Excavating the Sutlers’ House: Artifacts of the British Armies in Fort Edward and Lake George - Softcover

Starbuck, David R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1584658185 ISBN 13: 9781584658184

Publisher: University Press of New England, 2010

Synopsis

David Starbuck and his colleagues have been excavating British military sites in Fort Edward and Lake George, New York, for two decades. This region housed the largest British forts and encampments of the French and Indian War (1754–1763), with as many as 16,000 soldiers and officers garrisoned there. In 1996, on the east bank of the Hudson River, Starbuck’s team unearthed the remarkable remains of a sutlers’ (or merchants’) house which had supplied goods to the British armies throughout the late 1750s. Because no eighteenth-century sutling house had ever before been professionally excavated, this site offered an amazing opportunity for research and discovery. This beautifully illustrated volume focuses on the rich and varied material culture brought to this region by the British armies and their suppliers, including representative artifacts found at Rogers Island, Fort Edward, Fort William Henry, and the Lake George Battlefield Park. Organized around material themes such as weaponry and ammunition, food and foodways, and tools and equipment, Excavating the Sutlers’ House provides a fascinating overview of artifacts from the French and Indian War to the American Revolution.

About this title

About the Author:

DAVID R. STARBUCK is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Sociology at Plymouth State University. This is his seventh book from University Press of New England, following The Archeology of New Hampshire: Exploring 10,000 Years in the Granite State.

Review:

Anthropologist David Starbuck looks at the North Country's role in the French and Indian War through the relics left behind. Excavating the Sutlers' House: Artifacts of the British Armies in Fort Edward and Lake George (University Press of New England, 2010) catalogs his findings over two decades of digging, including the remains of a sutlers' house, the rarely unearthed mid-18th-century version of convenience store and corner bar.-- "Adirondack Life"

About this edition

• Publisher: University Press of New England
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1584658185
• ISBN 13: 9781584658184
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 132