Andrew Beaupré
B.A. Anthropology and History, University of Vermont, 2007Contact
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Research interests: Historical Archaeology of the New World, culture contact, French colonialism, pre-historic archaeology of Northeastern North America, landscape archaeology, creolization of cultures, and role of material culture in identity politics
Regional focus: New England, Eastern North America, Australia
A closer look: Andrew Beaupré is an archaeologist whose research interests include the French contact and colonial periods in New France as well as Northeastern prehistoric archaeology. His specific interests are in the trade interactions between French colonial peoples and Native Americans, and the resulting role of material culture in Identity politics. His current research centers on Fort St.Joseph in Niles, MI, a 17th-18th century French mission, garrison, and trading post where his interest centers on the role of religious iconographic items in the fur trade. His previous fieldwork included two seasons with a the University of Vermonts Cultural Resource Management firm CAP, work on a prison site in Fremantle Harbour, Western Australia, and a TA position at the University of Vermont's archaeological field school investigating the 19th century Poor Farm in Charlotte, VT. He is presently assigned as a graduate teaching assistant at WMU.