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Catherine Losier

Position

Associate Professor
Archaeology Co-operative Education Coordinator
Undergraduate Officer

Contact

Email: closier@mun.ca
Phone:
Office: QC 4009

Academics

Ph.D. Université Laval, 2012
M.Sc. Université de Montréal, 2006
B.Sc. Université de Montréal, 2002

Research Interests

My research interests in historical archaeology focus on colonialism and its enduring legacies, cultural interactions, colonial economies and identities. To examine the plurality of French colonial experience, I have conducted research projects in the French colonies of the Americas – in Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, Nouvelle-France, French Guiana and the French Antilles.

Since 2018, I have a new ongoing project funded by a SSRCH-Insight Grant. Entitled On the “Cod Road”: Saint-Pierre et Miquelon and the Atlantic Network of the 17th-19th century, this project is documenting the impact of peripheral French territories and their maritime networks on the colonial Atlantic world. My research opens a new territory to the field of historical archaeology (Saint-Pierre et Miquelon) and adds new dimensions to the understanding of the Atlantic colonial world. With my students, I highlight the importance of “marginal” colonies (Saint-Pierre et Miquelon and French Guiana) during the European expansion of the 17th and 18th centuries.

Student Supervision
PhD dissertations
  • de Filippo, Valentin (in progress). Research topic. TBD.
  • O'Toole, Aubrey (in progress). Research topic: Investigating the intersection of material culture and identity among New Netherlanders and their descendants, 1650-1750. (Co-supervised with Dr. Barry Gaulton).
  • Vallejos, Susana Arenas (in progress). Research topic: In Search of Symmetry: Ships, Heritage, and the Interpretation of Things (Co-supervised with Dr. Oscar Moro Abadia).
M.A. Theses
  • Drake, Kassandra (in progress). Research topic: TBA (Co-supervised with Dr. Paul Ledger)
  • Low, Kayla (in progress). An Analysis of French Colonial Ceramics at Anse Ă  Bertrand, Saint-Pierre et Miquelon.
  • Tamblyn, Colleen (in progress). Research topic. A Wealth of Small Pieces: Community Archaeology and Ceramic Analysis in Placentia, Newfoundland. (Co-supervised with Dr. Barry Gaulton).
  • Hoskins, Robynn (2022). Waifs, Women, and Work: Impoverished experiences in the Saint-Pierre et Miquelon fishery from the 17th to 20th centuries.
  • Champagne, Mallory (in progress). Research topic: French trade and exchange in North Atlantic waters post-1763: A view from Saint-Pierre.
Recent Publications
  • Gaulton, B. and Losier, C. (2020). “Recasting Mobility and Movement in Eastern North America: A Fisheries Perspective”. In Handbook of Global Historical Archaeology, ed. Charles Orser, Routledge, pp. 828-850.
  • Losier, C. (2020). “Review of Archaeological Perspectives on the French in the New World by Elizabeth M. Scott”. Journal of American Ethnic History, vol. 39, no.3, pp.106-108.
  • Livingston, M., Losier, C., Champagne, M. (2020). “Excavation Anse Ă  Bertrand, Saint-Pierre 2019”. Provincial Archaeology Office 2019 Archaeology Review, Vol. 19, p. 160-166.
  • Losier, C. (editor) (2019) Karapa – Revue d’Anthropologie des sociĂ©tĂ©s AmĂ©rindiennes anciennes, d’histoire et d’archĂ©ologie coloniale du bassin amazonien et du plateau des Guyanes, vol.5, Association AIMARA, Cayenne.
  • Champagne, M., Losier, C., Livingston, M. and Barras, M. (2019). “Excavation Anse Ă  Bertrand, Saint-Pierre 2018”. Provincial Archaeology Office 2018 Archaeology Review, Vol. 18, p. 38-44.
  • Losier, C., Loewen, B. and Egaña Goya, M. (2018). “” Newfoundland and Labrador Studies 33 (1): 200-236.
