Dear Louise,
 
     You said
 
     'I am presently working on a project in the Old Montreal, which is the
     excavation and enhancement of the remains of a chapel built in 1675,
     Notre-Dame de Bonsecours. I would like to know if any similar
     archaeological site, for the same period, have been discovered, and if
     the remains were interpreted and opened to the public. It could be
     anywhere in Canada, USA, or elsewhere...'
 
     A couple of archaeological interpretation projects which spring to
     mind are
 
     The 'parvis Notre-Dame' and the 'Cour Carree' archaeological crypts in
     Paris.
 
     The first is under the forecourt of Notre-Dame Cathedral and
     interprets archaeological material from the Gallo-Roman period up to
     sewer pipes of 1847. Part of the site includes the chapel of the
     Hotel-Dieu (1600's I think) and the foundations of an orphanage
     (1750's)
 
     The 'Cour Carree' crypt interprets the previous layers of occupation
     underneath 'The Lourve' including the medieval chateau which was
     destroyed between 1620 - 1660.
 
     Further information should be available from the Director of
     Excavations at 'The Lourve'
 
     Prof Venceslas Kruta
     Centre D'Etudes Celtiques
     Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes
     IVo section,
     Sciences Historiques et Philologiques a la Sorbonne
     45 - 47 rus des Ecoles
     75005 Paris France.
 
     Three very useful references on interpretation of archaeological sites
     are
 
     Pearce S.M.        Archaeological Curatorship
     1996               Leicester University Press, London
 
     McManus, P.M.      Archaeological Displays and the Public
     1996               Institute of Archaeology, University College,
                        London
 
     and
 
     Hunt S (editor)    Sites, nailing the debate: archaeology and
     1996               interpretation in Museums,
                        Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales
                        61 Darghan Street, Glebe, New South Wales,
                        Australia, 2037
 
     Good luck with your work
 
     Kieran
 
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     Kieran Hosty
     Curator of Maritime Archaeology
     Australian National Maritime Museum
     GPO Box 5131
     Sydney
     New South Wales 2001
 
     Ph: (02) 9552 7777
     email: [log in to unmask]
 
 
 
 
 
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Subject: 17th-century chapel
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Date:    22/4/97 8:32 AM