July 2018

July 30, 2018

We are in the last hours of site preparations before closing everything up. Visitors pop by to have one more look at excavations.

 

This wall was uncovered during the public dig 4 weeks ago. As anticipated, it continues from the wall we found last year.

 

July 28, 2018
Christian Laforce, NSM photographer joined us on site this week to capture some of the digging action.
 
Patrick, an archaeology enthusiast, joined us today to clean up a few pits.
 
July 24, 2018
Archaeology at Fort Saint-Louis - Part 11

We had many visitors to the site today. It was great to share our discoveries.

 

Two local public archaeology dig participants returned to the site to see how excavation has progressed in recent weeks

 

July 20, 2018
Archaeology at Fort Saint-Louis - Part 10

We had some bailing to do in the units this morning. A lot of rain the day before.

 

David Jones joined us today and worked in a unit with an unusual charcoal stain.

 

July 19, 2018
Archaeology at Fort Saint-Louis - Part 9

It's rainy here today so its a great opportunity to begin cleaning artifacts. The bags are stacking up!

 

We cleared the kitchen table at the crew house and set up wash basins and toothbrushes.

 

July 19, 2018
3D digital model captures the details of the ‘dinosaur’ footprints that cover a surface of a sandstone boulder that is 200 million years old.

By: Dr. Tim Fedak, Acting Curator of Geology, Nova Scotia Museum

 

Nova Scotia is becoming known globally as an innovative centre in the use of 3D visualization for research and industrial projects. 

A small workshop was held at the Nova Scotia Museum in May that highlighted several 3D digitization projects.

July 18, 2018
Archaeology at Fort Saint-Louis - Part 8

A very foggy day on site today.

 

Thomasina uncovered a wonderful artifact today - a fragment of rolled trade copper.

 

July 17, 2018

We had a steady stream of visitors yesterday. The Acadian community is particularly interested in this early French archaeology site.

 

We had all the canopies up. It was a warm digging day.

 

July 16, 2018
Archaeology at Fort Saint-Louis - Part 6

We had help this weekend from Curator Adrian Morrison of the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic in Lunenburg. Thanks for your hard work Adrian!

 

July 11, 2018
Archaeology at Fort Saint-Louis - Part 5

We are in a bit of a tropical paradise here in Port La Tour. Often the fog sits far off the site as you can see in this picture.

 

Visitors are regular. This morning folks from Liverpool came by to see an archaeological excavation and learn of our findings so far.

 

July 10, 2018
Archaeology at Fort Saint-Louis

Another beautiful day at the archaeology site. We often see local fisherman at work in Port La Tour Harbour.

 

We began opeing up new units this week in areas where we found evidence of daily life at the fort in 2017.

 

July 6, 2018
Archaeology at Fort Saint-Louis - Part 2

 

A view of the archaeology project from the beach. The warm weather continued but a nice ocean breeze picked up today. Lovely!

 

Field technician Wesley Weatherbee joins colleagues from Saint Mary's University for an afternoon of digging.

 

July 5, 2018
Fort Saint Louis dig site

Similar to the rest of the province, it was hot and humid at the Fort Saint Louis dig site. We set up canopies and umbrellas for the excavators. Shade and water were a must!