Preliminary Report on Archaeological Investigations in Bonnycastle Park, (Upper Fort Garry), 1983

Preliminary Report on Archaeological Investigations in Bonnycastle Park, (Upper Fort Garry), 1983, Manitoba Archaeological Quarterly

Monks, Gregory G.

This is a third report on an excavation in Bonnycastle Park, concerning early historic Upper Fort Garry (1835-1895) and late historic post-Upper Fort Garry. There are maps, charts, artifact lists (ceramics, glass, metals) and floral and faunal analysis. One chart looks at seed, nut and charcoal samples, from two Metis sites, as well. The diets of the Hudson’s Bay Company and the 6th Regiment of Foot are compared in a faunal chart.

Monks, Gregory G.. 1984. Preliminary Report on Archaeological Investigations in Bonnycastle Park, (Upper Fort Garry), 1983. Manitoba Archaeological Quarterly. 8(3&4): 30-50.
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