Agency and Archaeology of the French Maritime Empire

Marijo Gauthier-Bérubé is a post-doctoral researcher at the University du Québec à Rimouski. She also works with other institutions such as the Institut de Recherche en Histoire Maritime et Archéologie Subaquatique and the Fort Saint-Jean Museum in Québec, Canada. Her research specializes in French shipbuilding practices and shipwrights communities of practices and identities. She is currently conducting research in the Richelieu and Saint Lawrence Rivers.

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Introduction

Marijo Gauthier-Bérubé and Annaliese Dempsey



Chapter 1. Assessing Shipbuilding Variation in Late 17th-Century France: A Case for Shipwright Agency

Marijo Gauthier-Bérubé



Chapter 2. Becoming Jack Tar, Saltwater Slaves, and Hostis Humani Generis: The Vessel as a Center for the Construction of Identity

Annaliese Dempsey



Chapter 3. Archaeology of French piracy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries between the Caribbean and the Indian Ocean: frigates, prizes and material culture

Jean Soulat



Chapter 4. In the Wake of the Saint-Malo Fishermen: Archaeology of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Triangular Cod Trade

Gaëlle Dieulefet and Brad Loewen



Chapter 5. Pêcher à Miquelon: Transatlantic Trade, Local Networks and Martiniquan Cuisine

Mallory Champagne and Catherine Losier



Chapter 6. Maritime Archaeology of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (France): from Documentary Sources to Field Practice

Cécile Sauvage, Éric Rieth, and Élise Nectoux



Conclusion

Marijo Gauthier-Bérubé and Annaliese Dempsey



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