Archaic branches

The Archaic period begins around 9000 years ago in Newfoundland and Labrador with the oldest recognized Archaic site in the province at Pinware Hill in the community of Pinware, radiocarbon dated to 8850+/-100 (SI-2309). Prior to the late 1960s little was known about the Archaic occupation of the province. This drastically changed with the excavation […]

The Curtis site, a Maritime Archaic cemetery

One of the best known archaeological sites in Newfoundland and Labrador is the Maritime Archaic cemetery at Port au Choix. The site was found in 1967 during the excavation of a building. Dr. James Tuck of Memorial University investigated this discovery in the fall of 1967 and returned to the site for the next two […]

Teaser: Notre Dame Bay zodiac trip

I had the opportunity this week to take a zodiac trip around a small part of Notre Dame Bay and visit some known archaeology sites including Beothuk burial places. Thanks to the generosity of Ocean Quest Close Encounters Twillingate and Captain Grant Cudmore we were able to visit two possibly three known sites and we […]