Beothuk world view and religious practices

Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century English observers maintained either that the Beothuk had no religion, or that it “the religion of this people rises but little above such harmless trifling observances.” (Howley 1915:39) Beothuk world view and their religious practices as described by Shanawdithit, however, appears to have constituted a pervasive force in their lives, influencing individual […]

A B C’s of Archaeology (But not X?): Labrador

Two weeks ago I told you about how I was looking through Twitter and I happened upon a post from a history group who had started listing a series of European archaeological sites in alphabetical order by site name with a little detail about each site. That got me wondering if I could do the […]

International Dog Day and Archaeology

Most of you are aware that Wednesday was International Dog Day 2020, which made me think about the presence of dogs in the Newfoundland and Labrador archaeological record. Initially, when I started looking, I could not find much evidence, but the more I looked, the more I found little bits and pieces. For example, a […]