I asked Jamie Hunter what was going on in the way of research activities at the HM recently. The Penetanguishene Sports Hall of Fame is doing some research. Also a researcher from the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes (Kingston, Ontario) is studying ships lists for the Playfair ship the Glennorkey. Ship’s lists contain information about ship’s personnel. The research is genealogical and is focused on the 1923-24 period.
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Research on ceramic artifacts
I asked Jamie Hunter, Director/Curator of the Huronia Museum, about recent research involving the museum’s collection.
Sarah Nouquet, a graduate student from Laval University in Quebec City has borrowed a number of artifacts from our Huron Ouendat ceramic collection. Her research interest is in using neutron activation analysis to test a number of Lalonde High Collar rim fragments to see if these pottery vessels were manufactured locally or traded into the region from elsewhere.
Sarah’s thesis advisor Dr. Jean-Francois Moreau has taught neutron activation research for many years in Quebec, Ontario, and France.
The HM looks forward in about a year to learn her results as she begins her research into Huron Ouendat ceramics.
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