the French and Indian War to date."--James Parker, coauthor of "Archaeology at Fort Mims" "Provides images of life on the expanding American frontier of the mid-eighteenth century. A unique and significant discussion of the French and Indian War."--Clarence R. Geier, coeditor of "Huts and History: The Historical Archaeology of Military Encampments during the American Civil War" Fort Ticonderoga, the allegedly impenetrable star fort at the southern end of Lake Champlain, is famous for its role in the French and Indian War. From barracks to bastions, many other one-of-a-kind forts were also instrumental in staking out the early American colonial frontier. This collection of essays presents an overview of the fortifications that guarded the frontiers and borderlands between Native Americans, French settlers, and Anglo-American settlers. Civilian, provincial, or imperial, the fortifications examined here range from South Carolina's Fort Prince George to Fort Frontenac in Ontario and Fort de Chartres in Illinois.

Author: Lawrence E. Babits
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 05/15/2015
Pages: 324
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.73d
ISBN13: 9780813061795
ISBN10: 0813061792
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Archaeology
- History | United States | Colonial Period (1600-1775)
- Political Science | Colonialism & Post-Colonialism

About the Author
Lawrence E. Babits is retired director of the Program in Maritime Studies at East Carolina University and coeditor of Fields of Conflict: Battlefield Archaeology from the Roman Empire to the Korean War. Stephanie Gandulla is a maritime archaeologist and media coordinator at Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary.