The City of Quebec excavated the courtyard of the Quebec Seminary (general = education, not just for educating priests=21), founded in 1666 and still be= ing run as a private secondary and collegial school. The courtyard has been= systematically cleaned since the late 19th Century, so as far as material = culture goes, the occupation dates from 1666 to ca. 1875. The material cul= ture analyst, madame Celine Cloutier, was able to document an increasing pr= eoccupation for cleanliness through her analysis of disposal patterns. A lo= t of very fragmentary ceramics, some shoe buckles and and many buttons. No = toys.=20 The site also contains the home of Guillaume Couillard, (built ca. 1622 and= destroyed ca. 1670) the second private residence in New France. (We found = New France's first private residence under a parking lot on the other end o= f the Seminary complex, but thats another story.) Reference as follows: Ville de Quebec =22Recherches archeologiques dans la cour des petits du Sem= inaire de Quebec (CeEt-32)=22, Quebec: Ville de Quebec, Centre de developpe= ment economique et urbain, 1996, 251 pages. ISBN: 2-920860-54-2. <bigger><x-fontsize><param>12</param>William Moss City Archaeologist Division design et patrimoine Ville de Qu=E9bec C.P. 700, Haute-Ville Qu=E9bec (Qu=E9bec) Canada, G1R 4S9 tel: 418-691-6869 fax: 418-691-7853 email: WMoss=40cmq.qc.ca email: cdeu=40riq.qc.ca </bigger></x-fontsize><x-fontsize><param>10</param> </x-fontsize>