  • Losier, C. (2018). “Review of Tu sais, mon vieux Jean-Pierre: Essays on the Archaeology and History of New France and Canadian Culture in Honour of Jean-Pierre Chrestien. Mercury Series, Archaeology Paper No 178, 2017, edited by John Willis”, ´ˇ°ůł¦łóĂ©´Ç±ô´Ç˛µľ±±çłÜ±đ˛ő, no. 31, p. 47-48.
  • Livingston, M., Losier, C., Champagne, M., Barras, M. (2018). “Excavation Anse Ă  Bertrand, Saint-Pierre 2017”. Provincial Archaeology Office 2017 Archaeology Review, Vol. 17, 2 .p.
  • Losier, C., Anderson, P., Applin, H., Boger, C., Champagne, M., Conlan, C., Leon, N., Lyver, J., Macknight, K., Osmond, J., Pittman, R., Schmitke, H., Sizer, C., Sproule, A., Webb, M., Zaphiropoulos, C. (2017). “Students by the Sea Shore See More: Excavations in Tors Cove, Newfoundland”. Provincial Archaeology Office 2016 Archaeology Review, Vol. 15, p. 158-162
  • Losier, C. (2016). Collection TabouĂŻ, Sidestone Press, Leiden, 267p.
  • Losier, C. (2015) « Les fluctuations Ă©conomiques de la Guyane au cours du XVIIIe siècle. Un rĂ©seau implantĂ© dans le territoire commercial amĂ©ricain ». Outre-Mers, no. 386-387, pp. 113-136.
  • BĂ©rard, B. and Losier, C. editors (2014) [Caribbean Archeology], collection TabouĂŻ, no.2, UniversitĂ© des Antilles, Sidestone Press, Leiden.
  • Coutet, C. and Losier, C. (2014). « CĂ©ramiques mĂ©tissĂ©es : TĂ©moignages d’interactions culturelles dans la sociĂ©tĂ© guyanaise du XVIIe et du XVIIIe siècle ». ArchĂ©ologie caraĂŻbe, collection TabouĂŻ, no. 2, BenoĂ®t Berard and Catherine Losier editors, UniversitĂ© des Antilles, Sidestone Press, Leiden, pp. 171-198.
  •  and BĂ©rard, B. (2014) « Les espaces de l’archĂ©ologie caraĂŻbe ». , collection TabouĂŻ, no. 2, BenoĂ®t Berard and Catherine Losier editors, UniversitĂ© des Antilles, Sidestone Press, Leiden, pp. 7-15.
  • BĂ©rard, B. and Losier, C. (2014) « La question du rapport Ă  l'espace, un des Ă©lĂ©ments constituant d'une archĂ©ologie caraĂŻbe ». ArchĂ©ologie caraĂŻbe, collection TabouĂŻ no. 2, BenoĂ®t Berard and Catherine Losier editors, UniversitĂ© des Antilles, Sidestone Press, Leiden, pp.359-361.
  • Losier, C. (2013) « Les tessons de la mondialisation, enquĂŞte sur les XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles ». In Une saison en Guyane, hors-sĂ©rie no. 2, p. 92-97.
  • Losier, C. (2013) « La cĂ©ramique importĂ©e en Guyane Ă  l’époque coloniale ». Karapa, vol. 2, p.25-43.
  • Losier, C. (2012). « ». , vol. 54, pp.151-179.
  • Auger, R. and Losier, C. (2012). « Esclavage dans les anciennes colonies françaises. ArchĂ©ologie mĂ©morielle Ă  l’habitation Loyola en Guyane ». Afrodescendance, cultures et citoyennetĂ©s, Francine Saillant et Alexandrine Boureault-Fournier editors, QuĂ©bec, Presses de l’UniversitĂ© Laval, p. 43-65.
  • Losier, C. (2011) « Les rĂ©seaux commerciaux de la Guyane de l’Ancien RĂ©gime : Apport de l’archĂ©ologie Ă  l’étude de l’économie d’une colonie marginale ». In Actes du Colloque histoire et mĂ©moire : La Guyane au temps de l'esclavage, discours, pratiques et reprĂ©sentations, Cayenne, Guyane, November 2010, Jacqueline Zonzon Editor, p. 269-290.
Research Reports
(since 2015)
  • Losier, C., Livingston, M. and Champagne, M. (2020). Rapport intermĂ©diaire 2019. AnnĂ©e 2 du projet triennal : Fouille Anse Ă  Bertrand, Saint-Pierre (2018-2020). Submitted to Direction de la cohĂ©sion sociale, du travail, de l’emploi et de la population (DCSTEP), Saint-Pierre and to Service d’archĂ©ologie de la DRAC-Bretagne, 116 p.
  • Losier, C., Livingston, M. and Champagne, M. (2019). Rapport intermĂ©diaire 2018. AnnĂ©e 1 du projet triennal : Fouille Anse Ă  Bertrand, Saint-Pierre (2018-2020). Submitted to Direction de la cohĂ©sion sociale, du travail, de l’emploi et de la population (DCSTEP), Saint-Pierre and to Service d’archĂ©ologie de la DRAC-Bretagne, 122 p.
