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An aborted attempt at settling New France in the 16th century: Cartier and Roberval's Charlesbourg Royal

The archaeological collection from the Cartier-Roberval site (1541–43): a remarkable testimony to French colonization efforts in the Americas

Pages 71-86 | Published online: 19 Jul 2013
 

Abstract

Excavations at the Cartier-Roberval site have discovered artefacts related to everyday activities and mineral exploration. They offer a picture of an extremely hierarchical society that transferred European social order and means of subsistence to North America. Preliminary study of the ceramics suggests the existence of a trade route with branches stretching from south-west France to Normandy, along which goods were conveyed to vessels outfitted for commercial, exploratory and colonizing missions.

Excavations at the Cartier-Roberval site have discovered artefacts related to everyday activities and mineral exploration. They offer a picture of an extremely hierarchical society that transferred European social order and means of subsistence to North America. Preliminary study of the ceramics suggests the existence of a trade route with branches stretching from south-west France to Normandy, along which goods were conveyed to vessels outfitted for commercial, exploratory and colonizing missions.

Les fouilles sur le site Cartier-Roberval ont permis la mise au jour des artefacts liés aux activités quotidiennes et à l'exploration minérale. Elles offrent une image d'une société extrêmement hiérarchisée qui a transféré l'ordre social et les moyens de subsistance européens à l'Amérique du nord. Les études préliminaires des céramiques suggèrent l'existence d'une route commerciale avec des branches s'étirant du sud-ouest de la France à la Normandie, à partir desquels les marchandises étaient transportées par bateaux équipés pour des missions commerciales, exploratrices et colonisatrices.

Ausgrabungen an der Cartier-Roberval-Fundstelle brachten Gegenstände des täglichen Gebrauchs und der Mineralförderung zutage. Sie vermitteln das Bild einer extrem hierarchischen Gesellschaft, wie sie die europäische Gesellschaftsordnung und deren Mittel der Beschaffung des Lebensunterhalts nach Nordamerika exportiert hatte. Erste Ergebnisse der Keramikstudien weisen auf eine Handelsstraße mit Niederlassungen von Südwestfrankreich bis in die Normandie hin, deren Güter auf Schiffe verladen wurden, die für kommerzielle, Erkundungs- und Kolonisationsmissionen ausgestattet waren.

Gli scavi nel sito di Cartier-Roberval hanno portato alla luce manufatti correlati alle attività quotidiane e all'esplorazione mineraria. Questi ritrovamenti offrono l'immagine di una società estremamente gerarchizzata, che trasferì l'ordine sociale e i modelli di sussistenza europei in nord America. Lo studio preliminare dei reperti ceramici suggerisce l'esistenza di una rotta commerciale con diramazioni che si protendevano dal sud-ovest della Francia fino alla Normandia, e lungo le quali le merci erano trasportate su imbarcazioni equipaggiate per scopi commerciali, di esplorazione e per missioni di colonizzazione.

Las excavaciones en el yacimiento Cartier-Roberval han descubierto objetos relacionados con las actividades de la vida cotidiana y exploración mineral. La imagen que dichos objetos nos ofrecen es de una sociedad extremadamente jerarquizada que transfirió el orden social europeo y sus medios de subsistencia a Norte América. El estudio preliminar de la cerámica apunta a la existencia de una ruta comercial con varias ramas que abarcaban desde el suroeste francés a Normandía, por medio de las cuales se surtían de mercancías las naves destinadas al comercio, exploración y colonización.

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