Grand-Pré National Historic Site of Canada, situated in beautiful Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia, commemorates the mid-18th century Deportation of the Acadians. Tradition suggests that this was the site of the Acadian parish church of Saint Charles, where over 400 Acadian men and boys were arrested on the afternoon of September 5th, 1755. These events, immortalized by Longfellow in his epic Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie, provide the backdrop for our archaeological investigations. The objective of this project, now in its second year, is to locate and examine archaeological resources associated with the pre-Deportation Acadian community, including the Church of Saint Charles itself, dating to the period 1680-1755. Students are trained in a broad range of skills associated with archaeological reconnaissance, excavation, data recording and, in the second part of the course, post-excavation processing of finds and interpretation.
The fieldwork component (ANT 373.1) will run continuously from 2-23 July. The crew will commute to the site daily from Saint Mary’s University (1hr drive, transportation provided). The lab component (ANT 374.2) will run from 24 July – 9 August at the Parks Canada Archaeology Lab in Halifax. Enrollment is restricted to a maximum of ten students. Selection will be based upon academic merit with preference given to Saint Mary’s University Anthropology Majors.
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