  • Losier, C. with the collaboration of M. Lear. (2018). Final Report for Tors Cove 2016 (ChAf-01 and ChAf-02). Submitted to the Provincial Archaeology Office, St. John’s, 28 p.
  • Losier, C., Livingston, M. and Champagne, M. (2018). Rapport de fouille Anse Ă  Bertrand 2017, Saint-Pierre. Submitted to Direction de la cohĂ©sion sociale, du travail, de l’emploi et de la population (DCSTEP), Saint-Pierre and to Service d’archĂ©ologie de la DRAC-Bretagne, 128 p.
  • Losier, C. (2017). Rapport prĂ©liminaire de diagnostic archĂ©ologique Anse Ă  Bertrand, Saint-Pierre. Submitted to Direction de la cohĂ©sion sociale, du travail, de l’emploi et de la population (DCSTEP), Saint-Pierre and to Service d’archĂ©ologie de la DRAC-Bretagne, 18 p.
  • Losier, C. (2017). Poterie des JĂ©suites. Rapport de fouille programmĂ©e 2016. Submitted to Service rĂ©gional d’archĂ©ologie, Guyane, 33p.
  • Losier, C., Livingston, M. & Tapper, B. (2016). Rapport de Prospection ArchĂ©ologie 2016. Saint-Pierre et Miquelon. Submitted to Direction de la cohĂ©sion sociale, du travail, de l’emploi et de la population (DCSTEP), Saint-Pierre, 65p.
  • Losier, C. & Coutet, C. (2016). Ă€ l’origine d’une sociĂ©tĂ© mĂ©tissĂ©e : Les interactions culturelles du dĂ©but de la colonisation en guyane (fin du XVIIe siècle – dĂ©but du XVIIIe siècle). Submitted to Service rĂ©gional d’archĂ©ologie, Guyane, 165 p.
  • Losier, C. & Coutet, C. (2015). Poterie des JĂ©suites. Rapport de fouille programmĂ©e [The Poterie des JĂ©suites Excavations. Research report]. Submitted to Service rĂ©gional d’archĂ©ologie, Guyane, 47 p.
Recent Presentations
  • Losier, C. (2020). De la Guyane aĚ€ Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, en passant par Terre-Neuve, 53rd annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Boston, USA, January 2020.
  • Champagne, M. & Losier, C. (2020). PeĚ‚cher aĚ€ Miquelon: Provisioning Routes of CreĚ€ve Coeur, Martinique, 53rd annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Boston, USA, January 2020.
  • Livingston, M., Champagne, M. & Losier, C. (2020). An “Abri” for French Migratory Fishermen? The Evolution of Saint-Pierre et Miquelon’s Salt-Cod Fisheries, 1670-1970, 53rd annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Boston, USA, January 2020.
  • Losier, C. (2019). CĂ©ramiques et Ă©changes transatlantiques: la transformation du rĂ©seau commercial guyanais au cours du XVIIIe siècle, Les Ă©changes transatlantiques entre la France et ses colonies Ă  la lumière de la culture matĂ©rielle (XVIe-dĂ©but du XIXe siècle), Caen, France, Novembre 2019.
  • Losier, C. (2019). Anse Ă  Bertrand (Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon). Un Ă©tablissement de pĂŞche de l’Atlantique Nord et sa culture matĂ©rielle (XVIIe-XXe siècle), Les Ă©changes transatlantiques entre la France et ses colonies Ă  la lumière de la culture matĂ©rielle (XVIe-dĂ©but du XIXe siècle), Caen, France, Novembre 2019.
  • Livingston, M., Champagne, M. and Losier, C. (2019). Isolation and Islandness : Settlement in Saint-Pierre et Miquelon during the colonial era, 52nd Annual Meeting of the Canadian Archaeological Association and the 38th Annual Meeting de l’Association des ArchĂ©ologues du QuĂ©bec, QuĂ©bec, May 2019.
  • Losier, C. (2019). Anse Ă  Bertrand – Risque cĂ´tier et patrimoine. UniversitĂ© d’étĂ© de l’Institut France-QuĂ©bec Martime Ă  Saint-Pierre et Miquelon du 20 au 26 aoĂ»t 2019, August 2019.
  • Losier, C. (2019). Anse Ă  Bertrand. RĂ©sultat des fouilles 2018. MusĂ©e de l’Arche, Saint-Pierre, July 2019.
  • Losier, C. (2019). Saint-Pierre et Miquelon and the Emergence of the Modern World, The Medieval and Early Modern Studies Lecture Series at the Nexus Centre, ĐÓ°É´«Ă˝ University, March 2019.
