ABSTRACT
SUMMARY: Used intensively from the second half of the 17th century to the British conquest in 1759, the Intendant’s Palace compound accommodated the King’s Stores, a brewery, a shipyard, a bakery and other facilities. The site was transformed from a natural marshy riverside to an impressive complex of buildings representing the power of the king in New France and the prestigious role of the intendant. This study in landscape change and environmental archaeology draws on recent research in archaeoentomology, archaeobotany and dendrochronology. The integration of natural, written and material data provides a better interpretation of the site.
