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Koehn,Kristen Deann, April 1987 - THE HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE SHIPWRIGHT'S HUT, FT. LENNOX ILE AUX NOIX, QUEBEC
Abstract : The Shipwright's hut is located on Ile aux Noix, 45 miles southeast of Montreal in Quebec. The structure was occupied by a shipwright named Stephanson during the British navy yard occupation of the War of 1812 and later years. The site was excavated in 1965 by C. Lambert of Parks Canada in an attempt to find and identify the shipwright's hut. This thesis undertakes the analysis of the data recovered from the site and attempts to address some current research problems in historical archaeology. The historical background of French and British fortification of Ile aux Noix is reviewed. The methods used in the excavation of the shipwright structure, the stratigraphy of the site and the architectural features exposed are described. The artifacts from the study were studied and a description and tabulation of the specimens is presented. These data are used to identify and date the excavated structure. Three other residential structures on Ile aux Noix, occupied by the British during the 1812-1840 period, are used in a comparative study in which it is hypothesized that variations in socio-economic status are reflected in the relative percentages of artifacts belonging to different functional specimen groups. Cultural identification, historical evidence of socio-economic status, occupation dates, architectural form, function of the structures, site location and individual idiosyncrasies are variables which are held relatively constant for the comparative study. The Carolina and other artifact patterns are used in the analysis and a variation of these groupings is used in an attempt to reveal the relative socio-economic status of the occupants of the four structures used in the comparative study. It is argued here that variations in relative percentages of household and architectural related artifact groups may be correlated with socio-economic status at this site. Chi-square tests are used to support that inference and further study of ceramic vessel form, ceramic type and relative amounts of ceramics compared to bottle glass sherds are used to further support the conclusion that the occupant of the shipwright's hut was of relatively lower socio-economic status compared to the occupants of the Thomas McVey house and the Commodore's quarters.
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