  • Losier, C. (2018). Le grand mĂ©tier et la petite pĂŞche : Les Ă©tablissements d’anse Ă  Bertrand, Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, 37th Annual Meeting de l’Association des ArchĂ©ologues du QuĂ©bec, Magog, May 2018.
  • Livingston, M. & Losier, C. (2018). Where France Meets North America”: A View from Anse Ă  Bertrand, Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, 51th annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology, New Orleans, USA, January 2018.
  • Livingston, M. & Losier, C. (2017). Isolated yet Connected: Historical and Archaeological Narratives from Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, 13th International Small Island Cultures conference, St. John’s, June 2017
  • Losier, C. (2017). Watalakan / Watrakan: The Kali’na bottle. Forum A history of Caribbean in 100 objects, 82nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology (SAA), Vancouver, British Colombia, March 2017.
  • Losier, C., Gupta, N. & Livingston, M. (2016) Cod, Rum and “Graves”: Documenting Saint-Pierre et Miquelon's Past Through Archaeology, 50th Meeting of the Council for Northeast Historical Archaeology, Ottawa, October 2016
  • Losier, C., Guibert, J-S & Rogers, D. (2015). De l’archĂ©ologie de la ville Ă  l’archĂ©ologie urbaine [From Archaeology of the City to Urbain Archaeology]. 25th Meeting of the International Association for Caribbean Archaeology, Sint Maarten, July 2015.
  • Losier, C., Guibert, J-S and Rogers, D. (2014) De l’archĂ©ologie de la ville Ă  l’archĂ©ologie urbaine. 25th Meeting of the International Association for Caribbean Archaeology, Sint Maarten, July 2015.
  • Losier, C. (2014) Les fluctuations Ă©conomiques de la Guyane au cours du XVIIIe siècle. Un rĂ©seau implantĂ© dans le territoire commercial. 46th annual Meeting of the Association of Caribbean Historians, Martinique, May 2014.
  • Coutet, C. et Losier, C. (2014) Colonial Guyanese Ceramics: A Comparison Between the Production of Two Pottery Workshops. Paper presented at the 47nd annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology, QuĂ©bec, Canada, January 2014.
  • Losier, C. et C. Coutet (2013) Les productions cĂ©ramiques de la poterie Bergrave, Guyane française (17e-18e siècle). PrĂ©sentĂ© au 25e congrès de l’Association Internationale pour l’ArchĂ©ologie de la CaraĂŻbe, San Juan, Puerto Rico, July 2013.
  • Losier, C. (2013) Archaeology of Cultural Interactions in French Guiana. Paper presented at the 46nd annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Leicester, England, January 2013.
  • Losier, C. (2012) Commercer Ă  Cayenne au cours du XVIIIe siècle. Paper presented at the Colloque Annuel de l’Association des ArchĂ©ologues du QuĂ©bec and de l’Association Canadienne d’ArchĂ©ologie, MontrĂ©al, QuĂ©bec, May 2012.
  • Losier, C. (2011) Disette et abondance? Approvisionner la Guyane au XVIIIe. Paper presented at the 24th meeting of the International Association for Caribbean Archaeology, Fort-de-France, Martinique, July 2011.
  • Coutet, C. and Losier, C. (2011) CĂ©ramiques mĂ©tissĂ©es : TĂ©moignages d’interactions culturelles dans la sociĂ©tĂ© guyanaise du XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles. Paper presented at the 24th meeting of the International Association for Caribbean Archaeology, Fort-de-France, Martinique, July 2011.
  • Losier, C. (2009) A Social Network Approach to Colonial Commercial Relationships. Poster presented at the 2009 Annual Congress of Council for Northeast Historical Archaeology, QuĂ©bec, QuĂ©bec, October 2009.
  • Losier, C. (2009) Formal Exchanges and Interloping Trade : Commercial Networks of French Guyana During the 18th Century. Paper presented at the 42nd annual Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Toronto, Ontario, January 2009.