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| One of several storms approaching. |
I have been lost in writing a sequel to the “At Home in
the Illinois Country” book, this one focusing on seventeenth and eighteenth century Native American villages and French forts in the Illinois Country. For this reason, I’m afraid
I haven’t spent much time updating the blog this summer. However, I finally got a
break from the lab and the computer – as we spent another 2 weeks at the site
of the 1732 Fort de Chartres.
This year, we opened a larger area, in hopes of exposing the
plan of the northeast bastion of the fort. The project did just that – and we
now have a good idea of how the fort was built, repaired, and what kind of
activities occurred inside. The next few posts will focus on what we found. But
first, here are a few snapshots of the 2012 work, and our dedicated volunteer
crew. Thanks to everyone who leant a hand in the rain and the cold wind.
More
to come….
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| Site view. |
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| Jane profiling a pit feature abandoned before 1760. |
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| Ron excavating one of the wall trenches that supported the bastion wall. |
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| Robert mapping the wall trenches. |
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| Margaret removing the redeposited remains of a fireplace. |
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| A damp and dedicated crew, October 2012. |
Crew pictures courtesy of Corinne Carlson...
