{"id":18006,"date":"2020-08-18T09:13:02","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T13:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.inrs.ca\/research-on-the-ancestral-territory-of-the-waban-aki-nation-with-the-inrs\/"},"modified":"2020-09-15T10:39:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T14:39:00","slug":"research-on-the-ancestral-territory-of-the-waban-aki-nation-with-the-inrs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.inrs.ca\/en\/news\/research-on-the-ancestral-territory-of-the-waban-aki-nation-with-the-inrs\/","title":{"rendered":"Research on the Ancestral Territory of the Waban-Aki Nation with the INRS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In this 16th edition of Archaeology Month, follow Genevi\u00e8ve Treyvaud, associate professor at the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), at the heart of collaborative projects with the INRS and the Ndakina Office of the Grand Council of the Waban-Aki Nation, where she is also an archaeologist.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professor Treyvaud and the team from the Ndakina Office and the Waban-Aki Nation\u2019s Environment and Land Offices paddle their kayak along the B\u00e9cancour and Saint-Fran\u00e7ois Rivers, two routes used by the Abenaki (the people of the rising sun) to reach the St. Lawrence River from Maine. However, they are not hunting for artifacts\u2014they are surveying the erosion that is threatening multiple archaeological sites along the rivers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo : Bureau du Ndakina du Grand Conseil de la Nation Waban-Aki. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Because of climate change, the riverbanks are exposed to more waves and storm surges, which endanger the sites and the artifacts that lie buried there. In collaboration with the team of INRS Professor Pierre Francus<\/a>, the project \u00c9rosion seeks to characterize the extent of the damage. \u201cWe use modelling, sediment stratigraphy, and drones to determine which sites are most in danger of disappearing, prioritize digs, and save artifacts,\u201d explains the archaeologist. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She says the project feels like working in reverse. \u201cUsually in archaeology we find clues on a site and then we dig. With erosion, people find artifacts on beaches that may have come from further away. So we have to use the clues to find the site.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo : Bureau du Ndakina du Grand Conseil de la Nation Waban-Aki.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Shells and Ash Baskets<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Professor Treyvaud\u2019s research does not stop there. Since 2012, she has been studying wampum, a type of bead made from shells. She is able to analyze artifacts without damaging them using the CT scanner at INRS\u2019s CT Scanning for Civil Engineering and Natural Resources Laboratory<\/a>. Her goal is to identify the different types of shells and production methods. The project, INTROSPECT<\/a>, has brought her team, composed of Pierre Francus, Mathieu Des Roches and Louis-Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Daigle, all the way to Rennes to study a long beaded belt given to the Chartes Cathedral by the Wabanaki Nation in the late 17th century. <\/p>\n\n\n\n