Download or read book Coarse Earthenwares from the Fortress of Louisbourg written by Kenneth James Barton and published by National Historic Parks and Sites Branch Parks Canada. This book was released on 1981 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper identifies and attempts to evaluate 39 groups of wares derived from an examination of 58,737 sherds of pottery. These wares were discovered as a result of the extensive excavations that have taken place at Louisbourg in the past 20 years. They comprise coarse earthenwares only - the fine wares are the subject of separate attention. The French wares were probably derived from two sources, the west coast naval base of Rochefort and the south coast port and naval supply base of Marseilles. Both places attracted goods from some distance for northern French material occurs here as do northern Italian wares. The colonial wares are varied and suggest several sources; there are also ephemeral groups of wares from England and the Orient.