Eating and Drinking in British Illinois: A Triangulation of Material Culture, Faunal Analysis, and Historical Documents at Fort de Chartres (11R-127), 1765–1772

French and British garrisons inhabited Fort de Chartres during the pre-Revolutionary period in Illinois. Previous works have focused on analyses of the French garrison through the material culture but have neglected to consider British documents or the idea that the assemblage may better serve as a proxy for the British, despite similar sizes of fort populations and temporal periods. Undisturbed drains within the fort contained faunal remains and material culture that may help elucidate upon the British garrison, especially as these relate to matters of food and drink consumption. Analyses of these drain assemblages shed light on British style and cultural preferences and assist in detailing differences between social groups, such as officers and soldiers, within this fort.