À l'ombre de la montagne : le paysage archéologique du versant nord du mont Royal, Montréal, 1698-1900
This thesis is part of a broader research project on the archaeological potential of Mount Royal carried  out by Université de Montreal in partnership with the City of Montreal and the Ministry of Culture and  Communications of Quebec. More specifically, it aims to assess the utility and efficiency of archaeological  potential studies as a tool in cultural resource management. In Quebec, despite the importance of this  tool in preventive archaeology at the diagnostic stage, there has been very little empirical study of its  effectiveness and the validity of the different methodologies used. We therefore wish to bring a better  understanding to the assessment of archaeological heritage potential by using a cultural landscape and  historical ecology approach, in order to see how this can bring about a new way of considering  archaeological potential. The development of the theoretical framework for this paper was based on some  thirty archaeological assessments produced in Quebec. It is through this theoretical framework that the  archaeological potential of the territory under study, namely the northern slopes of Mount Royal, was  documented for a period starting at the end of the 17th century up to the 20th century. The theoretical  research was complemented by visual inspections of the geographical zones, thereby permitting a more  precise documentation of certain environmental features such as the topography, the ground vegetation  and tree cover, the hydrography, etc. In the construction of the cultural landscape, the mythical and symbolic aspects of the mountain retain  our interest. We have chosen three main themes, namely the picturesque mountain and the forest  landscape, the agricultural mountain and the tanning industries and, lastly, the arrival of cemeteries and  religious institutions. For each theme, research orientations are formulated in order to reflect the  elements of archaeological interest that we present. These themes may be taken into account for  archaeological resource management.
historical archaeology Montreal archaeological heritage protection Mount Royal heritage site historical ecology cemeteries cultural resource management studies