{"product_id":"french-colonial-archaeology-john-a-walthall-9780252017971","title":"French Colonial Archaeology: The Illinois Country and the Western Great Lakes","description":"This wide-ranging book is the first to offer---in one volume---detailed \u003cbr\u003e results of many of the investigations of French colonial sites made in \u003cbr\u003e the mid-continent during the last decade. It includes work done at Fort \u003cbr\u003e St. Louis, Fort de Chartres, Fort Massac, French Peoria, Cahokia, Prairie \u003cbr\u003e du Pont, Prairie du Rocher, and other locations controlled by the French \u003cbr\u003e during a time when their dominance in North America was more than twice \u003cbr\u003e that of Britain and Spain combined. \u003cbr\u003e Five of the book's fifteen chapters summarize major excavations at colonial \u003cbr\u003e fortifications, four of which are public monuments that currently attract \u003cbr\u003e thousands of visitors each year. Another five chapters deal with French \u003cbr\u003e colonial villages, and the remainder of the book is devoted to diet, trade, \u003cbr\u003e the role of historic documents in the reconstruction of life on the French \u003cbr\u003e colonial frontier, and other topics. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John a. Walthall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0252017978\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252017971\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.35h x 6.34w x 1.14d","brand":"John a. Walthall","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47072004178175,"sku":"9780252017971","price":46.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_16beeb2a-ee59-42d7-b748-741b4fd79d36.jpg?v=1753415530","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/french-colonial-archaeology-john-a-walthall-9780252017971","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}